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Paris stocks wobbled and the euro fell Monday as a budget standoff in France fueled concern about the eurozone's second-biggest economy. Positive data from China helped boost equity markets elsewhere, with Germany's DAX index hitting a record above 19,900 points. Oil prices rose on hopes of higher Chinese demand, while on Wall Street, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq logged fresh records too. The euro sat near 14-month lows as opposition to France's belt-tightening draft budget threatens to topple the government. Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces the risk of being deposed by a hostile parliament as his government presents a social security financing plan Monday that has the opposition up in arms. Lacking a majority, Barnier used executive powers to force through the legislation without a vote. The move exposes him to a no-confidence vote, likely on Wednesday, with the left wing and the far-right National Rally of Marine Le Pen saying they will back a motion bringing down the government. Le Pen "has the power to destroy Barnier and his mission to get France on a sustainable fiscal track," said Kathleen Brooks, research director at traders XTB. The yield on French government debt rose in another sign of investor concern. France must now pay as much to borrow for 10 years as Greece. Paris stocks, which wobbled in afternoon trading, ended the day flat. They were also weighed down by Stellantis, the multi-brand auto giant, whose shares fell more than six percent after chief executive Carlos Tavares abruptly resigned. US stocks closed mostly higher, with Jack Ablin of Cresset Capital noting the market remains in good shape. Among individual companies, Super Micro Computer surged 28.7 percent after a committee found "no evidence" of misconduct at the firm. Shares in Intel slipped 0.5 percent after the chipmaker, which has struggled to tap into the growth of artificial intelligence that has fueled the rise of rival Nvidia, announced that chief executive Pat Gelsinger had retired. Asian traders began the month on the front foot after a rollercoaster ride since Donald Trump's reelection warning that he would hit China, Canada and Mexico with hefty tariffs on his first day in office as US president. Hong Kong and Shanghai were among the best performers after data showed that Chinese manufacturing activity expanded at a faster clip than expected in November. The figures provided some hope that the world's number-two economy was turning a corner after a lengthy slowdown, with analysts pointing to a raft of support measures unveiled at the end of September. "The big unknown is whether the stimulus efforts will have a long-lasting effect or just a short-term boost," said Dan Coatsworth, investment analyst at AJ Bell. Tokyo rose and the yen held recent gains at around 150 per dollar on increasing bets of another Bank of Japan interest rate increase, after last week's forecast-topping Tokyo inflation report. BoJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said in an interview with the Nikkei business daily published Sunday that increases were "nearing in the sense that economic data are on track." New York - Dow: DOWN 0.3 percent at 44,782.00 points (close) New York - S&P 500: UP 0.2 percent at 6,047.15 (close) New York - Nasdaq Composite: UP 0.8 percent at 19,403.95 (close) London - FTSE 100: UP 0.3 at 8,312.89 (close) Paris - CAC 40: FLAT at 7,236.89 (close) Frankfurt - DAX: UP 1.6 percent at 19,933.62 (close) Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 0.8 percent at 38,513.02 (close) Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: UP 0.7 percent at 19,550.29 (close) Shanghai - Composite: UP 1.1 percent at 3,363.98 (close) Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.0499 from $1.0580 Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.2654 from $1.2739 Dollar/yen: DOWN at 149.54 yen from 149.60 yen on Friday Euro/pound: DOWN at 82.97 from 83.04 pence Brent North Sea Crude: FLAT at $71.83 per barrel West Texas Intermediate: UP 0.2 percent at $68.10 per barrel burs-rl/rlp/bys/
TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Donald Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products , a Canadian minister who attended their recent dinner said Monday. Trump threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if they don’t stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across their borders with the United States. He said on social media last week that he would impose a 25% tax on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico as one of his first executive orders. Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, whose responsibilities include border security, attended a dinner with Trump and Trudeau at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on Friday. Trudeau requested the meeting in a bid to avoid the tariffs by convincing Trump that the northern border is nothing like the U.S. southern border with Mexico . "The prime minister of course spoke about the importance of protecting the Canadian economy and Canadian workers from tariffs, but we also discussed with our American friends the negative impact that those tariffs could have on their economy, on affordability in the United States as well," LeBlanc said in Parliament. If Trump makes good on his threat to slap 25% tariffs on everything imported from Mexico and Canada, the price increases that could follow will collide with his campaign promise to give American families a break from inflation. Economists say companies would have little choice but to pass along the added costs, dramatically raising prices for food, clothing, automobiles, alcohol and other goods. The Produce Distributors Association, a Washington trade group, said last week that tariffs will raise prices for fresh fruit and vegetables and hurt U.S. farmers when the countries retaliate. Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the U.S. should Trump follow through on the threat. After his dinner with Trump, Trudeau returned home without assurances the president-elect will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner. Trump called the talks “productive” but signaled no retreat from a pledge that Canada says unfairly lumps it in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States. “The idea that we came back empty handed is completely false,” LeBlanc said. “We had a very productive discussion with Mr. Trump and his future Cabinet secretaries. ... The commitment from Mr. Trump to continue to work with us was far from empty handed.” Joining Trump and Trudeau at dinner were Howard Lutnick, Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department, and Mike Waltz, Trump’s choice to be his national security adviser. Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, told The Associated Press on Sunday that “the message that our border is so vastly different than the Mexican border was really understood.” Hillman, who sat at an adjacent table to Trudeau and Trump, said Canada is not the problem when it comes to drugs and migrants. On Monday, Mexico’s president rejected those comments. “Mexico must be respected, especially by its trading partners,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said. She said Canada had its own problems with fentanyl consumption and “could only wish they had the cultural riches Mexico has.” Flows of migrants and seizures of drugs at the two countries’ border are vastly different. U.S. customs agents seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the Canadian border during the last fiscal year, compared with 21,100 pounds at the Mexican border. Most of the fentanyl reaching the U.S. — where it causes about 70,000 overdose deaths annually — is made by Mexican drug cartels using precursor chemicals smuggled from Asia. On immigration, the U.S. Border Patrol reported 1.53 million encounters with migrants at the southwest border with Mexico between October 2023 and September 2024. That compares to 23,721 encounters at the Canadian border during that time. Canada is the top export destination for 36 U.S. states. Nearly $3.6 billion Canadian (US$2.7 billion) worth of goods and services cross the border each day. About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports are from Canada, and 85% of U.S. electricity imports as well. Canada is also the largest foreign supplier of steel, aluminum and uranium to the U.S. and has 34 critical minerals and metals that the Pentagon is eager for and investing for national security.ELKO — A long-festering "intratribal dispute" among two factions of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada appears to finally be settled with a decision on Wednesday determining leaders at the tribal community north of downtown Elko represent the tribe and its four bands. The ruling from Bryan Newland, assistant secretary of Indian affairs with the federal Department of Interior, determined the faction at the time led by Danena Ike was the rightful leadership of the tribe. He determined elections held at the four bands — Elko, South Fork, Battle Mountain and Wells — on Oct. 12 and the election of new Chairwoman Edith Smartt on Nov. 2 were the only valid tribal elections. “The Ike Council’s October 12 and November 2, 2024, elections constituted a tribal resolution to the intratribal dispute,” he wrote in his Wednesday decision. “Therefore, all challenges ... are moot given that the tribal leadership dispute is resolved for federal purposes.” The other faction, led by Joseph Holley, no longer has standing with the federal government, according to Newland's decision. In Wednesday’s ruling, Newland concluded, “the Ike Council was the recognized government of the Tribe at the time of the competing October elections, and that the Ike Council fulfilled its constitutional duties as the interim recognized Tribal government to prepare for and conduct an election and provide a dispute resolution process for election challenges.” He also rejected competing elections by the Holley group on Oct. 8, saying he “will not consider the results of those