NEW MIDDLETOWN – Tatiana Stajduhar has traveled to and lived in many places around the United States. Stajduhar, 28, grew up in Orlando, Florida. She graduated in 2017 from First Academy School in Orlando. Straight from high school, she entered the Air Force with hopes to become a pilot. ...
ILULISSAT, Greenland (AP) — Greenland has opened a new international airport, seeking to lure visitors from around the world as the Arctic island looks toward eventual independence from Denmark. Thursday’s inaugural international flight between Copenhagen, Denmark, and Ilulissat, ...
Fractions troubled about three-fifths of us in school. I don’t know why. We were using fractions before we even began school. “My, how big you’ve grown. How old are you now?” The child beamed and held up his fingers. “I’m four. And a half.” But now when someone says to me, “My, how big you’ve grown. How old are you now?” first, I whap them halfway upside the head, then reply, “I’m in my 60s.” We have gone from tacking every fraction onto our age to rounding off that number to a general, roundabout, sorta-kinda nonspecific range: “In my 60s.” Unless ...
As winter approaches and daylight hours grow shorter, people prone to seasonal depression can feel it in their bodies and brains. The millions of people estimated to have seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, typically have episodes of depression that begin in the fall and ease in the spring ...
From the staff of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County “We Are All Guilty Here” by Karin Slaughter The first book in Karin Slaughter’s new North Falls thriller series introduces police officer Emmy Clifton, who is tasked with investigating the disappearance of two teenage girls in her sleepy hometown of North Falls. Emmy’s best friend’s daughter asked her for help, and thinking it was normal teenage drama, a busy Emmy brushed her off. Now she and her friend are missing, and the whole town is about to come apart at the seams, exposing secrets and dark ...
OK, sorry, you all, because this one is going to be all about the struggles of parenting teenagers who are getting dangerously close to leaving the nest, and I already know there are going to be a few different reactions to this one. Some of you are going to say, “No kids, can’t relate,” while others have been there, done that and are probably wondering why I am making such a big deal about something every parent eventually goes through. Then there are those of you who are right here with me, feeling this just as much, if not more, and probably trying not to think too hard about ...
