Innholdsfortegnelse for December 06-13, 2024 i Newsweek

I LEARNED ONCE AGAIN FROM nature how to keep my preoccupation with family, work and politics in perspective. It was the kind of fall day that you never want to end. Clear blue skies and a gentle breeze made the yellow cottonwood leaves dance as they fell to the forest floor. My partner Natalie and I launched our canoe for a six-mile paddle on the Blackfoot River. I was excited about the trip because it would distract me from the stressors in my life. The water was like glass and in the depths of the river’s blue, sandy pools we could see large schools of Rocky Mountain whitefish swimming effortlessly under the shadow of our canoe. Canoeing is a beautiful and reflective pastime. It allows one to forget human concerns…

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Ukrainian citizens light 1,000 candles in front of the motherland monument in the nation’s capital on November 19 to mark the 1,000th day of russia’s invasion. Since February 24, 2022, over 12,000 civilians have been killed and 10 million displaced, according to the United Nations, with 40 percent of Ukrainian citizens relying on humanitarian aid. most of russia’s land advances came in the first year of war. Now, as the three-year mark approaches with no clear end in sight, Ukraine is strapped for funding and at risk of losing financial support from the U.S. following the reelection of Donald Trump.…

PEOPLE WALKING THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN Petaluma, California, started seeing something new on the sidewalks in summer. Alongside the usual trash cans and recycling containers were large purple bins with small openings the size and shape of a drinking cup. Patrons of the 30 or so downtown restaurants, cafés and coffee shops participating also started getting their carry-out drinks in durable cups the same shade of purple. The color-coordinated cups and bins were part of the Petaluma Reusable Cup initiative. The first-of-its-kind experiment aims to scale up reusable cups and reduce single-use plastics that too often wind up as waste, clogging rivers, killing marine wildlife and risking human health. “There are a lot of people anxious about our future and concerned about the amount of plastic that we’re using as…

PeriscopeNEWS, OPINION + ANALYSISINSURANCE THE NEW YEAR HAD BARELY DAWNED AND KURT Barwis, president of Bristol Hospital and Health Care Group in Connecticut, was on the phone in the emergency room. It was January 2022 and omicron, a new variant of COVID-19, was evading vaccines and antibodies from prior infections. The virus spread rapidly throughout the United States, overwhelming hospitals—including the small, 154-bed Bristol Hospital. More than 100 people were awaiting treatment, Barwis told Newsweek. He was calling local hospital CEOs to see if they could take any more patients—while other CEOs rang him with the same request. Meanwhile, more than a dozen patients were needlessly sitting in acute care beds. Doctors had cleared them to discharge to skilled nursing facilities, but their insurance companies hadn’t yet granted the prior…

THE CAST OF PARKS AND recreation would “absolutely” reunite for a reboot of the beloved sitcom, actor Jim O’Heir told Newsweek. NBC’s mockumentary-style hit, which aired from 2009 to 2015, was set in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. It boasted a star-studded cast that included O’Heir, Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt, Aubrey Plaza, Rob Lowe, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Retta and Adam Scott. And while the cast reunited for a remote special during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, fans have continued to wait with bated breath for another chance to catch up with the daily lives of the Parks and Recreation Department’s quirky and lovable staff. O’Heir told Newsweek that he and his co-stars are open to it. “[Parks showrunner] Mike Schur always said, ‘I would only ever…