Janet Shamlian
Correspondent at CBS News
@CBSNews Correspondent. Previously @NBCNews. Mom of 5, frequent flier, Chicago-born Texan. @Mizzou Web3: Shamlian.eth
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23 hours ago |
cbsnews.com | Janet Shamlian
Tiny town's newspaper kept afloat through café Marfa, Texas — If it's morning in Marfa, Texas, the Sentinel, a local café, is the place to be. There's hot coffee and oversized breakfast tacos. Business is booming, but it's more than just money they're printing. Tucked away in a small corner of the café is the business for which it's named: The Big Bend Sentinel, the area's weekly newspaper keeping watch over this part of West Texas for 99 years.
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1 week ago |
cbsnews.com | Janet Shamlian
Durham, North Carolina — At Riverside High School in Durham, North Carolina, the food is as fresh as can be because most of it comes from local growers. "We receive local shredded carrots, cucumbers, lettuce, because we feel that we need to support people in our own communities," Jim Keaten, who runs the nutrition program for Durham Public Schools, told CBS News.
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | Janet Shamlian
9 hours agoWhen animal cruelty trumps capitalism. Conservatives want the government to dictate what you can and cannot eat. Or so Republican policymaking increasingly suggests. Earlier this month, Montana and Nebraska became the latest US states to ban lab-grown meat (also known as “cellular meat” or …
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2 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Janet Shamlian
Hundreds of hospitals in rural parts of the United States are in danger of closing because they can no longer afford to stay open, according to a new report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. The main reason: Insurance companies pay them much less than their big city counterparts for the same services. In Trinity, Texas, about 90 miles north of Houston, Midcoast Medical Center recently had to close its doors. "It has a huge impact on the community. We will lose lives.
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1 month ago |
cbsnews.com | Janet Shamlian
The church bells rang in downtown Houston, Texas, as Catholics, with hearts both heavy and grateful, came for comfort. At the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, parishioners mourned Pope Francis — the pontiff they never met, but always felt close to. "He has gone away from all the conservative ways and he's more of a people person. He's reached out to the poor, the handicapped, the lonely," said June Barth, who has been a Catholic since birth. More than 7 million Catholics live in Texas.
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