elections to be valid.” Attempts to reach leaders of that faction, based at an office on Railroad Street in Elko, and their Las Vegas attorneys, Lawrence J. Semenza and Jarrod L. Rickard, were unsuccessful on Wednesday. “We’re not at liberty to talk about that because we’re appealing it,” according to a woman who answered the phone at the Railroad Street office. “The person in charge is not here, so it would have to be from our attorney.” She said the faction planned to appeal parts of the ruling but couldn’t comment beyond that. Edith Smartt is the chairwoman of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada and of the tribe's South Fork Band. Smartt, the new chairwoman of the tribe, was unavailable for comment on Wednesday. An emergency meeting has been scheduled for Friday to discuss Newland's decision. But at the time of her election she said process had gone "Well, like it should have gone all along." She said at the time, referring to herself and fellow council members, "We'll just try to do the best we can. That's all we can do." Newland explained in his decision the tribe “has been embroiled in an intratribal dispute regarding the leadership of the tribal government since 2021.” There have been rulings by the Bureau of Indian Affairs regional director dating to October 2023 in favor of the Ike faction. The case simmered through other decisions from the Interior Department and Bureau of Indian Affairs in favor of the Ike group, though tribal courts appointed by the faction led by Joseph Holley ruled in his favor. Newland’s decision also determined those courts were invalid. “In addition, the [director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs] ruled that neither of the various factions’ purported tribal court judges were validly seated and declined to recognize the validity of the Tribal Court, to which the Department of the Interior had previously transferred jurisdiction from the federally-operated Court of Indian Offenses for the Western Region.” Steven McDade, the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone's election board chairman, collection board chairman and chief prosecutor, stands outside the South Fork Band's office in Lee. He's not allowed in because it is controlled by a rival leadership faction. That court and the U.S. District Court in Las Vegas had upheld the decision to recognize the Ike faction, Newland wrote. Several appeals by the Holley group, plus appeals by Danena Ike, then the leader of the Te-Moak, and Steve McDade, the tribe’s in-house chief prosecutor and election administrator, were filed over various rulings from leaders in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, prompting Newland to take over the case. Then, on Sept. 4, “Joseph Holley, the leader of the tribal government faction opposing the Ike Council, who had previously filed an appeal of the [director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs] decision with the [Interior Board of Indian Appeals] prior to [Newland’s] assumption of jurisdiction, filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Mr. Holley asked the court to find the decision was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act; and reverse, stay, and enjoin the enforcement of the decision pending adjudication on the merits.” The federal court rejected the Holley group’s request on Oct. 7, handing a partial victory to the Ike group. Newland also determined on Wednesday: • “The [director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs] recognized the Ike Council on an interim basis as the Tribal government to conduct the 2024 Tribal election, and the Ike Council validly held a Band election on October 12, 2024, followed by a Chairperson Election on November 2, 2024, which elected Edith Smartt as Chairwoman. • “The Ike Council’s October 12 and November 2, 2024, elections constituted a tribal resolution to the intratribal dispute. Therefore, all challenges to the [director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs] decision are moot given that the tribal leadership dispute is resolved for federal purposes.” • “The [regional director] did not err in withdrawing jurisdiction from the Tribal Court and empowering the C.F.R. Court to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction on behalf of the Tribe.” Newland wrote challenges to decision “recognizing the Ike Council on an interim basis are rendered moot.” On Wednesday, McDade, the Ike group’s chief prosecutor, said members of the Holley faction were taking records from the South Fork Band’s offices in Lee, west of Spring Creek. He said he alerted Bureau of Indian Affairs police to the incident, but officers "never showed up to address the theft of South Fork's records." This could not be independently confirmed by the Elko Daily Free Press. A call to the South Fork Band’s office did not go through. Keith Kohn is editor of the Elko Daily Free Press. Reach him at kkohn@elkodaily.com . Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. Managing Editor {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.
