I’m a fat woman. Like most fat people, I face myriad challenges traveling and adventuring the way that I want to. Being fat extends to every single part of traveling from flights, to buses, hotels and restaurants. Even where we do “fit,” the treatment we face from other people around us and sometimes the staff – it’s indescribable.
NEW YORK – Workers at a Target store in Christiansburg, Virginia, filed paperwork Tuesday with federal labor regulators to hold a union election, joining a wave of union organizing at other retailers around the country.
TILOS, Greece – When deciding where to test green tech, Greek policymakers picked the remotest point on the map: tiny Tilos. Providing electricity and basic services, and even access by ferry, are all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants.
LIMA, Peru – About 10 million people speak Quechua, but trying to automatically translate emails and text messages into the most widely spoken Indigenous language family in the Americas was long all but impossible.
GLEN ROSE — The two incumbents for the Glen Rose ISD school board have retained their seats. Trustee Tayna Myers and trustee Jason Evans were the top two votegetters in the election that concluded last Saturday.
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders on Thursday for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 as he led the U.S. in marking the approaching “tragic milestone” of 1 million deaths at home from the virus.
GLEN ROSE — The Somervell County Safety Coalition in partnership with Glen Rose ISD held Water/Summer Safety Day at Glen Rose Elementary School last week where children were taught ways to stay safe and healthy while enjoying summer activities.
RAMALLAH, West Bank – Thousands gathered to mourn a slain Al Jazeera journalist in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday, as the head of the Palestinian Authority blamed Israel for her death and rejected Israeli calls for a joint investigation.
GLEN ROSE — National Fleet Tracking, a provider in GPS and RFID transportation solutions in the school bus transportation market based in Glen Rose, has added another Texas school district as a client.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A nearly $1 billion tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of last June’s condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, an attorney said Wednesday.