Covid-19, decreased international immigration and lower fertility rates, including among Latinas, helped drive what the Census Bureau said is a history-making slowdown in the national population growth.The Census Bureau reported Tuesday that the nation added just 392,665 people, a 0.1 percent growth rate, in the year from July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2021.That is…Continue Reading
1/9 Jacob Sharvit of the Israel Antiquities Authority Marine Archeology Unit holds a figurine of a Roman pantomimus in a comic mask in the IAA laboratories in Jerusalem on Tuesday. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI | License Photo Dec. 22 (UPI) — The Israel Antiquities Authority said Wednesday that ancient Roman treasure discovered on two shipwrecks…Continue Reading
1/5 People wait in line for COVID-19 tests at Farragut Square near the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo Dec. 22 (UPI) — For the first time on Wednesday, federal drug regulators gave emergency approval to an antiviral pill produced by Pfizer to treat COVID-19 in persons…Continue Reading
The 26-feet-high ‘Pillar of Shame’ has been housed on the university’s campus since 1997. Photo by Jerome Favre/EPA-EFE Dec. 22 (UPI) — A monument mourning those killed in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square massacre was removed late Wednesday night by the University of Hong Kong. Floor-to-ceiling sheets and barriers surrounded the area that night and by 1…Continue Reading
Dec. 22 (UPI) — A surfer off the Hawaii coast said the creature that left a bite mark on her board wasn’t a shark — it was a wild boar out for a swim. Ingrid Seiple, who has been surfing for more than 35 years, said she was riding the waves off Oahu’s Kaena Point…Continue Reading
1/5 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as Miguel Cardona, U.S. secretary of education, listens on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on October 18. The Biden administration said student loan payments will be paused through May. File Photo byAl Drago/UPI | License Photo Dec. 22 (UPI) — The Biden administration on…Continue Reading
Southwest Style Chicken QuesadillasIf you’re cooking a quesadilla for 15 to 30 minutes, something is very, very wrong. You could buy all the components of a damn good quesadilla at Trader Joe’s: chicken, Cowboy Caviar corn salsa, shredded cheese, some spices, and even guacamole on the side, and it would come together faster and tastier…Continue Reading
The season of endless chopping has arrived. A good cutting board is your winter workhorse for prepping custardy roasted sweet potatoes, cheesy butternut squash bakes, and vibrant winter salads. Along with a fresh haul of stubborn-skinned root vegetables comes a series of pressing questions: What types of cutting boards are there? What are the best…Continue Reading
Compared to almond paste, marzipan has a higher proportion of sugar, which makes it sweeter, smoother, and more pliable—think Play-Doh. It’s typically rolled, molded, dyed, and/or shaped (like into these adorable fruits!) and served as its own or used as a decorative element in larger desserts. Depending on where in the world you are, marzipan…Continue Reading
Our readers love chicken recipes, and we don’t blame them. Versatile, flavorful, and widely accessible, chicken does it all: It can be soft and tender, like this roasted adobo from chef Melissa Miranda, or crispy-crunchy like Andy Baraghani’s superstar za’atar-breaded cutlets, and everything in between. And while we’d be satisfied slurping up recipe developer Leela…Continue Reading