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United Airlines is one of the first major airlines to adopt one of Apple’s new features, integrating the AirTag Share Item Location feature. Apple announced a new iOS 18.2 feature in November, one that would allow uses to share the location of an AirTag via a secure link. The implications and potential applications of the feature are myriad, with tracking lost luggage being one of the prime options. The company described the feature in a November press release. Apple has introduced Share Item Location, a new iOS feature that helps users locate and recover misplaced items by easily and securely sharing the location of an AirTag or Find My network accessory with third parties such as airlines. Share Item Location is available now in most regions worldwide as part of the public beta of iOS 18.2, which will soon be available to all users as a free software update for iPhone Xs and later. Find My is built with privacy and safety at its core. The shared location will be disabled as soon as a user is reunited with their item, can be stopped by the owner at any time, and will automatically expire after seven days. “Find My is an essential tool for users around the world to keep track of and find their belongings,” , Apple’s senior vice president of Services. “The Find My network and AirTag have proven to be a powerful combination for users while traveling, providing invaluable location information when bags have been misplaced or mishandled. With Share Item Location, we’re excited to give users a new way to easily share this information directly with third parties like airlines, all while protecting their privacy.” United Integrates the Feature Barely a month later, United has become one of the first airlines to adopt the new feature, counting on it to help drive improved customer service. United today announces the integration of Apple’s new Share Item Location feature for AirTag into its mobile app, a move that’s expected to drive a much-improved customer service experience for the fewer than 1% of customers whose bags arrive on a later flight. The airline says the feature will help it better serve customers in those rare instances where things don’t go as planned. While more than 99% of customer bags flew with – or even beat – their owner to their destination so far this year, this new digital innovation is the latest example of United’s infrastructure, training and technology investments geared towards making travel easier and bag handling more seamless, especially when plans don’t go as expected. “For years, every customer has been able to track the journey of their bag through the United app as it is scanned on and off the plane, and previously, they didn’t have a way to directly share their AirTag information with our baggage team,” , United’s Chief Customer Officer. “Now, Apple’s new Share Item Location feature will help customers travel with even more confidence, knowing they have another way to access to their bag’s precise location with AirTag or their Find My accessory of choice. They can easily and securely share that with us in the United app, and our team can use the location information to find the bag and get it reunited with its owner much more quickly.” United outlined how the feature will work. It’s good to see United adopting such a useful feature. Hopefully other airlines will follow suit quickly.WASHINGTON – Rep. Jerry Nadler announced Wednesday that he will be stepping down as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee next year, avoiding an intra-party fight over a prominent position as the party prepares to confront a second Trump presidency. Nadler's decision to relinquish control of the powerful committee came a day after fellow Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin announced his bid for the job and quickly amassed support from colleagues. Recommended Videos “I am also proud that, under my leadership, some of our caucus’s most talented rising stars have been given a platform to demonstrate their leadership and their abilities,” Nadler wrote in the letter to Democrats that was obtained by The Associated Press. “That includes Jamie Raskin, who in just a few terms in Congress has already proven himself to be an exceptional leader and spokesperson for our party’s values.” The 77-year-old chose to step aside as the Democratic party undergoes an internal reckoning over their losses in the election, which swept Republicans into a trifecta of power in Washington. Many Democrats are eager for generational change and a new approach as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House. The decision by Nadler, who is serving his 17th term in Congress, reflects that generational shift. Before he made his decision Wednesday morning, Nadler spent time speaking with staff about what his next step should be. He also made a call to Raskin, which was described as cordial by a person familiar with the conversation who was not authorized to discuss it publicly. “Jerry Nadler is an extraordinary lawyer, patriot and public servant,” Raskin posted on X. “His dogged defense of civil rights and civil liberties is a great inspiration to our people.” He added, “I am honored and humbled to have his support in the battles ahead.”Step Finance plans tokenized stock trading via Solana acquisition
