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Can yogurt reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes?

Can yogurt reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes?

Sharp-eyed grocery shoppers may notice new labels in the dairy aisle touting yogurt as way to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes. That’s because the U.S.
For mom this Mother's Day, why not make homemade jam? Just don't tell her how easy it is

For mom this Mother's Day, why not make homemade jam? Just don't tell her how easy it is

Mother’s Day always feels like a bit of a push-pull to me on many levels. Leaving the wide range of family dynamics aside (that’s another article, to be written by another writer!), the-stay-in-and-cook vs. going-out conundrum bubbles up every year.
King Charles III's coronation anniversary is marked by ceremonial gun salutes across London

King Charles III's coronation anniversary is marked by ceremonial gun salutes across London

Ceremonial gun salutes rang out across London under soggy skies Monday to mark the anniversary of the coronation of the King.
Starbucks founder Schultz says company needs to refocus on coffee as sales struggle

Starbucks founder Schultz says company needs to refocus on coffee as sales struggle

Former Starbucks CEO and founder Howard Schultz says the company’s leaders should spend more time in stores and focus on coffee drinks as they work to turn around flagging sales.
Spain's Prado Museum confirms rediscovery of lost Caravaggio. Painting will be unveiled May 27

Spain's Prado Museum confirms rediscovery of lost Caravaggio. Painting will be unveiled May 27

MADRID (AP) — A painting whose auction in Spain was halted in 2021 on suspicion that it might be a Caravaggio has been confirmed as a work by the Italian Baroque master, Spain’s Prado Museum announced Monday.
Music Review: Brad Mehldau connects Bach, Fauré to jazz on albums, 'After Bach II' and 'Après Fauré'

Music Review: Brad Mehldau connects Bach, Fauré to jazz on albums, 'After Bach II' and 'Après Fauré'

Grammy-award winning jazz pianist Brad Mehldau connects the dots as though they were so many 16th notes.
With help from AI, Randy Travis got his voice back. Here's how his first song post-stroke came to be

With help from AI, Randy Travis got his voice back. Here's how his first song post-stroke came to be

With some help from artificial intelligence, country music star Randy Travis , celebrated for his timeless hits like “Forever and Ever, Amen” and “I Told You So," has his voice back.
Mailing a letter costs a little more now as stamp price hike takes effect

Mailing a letter costs a little more now as stamp price hike takes effect

OTTAWA — An increase in the cost to send a letter in Canada took effect Monday. The cost of stamps purchased in a booklet, coil or pane is now 99 cents per stamp, an increase of seven cents. The price of a single domestic stamp is now $1.
Book Review: Memoirist Lilly Dancyger’s penetrating essays explore the power of female friendships

Book Review: Memoirist Lilly Dancyger’s penetrating essays explore the power of female friendships

Who means more to you — your friends or your lovers? In a vivid, thoughtful and nuanced collection of essays, Lilly Dancyger explores the powerful role that female friendships played in her chaotic upbringing marked by her parents’ heroin use and her
Book Review: Coming-of-age meets quarter-life crisis in Fiona Warnick's ambitious debut 'The Skunks'

Book Review: Coming-of-age meets quarter-life crisis in Fiona Warnick's ambitious debut 'The Skunks'

Usually when I see a book described as an “ambitious debut” I read it as a cop-out. Isn’t a debut inherently ambitious? What does that even mean? “The Skunks” is what that means. And Fiona Warnick makes it look effortless.
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