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December 7, 2020 at 7:04 am

Pandemic pushes newly hungry Americans to crowded food lines VIEW

The deadly pandemic that tore through the nation’s heartland struck just as Aaron Crawford was in a moment of crisis. He was looking for work,...

Airis Messick, left, and Brian Messick, right, eat lunch with this 9-year-old son, Jayden, at their apartment in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. Messick and her husband have had to turn to food banks after both lost their jobs in the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Airris, who just turned 30, found work in August, ironically, at the state unemployment office. â€œI hear peopleâ€™s stories all day,â€ she says. â€œI listen to moms cry about not having money to take care of their kids. My heart aches for the people who get denied.â€ (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) NY810 NY810

December 7, 2020 at 7:01 am

Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for 1st time VIEW

In the pandemic of 2020, with illness, job loss and business closures, millions more Americans are worried about barren cupboards. Food banks are doling out...

October 1, 2020 at 9:17 pm

One Chicago community endures virus, violence and turmoil VIEW

CHICAGO (AP) — In harrowing moments, in the sobs of grieving mourners and the incessant wail of sirens, the crises of 2020 have played out...

August 9, 2020 at 6:49 am

For pandemic jobless, the only real certainty is uncertainty VIEW

CHICAGO (AP) — For three decades, Kelly Flint flourished as a corporate travel agent, sending everyone from business titans to oil riggers around the planet....

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August 9, 2020 at 6:46 am

For pandemic jobless, the only real certainty is uncertainty VIEW

CHICAGO (AP) — For three decades, Kelly Flint flourished as a corporate travel agent, sending everyone from business titans to oil riggers around the planet....

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May 17, 2020 at 6:07 am

Fear of the future: Class of 2020 enters a world in crisis VIEW

Tyler Lyson watched his parents’ financial collapse in the Great Recession, a decade ago. He vowed he’d find the security they never had: He would...

May 1, 2020 at 9:13 am

With virus, US higher education may face existential moment VIEW

CHICAGO (AP) — Campuses have become ghost towns. Graduation ceremonies have been canceled. School administrators watch as the pandemic ravages budgets, costing billions of dollars...

May 1, 2020 at 9:06 am

With virus, US higher education may face existential moment VIEW

CHICAGO (AP) — When Jamie Bolker started teaching composition at MacMurray College in January, she felt she'd won the lottery. After sending out more than...

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Krista Johnston looks at a tiny Hawaiian shirt given as a gift during a baby shower at the American Legion in Trumansburg, N.Y., Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. Johnston’s husband, Sgt. James Johnston, who loved Hawaiian shirts, was killed in Afghanistan in June just months after learning he would become a father. (AP Photo/David Goldman) NYDG201 NYDG201

October 7, 2019 at 5:06 am

Mourning love of her life, war widow prepares for their baby VIEW

TRUMANSBURG, N.Y. (AP) — On a late summer Saturday, a procession of fire engines, motorcycles and squad cars escorted a van down Main Street. By...

October 7, 2019 at 5:00 am

A tribute to war widow’s fallen husband, and a baby shower VIEW

TRUMANSBURG, N.Y. (AP) — On a late summer Saturday, a procession of fire engines, motorcycles and squad cars escorted a van down Main Street, greeted...