Nov 26, 2020

Keeping everyone fed during a pandemic Thanksgiving

Demand at soup kitchens has grown so much during the pandemic that serving into the night is the only way to get food to everyone safely. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

This year, the need for food programs and pantries is greater, and it will go far beyond Thanksgiving. Plus, the humanitarian crisis North Korea could be facing as a result of rapidly decreasing trade with China. And, a housing crisis in Florida.

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Food pantries offer food and community safely this Thanksgiving

by Kristin Schwab

Nov 26, 2020

Although most soup kitchens are serving to-go meals, they're hoping to provide safe gathering spaces, too.

Demand at soup kitchens has grown so much during the pandemic that serving into the night is the only way to get food to everyone safely.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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October trade between North Korea and China was down 99% compared to the year before

The BBC’s Celia Hatton reports.

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Floridians struggle to find good housing amid affordability crisis, pandemic

by Danielle Prieur

Nov 26, 2020

In Osceola County, many people are living in motels that offer limited facilities for long-term stays during a pandemic.

A woman looks on as the head of the Kissimmee-Poinciana Homeless Outreach, Barbie Austria, donates essentials to jobless people living in a motel in Kissimmee, Florida on Oct. 15, 2020.

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Concerning the UFO sighting near Highland, Illinois Sufjan Stevens

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David Brancaccio Host

Victoria Craig Host, BBC

Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC

Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC

Daniel Shin Producer

Jay Siebold Technical Director

Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer

Alex Schroeder Producer

Erika Soderstrom Producer

Rose Conlon Producer

Brian Allison Technical Director

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