YAHOO! NEWS – Portuguese man-of-war are washing up on North Carolina beaches, forcing officials to issue a warning to beachgoers along a 150-mile stretch of sand from Cape Lookout to the South…
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This News Might Ruin Your Appetite — And Summer
KFF HEALTH NEWS – It’s a marvel of food technology: ice cream that resists melting. In a video explaining the science behind it, a seller of food chemicals shows scoops of ice…
13-Year-Old Boy Charged in Killing of Girl, 16, in the South Bronx
The New York Times – A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged on Monday in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old girl, police said. The boy was charged with second-degree murder in…
Bird flu in humans hasn’t officially been seen in U.S. in 3 months
CBS/AP – Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of new human cases have stopped appearing. Has the search…
American basketball player arrested in Indonesia for alleged drug smuggling, could face death penalty
Jakarta, Indonesia, AP — An American basketball player for the Indonesian league was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the country, police said Thursday. The Southeast Asian country has…
‘I want to reclaim my skin’: Why these people are removing their tattoos
CNN – When Zach Gilyard, an art director in Brooklyn, got his first tattoo as a senior in high school, he did what most teenagers do and didn’t tell his parents. But…
Hospital blocks family of “brain-dead” Georgia woman from aborting her unborn baby
ATLANTA — A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be…
Florida Becomes Second State To Ban Fluoride In Public Water
The Texas Tribune: House Bill Requiring Air Conditioning In Texas Prisons OK’d The Texas House gave preliminary approval Thursday to a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning by the end of…
Ed Smylie, Who Saved the Apollo 13 Crew With Duct Tape, Dies at 95
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who led a team of engineers that cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape that saved…
Pharmacists Stockpile Most Common Drugs on Chance of Targeted Trump Tariffs
KFF HEALTH NEWS – In the dim basement of a Salt Lake City pharmacy, hundreds of amber-colored plastic pill bottles sit stacked in rows, one man’s defensive wall in a tariff war….