Shalina Chatlani | (TNS) Stateline.org For decades, Amina Tollin struggled with mysterious, debilitating pain that radiated throughout her body. A few years ago, when a doctor finally diagnosed her with polyneuropathy, a chronic nerve condition, she had begun to use a wheelchair. The doctor prescribed a blood infusion therapy that allowed Tollin, 40, to live […]
Tech companies slash hundreds more Bay Area jobs as layoffs persist
PALO ALTO — Tech companies have revealed plans to chop hundreds more jobs in the Bay Area, in an unsettling reminder that the crucial industry’s layoffs have yet to run their course. SAP America and Checkr, both software companies, have decided to slash 368 jobs in two Bay Area locations, officials notices on file with […]
San Jose: The first Burger Pit opened in 1953. The last one is closing Tuesday
Bacon cheese Steerburger with fries on a customer’s table at the Burger Pit on Blossom Hill Road. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) When the Burger Pit opened for lunch at noon earlier this week, 29 customers stood in the line that snaked from the register to the front door. Less than an hour later, 25 […]
‘Are nursing homes our only option?’ These centers offer older adults an alternative
Anna Claire Vollers | (TNS) Stateline.org CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — George Raines, a white-haired man in a red track suit and matching University of Alabama ball cap, cracked jokes as physical therapist Brad Ellis led him through a series of exercises designed to strengthen his legs. Raines, who is 79, pretended to be in pain, but […]
Russia pokes at Ukraine lines in advance of springtime offensive
Associated Press Russian troops are ramping up pressure on exhausted Ukrainian forces to prepare to seize more land this spring and summer as muddy fields dry out and allow tanks, armored vehicles and other heavy equipment to roll to key positions across the countryside. With the war in Ukraine now in its third year and […]
From Astrid & Miyu, Gossard, Amazon and Lumene – these are the items we’re buying this weekend
We’re staying in and shopping – because the weather is doing our head in… (Picture: Getty/Metro) SHOPPING – Contains affiliated content. Products featured in this Metro article are selected by our shopping writers. If you make a purchase using links on this page, Metro.co.uk will earn an affiliate commission. Click here for more information. And […]
Sugar cravings could be caused by loneliness, study finds
Ebony Williams | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS) If you’ve spent a lonely night at home eating chocolates and/or ice cream, you shouldn’t feel guilty. That’s because loneliness can cause an intense desire for sugary foods, a new study found. Published in JAMA Network Open, researchers linked brain chemistry from those who socially isolate to poor […]
When rogue brokers switch people’s ACA policies, tax surprises can follow
Julie Appleby | (TNS) KFF Health News Tax season is never fun. But some tax filers this year face an added complication: Their returns are being rejected because they failed to provide information about Affordable Care Act coverage they didn’t even know they had. While the concern about unscrupulous brokers enrolling unsuspecting people in ACA […]
Charity Dingle surprises Mack Boyd with touching gesture on Reuben’s birthday in Emmerdale
Charity had a touching gesture for Mack (Picture: ITV) It feels like only yesterday that Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) and Mack Boyd(Lawrence Robb) were tying the knot in dramatic Emmerdale scenes, but this evening’s (April 19) episode saw them celebrate their first anniversary. As Mack presented Charity with flowers, and Charity prepared a slap up […]
California sees two more property insurers exit from market
By Nadia Lopez | Bloomberg California’s already strained property insurance market is facing a new challenge as two more insurers, Tokio Marine America Insurance Co. and Trans Pacific Insurance Co., plan to withdraw from the wildfire-prone state entirely starting in July. The two companies, units of Japan-based Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., disclosed their plans in […]
Nearly half of residents struggle to pay bills in one California city
By Alex Tanzi | Bloomberg Almost half of households in Riverside, California, can’t afford usual expenses and about a third had trouble paying an energy bill in the last year, according to a Census Bureau survey. Among the 15 largest US metro areas, Riverside had the highest share of respondents facing key measures of financial […]
Map shows ‘100-day cough’ hotspots as UK cases surge 40% in a week
Confirmed cases in England, which totalled 858 last year, hit 555 in January alone and rose to 913 in February (Picture: Metro.co.uk) New figures suggest the resurgence of whooping cough is going strong and could be getting worse. Health authorities recently confirmed there were close to twice as many cases of the disease in January […]