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It's not unusual for the words of influencers to gain popularity. But the influential philosopher Henry David Thoreau was born more than 200 years ago -- and now a term he's credited with introducing, "brain rot," is the Oxford University Press's word or phrase of 2024. Brain rot was selected by thousands of online voters. But that doesn't necessarily mean they're well-versed in Thoreau's work, particularly his 1854 book Walden, or Life in the Woods , where he wrote about "brain-rot." It was the first recorded use of the term, according to Oxford University Press. Today, brain rot reflects a worry that consuming the internet's endless waves of memes and video clips, especially on social media, might numb one's noggin. In Walden , Thoreau used the term as he railed against oversimplification. He asked , "Why level downward to our dullest perception always, and praise that as common sense?" Thoreau ended that paragraph with another question: "While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?" So, is the new rot the same as the old rot? Oxford's language experts say brain rot gained traction on platforms such as TikTok this year, thanks to Gen Z and Gen Alpha. Frequency of the term's use grew by 230% from 2023 to 2024, according to the publisher's monitoring tools. At first glance, the connection to Thoreau may seem odd, but consider this: when Thoreau relocated to his cabin near Walden Pond to get back to basics in 1845, he was 27 years old -- the same age as the oldest Gen Z members. To better get a sense of how Thoreau saw brain rot in the 1800s, NPR contacted Cristin Ellis, an authority on Thoreau who teaches literature at the University of Mississippi. "For Thoreau, 'brain-rot describes what happens to our minds and spirits when we suppress our innate instincts for curiosity and wonder," Ellis says, "and instead resign ourselves to the unreflective habits we observe all around us -- habits of fitting in, getting by, chasing profits, chatting about the latest news." In today's usage, brain rot is seen as a bad thing, sort of a cautionary term for what might happen to us if we get too distracted. "I think the definitions are related but Thoreau's sense of brain rot is way more extreme," Ellis says. "It's not just TikTok dance crazes but virtually our entire 24/7 media culture -- including the "serious" news of newspapers -- that Thoreau would accuse of trivializing our minds," she adds. "Thoreau really values direct experience over our habits of consuming other peoples' ideas at second hand," Ellis says. "He wants us to go outside to feel and think something for ourselves; he wants us to get to know the places where we actually live." Popularity hints at online anxieties Words of the year often mark shifts in thought and concerns about where society is heading -- see "climate emergency" from 2019 and "vax" from 2021. Compared to Oxford's recent words of the year, brain rot suggests a reflective mood, after the more indulgent vibes of " goblin mode " in 2022 and " rizz " in 2023. Casper Grathwohl, president of Oxford Languages, said in a news release sent to NPR that he finds it fascinating that "brain rot" is being embraced by younger people. "It feels like a rightful next chapter in the cultural conversation about humanity and technology," he said. "There's an anxiety coming through about striking the right balance between the online world and losing touch with the real world," Oxford Languages product director Katherine Martin said. "I think it's great that young people also use this term to refer to the type of language used by people who overindulge in online content, which is wonderfully recursive and self-referential." "Brain rot" beat out five other contenders: demure; dynamic pricing; romantasy; slop; and lore. Demure became a sensation -- and is Dictionary.com's word of 2024 -- largely thanks to online content creator Jools Lebron's catchphrase, "very demure, very mindful." Back to Thoreau -- how might he have seen our culture? "I think he might actually see us as in a more or less similar predicament as the society he lived in," Ellis says. "He had no time for the complaint that societies in the past were somehow better, nobler, smarter than the present day." Shortly after Thoreau raises the specter of "brain rot" in Walden , he warns readers against being distracted by questions about the deterioration of society's collective intellect. He also returns to a central theme: people should aim for their own personal achievements. "His point here is that whether or not things are worse now than they were (and in general he's skeptical of that kind of nostalgia), our task at all times is the same: to try our hardest to commit ourselves to the things that matter most in our brief and miraculous lives," Ellis says. "Devote your attention to what you know, in your heart of heart, really matters: meaning, beauty, love, wonder, and gratitude for this earth." Copyright 2024 NPRNone
