Pickleball went pro. Can it profit?
As pickleball takes over the minds and courts of America, investors are pouncing on the opportunity to turn a favorite casual pickup game into a massive professional sport. The Super …
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The Next Frontier for Corporate Benefits: Menopause
In her late 40s, Celia Chen began experiencing unexplained symptoms like anxiety, a spike in blood sugar, acne and chronic pain in her shoulder — all of which she attributed …
How Nursing Homes Failed to Protect Residents From Covid
The first terrifying wave of Covid-19 caused 60,000 deaths among residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities within five months. As the pandemic wore on, medical guidelines called …
The Beekeepers Who Don’t Want You to Buy More Bees
When the B&B Hotel in Ljubljana, Slovenia, decided to reinvent itself as an eco-friendly destination in 2015, it had to meet more than 150 criteria to earn a coveted Travelife …
Buying a lot to build a home can be a nightmare or a dream – The Mercury News
Question: The multiple-offer bidding process in the Bay Area is exhausting. We give up. As first-time homebuyers, we have written over 10 offers. We have yet to receive a counteroffer. …
How Young People Manage a Financial Windfall
Mattea Roach still gets around Toronto by subway. In a city where tear-down bungalows can sell for $1 million, Mx. Roach, who uses they/them pronouns, still shares an apartment with …
Kansas Newspaper Is Talk of Town, and Not Just for Getting Raided
One person said The Marion County Record covered two recent deaths insensitively. Another said a handful of articles focused needlessly on a simple paperwork error that led to tax credits …
With TikTok and Lawsuits, Gen Z Takes on Climate Change
As Kaliko Teruya was coming home from her hula lesson on August 8, her father called. The apartment in Lahaina was gone, he said, and he was running for his …
Hawaiian Electric Was Warned of System Fragility Before Maui Wildfire
Hawaiian Electric has known for years that extreme weather was becoming a bigger danger, but the company did little to strengthen its equipment and failed to adopt emergency plans used …
Railway ticket office closures protest heading for Downing Street
A protest against railway ticket office closures is to be held on the final day of consultation on the controversial plans. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said it …