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All in a Year’s Work: How H-Town’s Kolby Chandler Went from TikTok to ‘Top Chef’

KOLBY CHANDLER NOTICED his little nephew glued to his phone screen one night, and asked him what he was looking at. "TikTok," his nephew replied. Chandler downloaded the app — and three hours later, he was still swiping and scrolling. Eventually, he wandered into cooking-video territory and thought, "I can do that."

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The Cost of Mobility: How a Local Nonprofit Helps Athletes with Disabilities Afford Adaptive Sports Equipment

TO THE AVERAGE able-bodied person, the cost of a walk in the neighborhood or a jog in the park is zero. For an amputee who needs prosthetic limbs to walk, the cost can be upwards of $80,000 to $100,000 for one limb. While insurance will usually help cover that cost, it's not always covered entirely, and insurance companies will usually try to insist amputees get a retro hydraulic prosthetic, instead of the updated computer-generated limbs that are standard today.

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Trend: Filipino Bakers Turn Covid Hobby into Booming Biz

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Bask Pastries' Marie Yeo and Ube Co.'s Lawrence Indefenso

AFTER 2020'S FAD of sourdough starters and parking-lot pastry swaps subsided, many continued to bake. Some even turned their newfound talent into a business.

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