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Athens News Matters: DeATH Cafés - Death Doesn't Have to be Scary

Death Cafe

Donna Casasanta poses in front of a painting showing her late son, Harold Dean Clouse Jr., with Clouse's wife, Tina Gail Linn, and their daughter, Holly Marie Clouse, at Casasanta's Edgewater, Fla., home on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022.

A baby who went missing after her parents' death over 40 years ago is found alive

Two bodies were discovered in the woods in Houston in 1981. They were later identified as a couple. But their baby, who is now 42, was not found with them.

Ukrainian refugees arrive in Maine

In Maine, one Ukrainian man has taken in 11 people and plans to welcome more.

Starbucks' lawyers met twice with the unionized workers of the Ithaca store to offer them the option of applying to transfer to another location after announcing the store closure. However, the company would not guarantee the workers' jobs moving forward, leaving them scrambling with little to no job security.

Starbucks union in Ithaca protests store's closure and calls for a boycott

The decision to close the store on College Avenue has left workers with less than a week's notice and resulted in them calling for a boycott of other Starbucks stores around the city.

Athens News Matters: Ketamine for Depression is More Widely Available in Georgia

Ketamine for Depression

Advocates for healthy food in Virginia schools have met a reversal, after cafeterias changed back to hamburgers with additives due to students' complaints. The schools had been serving all-beef burgers such as these, being grilled at a farmer's market.

School Pulls All-Beef Burgers From Menu, Citing Complaints

Students in a Virginia school system are now eating hamburgers with additives after officials heeded their complaints about the appearance and taste. Burgers now include a reported 26 ingredients.

Never-before-seen video, testimony revealed at first public hearing on Jan. 6

Thursday night's hearing included new revelations in on-camera testimony from people close to former President Donald Trump.

Athens News Matters: How Big of a Problem Could Monkeypox be?

Monkeypox

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week. A federal judge has blocked a set of immigration enforcement priorities that Mayorkas championed.

A federal judge in Texas blocks a major DHS policy limiting immigration enforcement

Federal Judge Drew Tipton blocked a Biden administration policy that limits who immigration authorities can arrest and deport. Critics say that's preventing ICE agents from enforcing the law.

Demonstrators gather on the steps to the state Capitol to speak against transgender-related legislation bills being considered in the Texas Senate and Texas House on May 20, 2021 in Austin, Texas.

A judge blocks Texas from investigating families of trans youth

The temporary restraining order issued by Judge Jan Soifer halts investigations against three families who sued.

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