40% of Americans are buying fewer fruits and vegetables during cyclospora outbreak
More than 16,000 cases of the parasitic illness that causes severe dehydration and explosive diarrhea have been reported
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White House wants to entice ‘willing states’ to take nation’s nuclear waste with promises of economic boost
The plan could spur construction of ‘advanced reactors, data centers, and manufacturing facilities,’ according to the…
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Gen Z is off the wagon: People in their 20s are now drinking as much as older generations
Gen Z is drinking more cocktails than any other generation
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You can own KFC founder Colonel Sanders’ bow tie, former restaurant and more in upcoming auction
KFC founder Harland Sanders’ pressure cooker, black bow tie and dozens of his personal items are up for public auction
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The food date labels you can safely ignore — and the ones you can’t, according to experts
Many people throw away food based on confusing expiration labels like “Best By” or “Sell By”
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‘Critical failure’ allowed ODU gunman to attend school despite ISIS link
The university's president said the report also shed new light on the ’extraordinary heroism and bravery‘ shown by a…
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‘Worst aquarium ever’: Museum tries new sales tactic and uses bad reviews for merch
How to turn a negative review into a hit merchandise line
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Trump’s rollback of DEI is transforming who runs America’s biggest companies, study finds
During Trump’s second term, appointments of women and racial minorities to S&P 500 boards have dropped to their lowest…
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Anthony Fauci grew increasingly annoyed by ‘obnoxious adolescent’ Trump as Covid pandemic spiraled, diary reveals
Over 1,000 pages of diary entries from Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and…
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Mass shooter downed by cops seconds after opening fire and injuring nine in Tucson
A suspected mass shooter was taken down by cops after he opened fire and injured nine people in Tucson, Arizona,…
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5 reasons lettuce is often at the root of food-borne illness outbreaks
The average American consumes 25 pounds of lettuce every year
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HIV funding fell by $2bn last year fuelled by Trump’s aid cuts, new reports find
The fall from $8.3bn to $6.2bn between 2024 and 2025 marks the lowest global funding level since 2007
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Your diarrhea could be more explosive than others - why Cyclospora parasite sickens some people worse
Ultimately, cyclosporiasis shows how important a healthy immune system is for fighting infection
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Trump pressured RFK Jr to slash childhood vaccines over autism fears: report
During a lunch in May, Trump reportedly accused Kennedy of having the ‘yips’
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Cornell student who said he’s ‘not interested in working for a Jew’ claims he faced no disciplinary action
‘I didn’t say anything that could be classified as hateful,’ the student claimed, according to a conservative watchdog…
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Bari Weiss’ CBS Evening News woes worsen as ABC’s David Muir surges past her anchor in ratings
CBS News continues to face a series of setbacks and a decline in viewership since Bari Weiss was named editor-in-chief…
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Smelly seaweed blankets Mexico’s idyllic coastline forcing beach closures amid ‘extremely serious’ drop in tourism
Workers are seen lining many beaches, knee-deep in seaweed shoveling heaps of sargassum off the shoreline
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Lindsey Graham’s political career was defined by one consistent strategy
For more than three decades, Graham repeatedly positioned himself where Republican politics in the South were headed…
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Idaho college killer Bryan Kohberger claims he was duped into pleading guilty and now wants a trial
Former criminology student pleaded guilty last year to murdering the four University of Idaho college students in 2022
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Quiet change to Pentagon website adds 142 wounded US service members to Iran war casualty count
A new category called ‘Overseas Operations’ also restores four fatalities that were removed from the Defense Casualty…
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John Thune leads Republican revolt over Trump demanding Senate cancel summer break for him
‘We could stay here ‘til Christmas’, a frustrated Thune tells Trump of chamber’s inability to pass his voter ID law
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Broke and broken Democrats are on course to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory this fall
Just when they seemed poised to take back the House, Democrats are in the red on cash and facing an internal…
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CNN’s Kaitlan Collins breaks silence on Trump’s WHCD insults and tells Jon Stewart what really bothered president
Kaitlan Collins took the high road when she was quizzed about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner by host Jon Stewart
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Iran releases disturbing ‘kill Melania’ video threatening the First Lady and Barron Trump
The Secret Service says it is aware of the clip and is investigating after it was posted by a news agency affiliated…
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Tesla manager says self-driving vehicle team was so overworked that cars were ‘rolling hazards on public streets,’ lawsuit reveals
Exclusive: ‘I was really trying to let them know how serious this was,’ fired Tesla manager Javier Medrano told The…
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Massachusetts museum goes viral for merchandise featuring bad Google review
How to turn a negative review into a hit merchandise line
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White House posts bizarre ‘Rick and Morty’-style cartoon of Trump and Vance after creator’s revealing admission
“People can’t afford gas, groceries, rent, and healthcare,” former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said in…
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Biden admits finding ‘classified stuff downstairs’ in newly released audio tapes
Biden heard on recordings made by ghostwriter a decade ago that have now been made public by the Oversight Project,…
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He spent 27 years on death row. Now a judge says the science used to convict him couldn’t be trusted
Jimmie Duncan had originally been convicted of first-degree murder in 1998 after prosecutors accused him of raping and…
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Nearly 7 in 10 Americans say Trump has failed to explain Iran war goals, poll finds
Just one in three Americans supports the war on Iran, the lowest reading in a Reuters/Ipsos poll since the…
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Lawsuit claims Meta knew Instagram was harming teens but kept addictive features
During opening statements in a seven-week trial in state court in Tennessee, the state's lawyers said Meta researchers…
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Trump, Netanyahu and Zelensky gather to honor Lindsey Graham in Washington
President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks at the cathedral, alongside Fox News' Sean Hannity and other…
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Betye Saar, groundbreaking artist who redefined Black American art, dies at 99
Artist Betye Saar, whose work explored Black identity, culture and spirituality has died in Los Angeles
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Trump shares glimpse of regilded Arts of War sculptures, the latest in president’s beautification project of DC
The restoration project has cost over $5 million, according to government spending records
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Could your child’s cellphone be hurting their reading? UCLA study raises new concerns
Elementary school students who own cellphones have lower reading comprehension scores than classmates who do not own…
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Iran war spreads to Caspian Sea as Ukraine accused of targeting Tehran vessel
There has been a temporary halt in US strikes, but the Iran war still escalated over the weekend
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