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By MAE ANDERSON, AP Business Writer A looming TikTok ban could affect the millions of small businesses that use the short-video social media app to help them grow their business. Desiree Hill, owner of Crown’s Corner Mechanic in Conyers, Georgia, started her business solo as a mobile mechanic. Sharing videos of her work on TikTok helped spread the word and she became so popular she was able to open a 9,000 square foot brick and mortar shop with five employees 18 months ago. “Every day I get at least two to three customers that have seen me on TikTok, watched my videos and wanted to become a customer,” she said. Though TikTok has been around only since 2016, small business owners use the platform in a variety of ways, from growing a customer base to advertising and marketing, as well as selling goods directly from the site. According to TikTok’s own estimates, small businesses on TikTok would lose more than $1 billion in revenue in a single month if the ban goes into effect. The Justice Department ordered the app’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell TikTok or face a U.

Which winter gloves for men are best? Winter is here and it’s the season of frozen fingers. Unless, of course, you grab a pair or two of winter gloves. But the term “winter gloves” covers a wide range of styles. There are basic leather gloves mostly used for driving or thickly cushioned mittens for long treks through the snow.

SALT LAKE CITY — Jamal Murray contorted his face into a demonstrative expression worthy of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” He was dribbling the ball past mid-court. The Nuggets were hunting fast-break points in Utah, and Murray needed to get a message across to Peyton Watson. The young forward was in the far corner, spaced next to Michael Porter Jr.

What dishes did Denver try making at home in 2024? Part of that answer can be found within the city’s libraries, which loaned cookbooks to thousands of hungry readers over the year. They include volumes on purely soups, one-pan meals and healthy and sustainable cooking. Ina Garten’s memoir from this year was a New York Times bestseller, but local readers also returned to her for her dinner recipes. Related: 5 things I’ve learned from writing cookbooks Below are the most popular cookbooks of 2024, according to the Denver Public Library system, which tracks e-book and physical book loans separately. Electronic cookbooks “Every Season is Soup Season: 85+ Souper-Adaptable Recipes to Batch, Share, Reinvent, and Enjoy” by Shelly Westerhausen Worcel (251 checkouts) “Health Nut: A Feel-Good Cookbook” by Jess Damuck (184 checkouts) “5 Ingredient Mediterranean: Simple Incredible Food” by Jamie Oliver (130 checkouts) “Perfectly Good Food: A Totally Achievable Zero Waste Approach to Home Cooking” by Margaret Li & Irene Li (129 checkouts) “The Complete Plant-Based Cookbook: 500 Inspired, Flexible Recipes for Eating Well Without Meat” from America’s Test Kitchen (122 checkouts) Print cookbooks “Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook” by Ina Garten (194 checkouts) Related Articles Restaurants, Food and Drink | ACLU sues Colorado school district over removal of “highly sensitive” library books Restaurants, Food and Drink | Hundreds of bookstore staffers — including one in Colorado — get holiday bonuses from author James Patterson Restaurants, Food and Drink | The Book Club: “When We Flew Away,” by Alice Hoffman, and more short reader reviews Restaurants, Food and Drink | East Colfax brewery closing after 10 years of pouring literature-themed craft beer Restaurants, Food and Drink | Dick Kreck, whose wild Denver Post columns and books celebrated Mile High City, dies at 83 “Milk Street Simple” by Christopher Kimball (193 checkouts) “Dinner in One: Exceptional and Easy One-Pan Meals” by Melissa Clark (175 checkouts) “Skinnytaste Simple: Easy, Healthy Recipes Using 7 Ingredients or Fewer” by Gina Homolka (166 checkouts) “Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files” by Deb Perelman (160 checkouts) Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, In The Know, to get entertainment news sent straight to your inbox.

Uinta oil transport threatens Colorado River Re: “Communities opposing proposed railroad,” Dec. 8 news story Utah oil and mining barons, along with the state of Utah, want the U. S. Supreme Court to rubber-stamp their plot to make millions at the expense of us in Colorado. They want to build the Uinta Basin Railway from the Uinta shale oil Basin in Utah to allow tanker car rail transport of heavy waxy crude oil through our state.

JoJo Nworie grew up playing soccer in the streets of Nigeria. But she’s come into her own in America with a basketball in her hands. CU’s 6-foot-5 sophomore center didn’t even start hooping until she was 17, the same year she arrived in the U. S. She moved from Lagos to California as a sophomore.