Nearly half the faucets in this great nation — rural and urban, drawing from private wells and public systems — dispense water with so-called forever chemicals linked to cancers, high blood pressure and low birth weight, according to a new report. The U.S. Geological Survey said consumers could use its report to decide whether they should buy a filter to strip out the chemicals, which companies are allowed to dump into public wastewater systems. |
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The first drug to show solid evidence of slowing Alzheimer's disease was given full approval by the FDA, clearing it to be paid for by Medicare, which covers most people with the condition, and other insurance plans. Before someone receives Leqembi, an infusion that costs $26,500 per year, their doctor must confirm that they have the kind of brain plaque the drug targets. The Japanese drugmaker Eisai believes 100,000 Americans will be eligible to receive Leqembi by 2026. |
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Gerson Fuentes, 28, was sentenced to life in prison for raping a 9-year-old girl whose experience drew national headlines because Ohio's fetal heartbeat bill prevented her from getting an abortion there. An Indiana doctor was reprimanded by the state's medical board for saying she gave the girl an abortion, although she did not identify the girl or the legal case. |
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The railroad industry sued to block Ohio's law requiring two-person crews on freight trains, a law passed by the Republican-controlled state after February's fiery train derailment in East Palestine. The Association of American Railroads said that only the federal government could regulate crew sizes and that besides, so-called one-person crews "have been used safely for decades."
The railroad lobby might want to take this up with the dictionary, but "crew" literally means multiple people.
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Because a one-person "crew" worked so well here. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) |
The first-ever visit by a U.N. investigator to the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, found that the 30 men still imprisoned continue to suffer profound physical and psychological effects, including permanent disabilities, from being tortured and held without trial for two decades. No president had allowed outside investigators to visit Guantanamo — which imprisoned 780 Muslim men after the 9/11 terrorist attacks — until Joe Biden approved the visit. |
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The company suspended operations two weeks after a search and rescue effort revealed that its uncertified submersible imploded, killing the company's CEO and four passengers near the Titanic wreckage they had been touring. Family members of the four passengers have "essentially no chance" of winning damages in a lawsuit against OceanGate once it shuts down, said Northeastern University law professor Richard Daynard. |
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More than 4,000 Methodist congregations got permission this year to leave the United Methodist Church — following more than 2,000 in the prior three years — largely because they object to other church congregations welcoming LGBTQ+ members to become ministers and to get married. With the most conservative 20% of the church gone or on their way out, progressives are expected to push for the UMC to drop its official opposition to gay marriage and ordination. |
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Three of Aretha Franklin's sons will go to court next week to fight over which of two handwritten wills should guide the distribution of the late Queen of Soul's estate. Months after she died of pancreatic cancer in 2018, the wills — one dated 2010 and another 2014 — were found in the 76-year-old's suburban Detroit home. |
The Queen of Soul at a 1987 Detroit performance. (Ross Marino/Getty Images) |
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The Eagles are taking one last flight, the iconic ring Tupac wore at his last show is up for auction, and Britney Spears was allegedly assaulted by a security guard for the NBA's top draft pick. |
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What seemed like a miracle turned out to be a bizarre hoax that Houston police are still investigating. Rudolph "Rudy" Farias IV, a 25-year-old who went missing in 2015 while walking his dogs, was only truly missing for a day, police said, and lived under false names while his mother continued to tell police that he was missing. |
Us reading this story. (Giphy) |
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This weekend we recommend the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe series — Secret Invasion, starring Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury — plus America's favorite boozy cooking aunt and a pensive tour of America's wild places. Our semi-recent throwback is a short-lived but delightful antihero comedy that It's Always Sunny fans will love. |
One thing we love: Morning coffee outside, before the heat takes over. One thing we hate: When the heat takes over a little too much. One thing we ate: Thai golden bags at Green Elephants in Watkins Glen, N.Y. |
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Americans: I use miles and pounds
Europeans: I use kilometres and kilograms
Canadians: [snorting a line of assorted measuring systems] I'm 5'3, I weigh 150lbs, horses weigh 1000kgs, my house is an hour away and I drive 80 km/h to get there, I need a cup of flour and 1L of milk —@VeryBadLlama
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