business Young entrepreneur’s £300 bedroom start-up becomes booming 7-figure business Christin Hakim, April 2, 2023March 19, 2023 Seventeen-year-old George Greenhill established Protein Package in 2017 at his parents’ home in Wolverhampton while still at Sixth Form College in Stourbridge. The online platform – which ships mix and match snack orders sourced from all over the world directly to the customer – was started with a mere investment… Continue Reading
Automotive Gresham woman kills 2 young children, herself in midst of custody battle Christin Hakim, May 18, 2022 A woman killed her two young children in their Gresham apartment this week as she was in the midst of an acrimonious custody battle with her former spouse, according to family members, police and court records. Ashley Palmer, 31, of Gresham, daughter Kayleana Beatrice Palmer, 6, and son Xavier Rayvaughn… Continue Reading
Automotive A Young Woman Uses Her Congestive Heart Disease Diagnosis to Raise Awareness of Heart Health Christin Hakim, February 25, 2022 While getting ready to wash her hair at the end of a busy week, Shemeka Campbell suddenly felt weak and dizzy. Her heart was racing, too. Campbell decided to lie down, hoping rest would help. But when she woke up the following morning, she didn’t feel much better. “I was… Continue Reading
tech Neil Young is pulling his music from Spotify over Joe Rogan COVID misinformation, report says Christin Hakim, January 26, 2022February 7, 2022 Neil Young had some choice words for Spotify. Getty Images Musician Neil Young delivered an ultimatum to music streaming platform Spotify: It can host his music or comedian Joe Rogan’s podcast, but it can’t have both. Now Spotify is reportedly in the process of removing Young’s music from its service,… Continue Reading
medical Young People, Especially Young Women, Are Reporting Concerning Medical And Behavioral Changes Due To Social Media, And I Hope We’re Paying Attention Christin Hakim, October 23, 2021 This is an excerpt from Please Like Me, BuzzFeed News’ newsletter about how influencers are battling for your attention. You can sign up here. I was really struck this week by this article from the Wall Street Journal, where writer Julie Jargon connects a rise in cases of teens reporting… Continue Reading
sport DII WR prospect Dareke Young draws scouts far Christin Hakim, October 1, 2021 Close to the nexus of some fertile football breeding grounds — nearly equidistant to NFL prospect factories Clemson, UNC, Tennessee and South Carolina — lies a small liberal-arts Lutheran school that once was just another exit off the highway for itinerant pro scouts. For years, it was a drive-by when… Continue Reading