The Carolina Panthers are in line for a top-five pick in the 2025 NFL Draft ( per Tankathon ), yet aren't out of the NFC playoff race. Thanks to the ineptitude of the NFC South, there is a pathway for the Panthers to make the playoffs -- even though Carolina will finish with a losing record this season. The Panthers can still win the NFC South with an 8-9 record, even after their loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday. How can they win the NFC South with a losing record? Thanks to the Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons both being 6-6, there is a way. Here's what has to happen for the Panthers to win the division: Win each of their last five games Falcons go 1-4 or 0-5 in their last five games Buccaneers go 2-3 or worse in their last five games -- and must lose to Panthers and Saints Saints go 3-2 or worse If all three teams tie with an 8-9 record -- and the Buccaneers lose to the Saints in Week 18 -- the Panthers would make the playoffs by virtue of the division record tiebreaker over Tampa Bay. Carolina would go 3-3 in the NFC South while Tampa Bay would finish 2-4 in the division. The Falcons would have to go 1-4 or 0-5, since Atlanta would win the division at 8-9 (the Falcons play the Panthers in Week 18 anyway, so that would eliminate the Panthers if Atlanta won). The Saints would also have to finish 7-10 or worse (currently 4-8), since they have a 2-3 division record (and finish with the Buccaneers), and would have the tiebreaker over Carolina. The Panthers' remaining schedule includes the Eagles (10-2), Cowboys (5-7), Cardinals (6-6), Buccaneers (6-6) and Falcons (6-6) -- so there isn't an easy path toward winning the NFC South. Carolina needs a lot of help to win the division, but there is a path. A lot of things need to go right.Ravens coach John Harbaugh has previously denounced the idea of bringing in another kicker to complete with Justin Tucker. Not anymore.Tapping Earth’s power: PH’s reliable clean energy source
Gretchen McKay | (TNS) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH — Many Americans consider social media a scourge, but for a home cook, it can be a fun and informative place to get help deciding what to eat. Sure, some of the recipes would-be influencers recommend are in fact pretty abominable — check out @chefreactions on TikTok, Instagram or X for many, many examples — but I have stumbled across some pretty good recipes on many occasions, too. One that’s been going viral for a while and but only recently caught my eye shines a spotlight on the creamy, tomatoey dish known as Marry Me chicken. There are probably as many recipes for Marry Me chicken on social media as there are cooks. (Delish claims to have created the video recipe for the original dish, also known as Tuscan chicken, in 2016.) But in my opinion, the best variations hang their chef’s hat on a sauce made with sun-dried tomatoes, garlic and cream. Yum! This rich and luxurious entree is a definite step above the “engagement” chicken that caused a similar stir when it made its debut in Glamour magazine in 2004. That proposal-worthy recipe — saved for posterity in the 2011 cookbook “100 Recipes Every Woman Should Know: Engagement Chicken and 99 Other Fabulous Dishes to Get You Everything You Want in Life” — featured a whole chicken roasted with lemon and herbs. Awesome for sure, but not nearly as swoon worthy. I’ve been married for a very long time, so I’m not looking for a dish that will get me engaged. But who wouldn’t want applause when they put dinner on the table? That’s how Delish’s original recipe made it into the latest installment of “Dinner for Four for $25.” Usually when I’m building these economical meals, I do all my shopping in one store. This time, I shopped over the course of a weekend at some of my favorite haunts to see if that made a difference. (And no, I didn’t factor in the cost of gas, but maybe should have!) First stop after downing my Saturday morning latte and Nutella mele at a street-side table at Colangelo’s in the Strip District: Wholey’s Market, where I found boneless chicken breast at the bargain price of $3.89 per pound. I then crossed the street and headed down the block to Pennsylvania Macaroni Co., where I found several varieties of sun-dried tomatoes to chose from. I went with a jar of Ponti sun-dried cherry tomatoes for $5.09 — a definite splurge when your budget is only $25, but an ingredient I knew would deliver plenty of flavor. At Aldi, I found a bag of five huge lemons for $3.89, or 78 cents apiece, and a nice package of fresh broccoli for $2.28. A bargain, considering I would only use about two-thirds of it. The German supermarket chain known for its low prices and no-frills shopping experience (you have to deposit a quarter to get a shopping cart) also had butter — a main ingredient in my sandwich cookie dessert — on sale for $3.99 a pound. A bag of powdered sugar was pretty cheap, too, at just $2.09 for a two-pound bag. “Shopping” my pantry for ingredients I always have on hand, including garlic, olive oil, spices, rice, molasses and vanilla, once again helped keep costs down. Total bill: $24.38, or 62 cents under budget. Not bad when you consider the homemade dessert recipe makes more oatmeal sandwich cookies than a family can/should eat at one sitting. PG tested Sun-dried tomatoes could be considered a splurge item because even a tiny jar is expensive, but their concentrated, sweet and tangy tomato goodness add so much flavor to a dish! They are certainly the star of this chicken dish that has been making the rounds on social media platforms. Some say the entree is so good, you’ll get a marriage proposal out of it. At any rate, the Parmesan cream sauce that gets