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Michelle Obama slams Trump administration’s school lunch change

Washington (dpa) – Former first lady Michelle Obama on Friday slammed a move by the Trump administration to loosen rules for nutrition in school lunches, in a rare comment on the policies of her husband Barack’s successor. “Why don’t you want our kids to have good food at school?” Obama asked at a health summit

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Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA

United Airlines Attempts Free Trip Giveaway That Quickly Backfires

United Airlines has been the subject of ongoing public scrutiny after multiple incidents between airline employees and passengers aboard its flights went viral. In what seemed an apparent ploy at generating positive buzz around its presently marred reputation, United Airlines created a viral campaign playing off an existing viral meme: the Wendy’s “nugget boy.” It

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Chinese- language Jerusalem cookbook debuts

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –When the Chinese-language edition of the popular Israeli cuisine cookbook “Jerusalem” was recently published in Taiwan, Israel’s trade envoy to the island ​ nation Asher Yarden held a press conference in Taipei for the launch and charmed ​Taiwanese ​ reporters by playing cook for the day​,​ accompanied​, of course,​

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Spirit flight cancellations lead to chaos at Fort Lauderdale’s airport

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Flight cancellations by Spirit Airlines led to chaos among irate passengers Monday night at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Video posted to social media showed upset passengers confronting airline employees as Broward Sheriff’s deputies were on hand attempting to keep order in the terminal after at least nine flights were canceled. Miramar-based

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What London Fast Food Says About British Identity

On an East London street corner where the looming glass of the finance district hits the tangled alleyways of what used to be the working class East End, there’s a space where a battered white kiosk once was. “Tubby Isaac’s Jellied Eel Stall” served whelks, oysters and its titular slippery delicacies—essentially boiled and spiced eels—from

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