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Shoppers may be in for a shock at the price of beef in supermarkets.Prices in the beef and veal category rose 14.7% from September 2024 to September 2025, while overall grocery prices rose 3.1% (the latest publicly available Consumer Price Index data due to the government shutdown in October).But expenses for American farmers are also rising. Input costs for ranchers have increased by more than 50% over the past five years, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.”As a beef producer, it’s hard to say that the price of beef is necessarily too high. So if you’re paying $6 for…
Mohamed Salah has forced Liverpool to make a decision after revealing he is no longer linked with Arne Slott. Right now, it’s hard to see a path forward for both star players and head coaches. Whatever happens next, it will be a huge shock for Liverpool.Salah pauses for a moment for journalists, and by doing so on rare occasions, he ensures his message is conveyed with maximum impact. After suffering the humiliation of being left on the bench for three straight games, he was forced to respond to what he felt was a lack of respect. That sentiment is clear…
I grew up less than a mile from a shepherd’s field in Beit Sahour in the occupied West Bank. It is the hillside where, according to Luke’s Gospel, the news of Jesus’ birth was first announced. For my family, these were not distant Biblical landscapes. They were the backdrop to our daily lives: the olive groves we played in, the terraces we tended, the land where our faith and identity were rooted.Today, for the first time in my life, I felt fear that the community that raised me might not survive.In recent weeks, a new illegal Israeli settlement outpost has…
I have been trying to move to Spain for over 10 years. I studied Spanish at age 21, taught English at age 26, earned my master’s degree at age 29, and always ended up returning to the United States. At the time, long-term stay options seemed very limited. You can transfer through a company, marry a local, or have a rare skill that qualifies you for a work visa. I didn’t fit into any of those boxes.I finally made my final move to Spain in 2015 at the age of 35. We are now proud citizens. As the founder of…
Lando Norris finished third at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and became F1 world champion for the first time.The 26-year-old becomes Britain’s 11th F1 world champion and the first McLaren driver to win the title since Lewis Hamilton in 2008. Norris completed seven seasons at the top level and after winning the final race of the season on Sunday, he fell just two points short of the Red Bull driver’s unusual late-season title return, ending Verstappen’s four-year reign at the top of the sport. Verstappen won from pole position, with Oscar Piastri, another race title contender, passing teammate Norris on…
“(Yaser Abu Shabab’s death) marks the end of a dark chapter, one that does not reflect the history and principles of our tribe…The Tarabin tribe supports the Palestinian resistance movement in all its factions…We reject the use of our tribe’s name and members to form militias working in the interests of the occupation.”This was said in a statement by Gaza’s Tarabin tribe after the killing of its member Yasser Abu Shabab on December 4. There are conflicting reports about how he died and who killed him. Some say it was a Hamas fighter who shot him, others say it was…
Despite the downturn in the labor market, demand for seasonal workers is increasing as the holidays approach, according to a recent report from career platform Monster.Starting in October, companies will begin to “step up” hiring for seasonal jobs to free up time to train new employees, Monster Career expert Vicki Salemi said.Around the same time, many workers start thinking about “how to make more money while on vacation,” she says.The number of job seekers searching for seasonal jobs on Monster tripled from September to October this year, and doubled again from October to November, Salemi said.Salemi said seasonal retail employment…
Although OpenAI continues to maintain that there are currently no ads or ad tests on ChatGPT, Mark Chen, the company’s chief research officer, acknowledged that the company has “fallen short” in recent promotional messages and is working on improving the experience. Chen and other OpenAI executives were responding to posts from paid ChatGPT subscribers who complained about seeing promotional messages from companies like Peloton and Target. In response, the company said it was simply testing ways to display apps built on the ChatGPT app platform it announced in October, and that there was “no financial component” to these proposals. (One…
Bridal designer Hayley Page’s career path hasn’t always been a smooth one. Page, 39, told CNBC Make It that she has been designing wedding dresses since she was young and launched her eponymous bridal line with her former employer, bridal house JLM Couture, in 2011.Her career took a turn in 2021 when she lost her professional name and ownership of her intellectual property during a four-year legal battle with JLM Couture.After JLM Couture filed for bankruptcy last year, Page was able to buy back the rights to her name, intellectual property and social media accounts in a settlement agreement.She has…
Fiskes | iStock | Getty ImagesDivorce always raises the difficult question of how to divide marital property. In most cases, the solution is very simple and involves surgically dividing the assets of both parties, but in the case of domestic dogs and aquariums, this is not possible. But if you think deciding who to adopt your dog is complicated, this is where cryptocurrencies come in. Many households are still in the early stages of accumulating crypto assets, and have recently seen a sharp decline in digital assets such as: Bitcoin and ether It has damaged investor confidence, which had just…