spooned on top of the chicken and rice will certainly make your diners swoon. This original recipe from Delish.com is a pretty easy dish to get on the table in quick fashion. Just remember to use a dry pot holder to take the pan out of the oven because it will be very hot; I very stupidly used a damp dish towel and now have another cooking scar. 4 (8-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 3/4 cup chicken broth 1/2 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil 1/2 cup heavy cream 1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan Fresh basil, torn, for serving, optional Cooked rice, for serving Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat, heat 1 tablespoon oil. Generously season chicken with salt and black pepper and cook, turning halfway through, until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to a plate. In same skillet over medium heat, heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Stir in garlic, thyme and red pepper flakes. Cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in broth, tomatoes, cream, and Parmesan; season with salt. Bring to a simmer, then return chicken and any accumulated juices to skillet. Transfer skillet to oven. Bake chicken until cooked through and juices run clear when chicken is pierced with a knife, 10-12 minutes. Arrange chicken on a platter. Spoon sauce over. Top with basil, if using, and serve with cooked rice. Serves 4. — delish.com PG tested Broccoli is a reliable veggie when you need a little something extra to round out a meal and don’t want to spend a fortune. Here, it’s blanched until crisp-tender and then tossed with lemon juice and zest and a pinch of red pepper flakes. I used lemon olive oil (already on hand) for an extra burst of citrus flavor. 1 large bunch broccoli, separated into florets 2 tablespoons olive oil or butter 1 clove garlic, minced Juice and zest of 1/2 lemon 1 pinch (or two) red pepper flakes Flaky salt and freshly ground ground black pepper, to taste Place broccolini in a large skillet with about 2 inches of water; bring to a boil and cook until bright green, 1-2 minutes. Drain. Heat olive oil in the same skillet over medium heat. Stir in garlic and cook until golden and fragrant, 1-2 minutes. Add broccoli; cook and stir until heated through, 2-3 minutes. Squeeze lemon juice and zest over broccoli and season with red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. Serves 4. — Gretchen McKay, Post-Gazette PG tested Remember how if you were lucky when you were a kid you got an individually wrapped Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pie in your lunchbox? These soft and chewy oatmeal cookies sandwiched with vanilla buttercream taste exactly the same. Actually, they’re better because they’re not made with corn syrup and artificial flavorings, but rather real butter and brown sugar. It’s important to let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a rack. Otherwise they will fall apart. The icing is very sweet, so you might want to reduce the amount of powdered sugar. For cookies 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 cup packed light brown sugar 1 tablespoon molasses 1 large egg, room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt For filling 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 3 cups powdered sugar 2 tablespoons heavy cream 2 teaspoons vanilla Pinch of salt Preheat oven to 325 degrees and line two sheet pans with parchment paper. In stand mixer outfitted with whisk attachment add butter, brown sugar and molasses and beat on low speed until combined. Gradually increase speed to medium-high and beat until smooth, about 2 minutes. Scrape down sides and bottom of bowl with spatula, then add egg and vanilla extract. Beat on medium-high speed until combined. Add flour, oats, baking soda and salt and beat on low speed until just combined and no streaks of flour remain. Use a 1/2 -ounce cookie scoop tor tablespoon measure to portion out equal amounts of dough. Roll the dough in your hands to smooth the edges, then place 2 inches apart on prepared pans. Bake until cookies have puffed up and are set and firm around the edges but still somewhat soft in the middle, 9-11 minutes. Remove sheet pans from oven and allow cookies to rest on the pans for 5 minutes, then use a metal spatula to transfer cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely. Once cookies have cooled, make filling. In stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine butter, confectioners’ sugar, cream, vanilla and salt. Beat on low speed, gradually increasing the speed to high, until creamy and fully incorporated, about 45 seconds. If filling is dry, add a small splash or two of cream. Assemble cookies. Using a small offset spatula or butter knife to spread about 2 tablespoons of filling onto the bottom side of one cookie, then place second cookie on top to sandwich. Repeat with remaining cookies and serve. Makes 16 sandwich cookies. —”Sweet Tooth” by Sarah Fennel (Clarkson Potter, $35) ©2024 PG Publishing Co. Visit at post-gazette.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.States and localities must move to protect workers should the Trump administration weaken federal laws that do so, former assistant labor secretary David Michaels writes in an opinion column.
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