Iran Buying More From U.s. Despite Tensions

San Quentin is being redesigned for rehabilitation, with more green space and classrooms to help prisoners prepare to reenter society. San Quentin, the oldest prison in California, used to house hundreds of people on death row. But it’s transforming from a maximum-security prison to a rehabilitation center.

The cult brand’s cheekily named ‘shmedium’ bag (smaller than a medium but larger than a small) drops the same week the label opened its flagship store in New York. Even if the name Telfar doesn’t ring a bell, the fashion label’s logo is likely familiar. It adorns the brand’s iconic shopping bags, structured totes that feature a large T encircled with a C—the initials of the brand’s namesake, Liberian American designer Telfar Clemens.

As we bundle up and prepare for the slew of holidays that lie ahead, many of us will be confronted with the awkward tensions of family and social media. There are certain social media rules we can all agree on: Ghosting a conversation is impolite, and replying “k” to a text is the equivalent of a backhand slap (violent, wrong, and rude).

Chef and author Tamar Adler talks about how she uses leftover and wilting food to make a sustainable—and economical—Thanksgiving dinner. On Thanksgiving, Americans will waste almost 316 million pounds of food. That could feed five meals to more than 47 million people experiencing food insecurity in the U. S.

The Delaware River provides drinking water for some 14 million people, including most of Philadelphia but also New Jersey and New York. Salty oceanwater is creeping up the Delaware River, the source for much of the drinking water for Philadelphia and millions of others, brought on by drought conditions and sea level rise, and prompting officials to tap reservoirs to push the unpotable tide back downstream.

Why is flying so expensive these days? A Democratic congressional panel blames “junk” fees. In a 55-page report, the majority staff of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released on Tuesday its findings after a year-long inquiry into five U. S. airlines’ ancillary fees, which the report said have led to higher costs and worse experiences for consumers and, in some cases, tax avoidance by the airlines. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “Our investigation has exposed new details about airlines exploiting passengers with sky high junk fees,” said the subcommittee’s chair, Sen.