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ATLANTA, GA - Four out of five Americans are being exposed to a little-known chemical found in popular oat-based foods — including Cheerios and Quaker Oats — that is linked to reduced fertility, altered fetal growth, and delayed puberty.
The Environmental Working Group published a study in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology on Thursday that found a staggering 80% of Americans tested positive for a harmful pesticide called chlormequat.
CHICAGO, IL - Chicago’s “progressive” Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson is ending the city’s contract with the gunfire detection system ShotSpotter despite widespread support for the police department’s tool from minority members of the city council.
GREENSBORO, NC - A young mother of five disappeared after a night out with friends. Now, Marissa Carmichael’s mother fears her daughter is a victim of sex trafficking.
Sara Carmichael only has photos to remind her of some of her favorite memories of her daughter.
“She makes people laugh,” Sara said. “She can turn the littlest thing into a lot of fun.”
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A bill working its way through the Tennessee legislature could put a chill on cold beer sales in the state.
According to its summary on the state website, SB 2636 “prohibits a beer permittee from selling at retail refrigerated or cold beer.” It passed two votes in the Senate and was referred to a committee.
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin says he would rather see President Biden stay in office as opposed to former President Trump, describing the incumbent as “more predictable” than his GOP challenger.
Asked by journalist Pavel Zarubin for his 2024 election preference, Putin said, “Biden. He has more experience, and he is more predictable too, an old school politician,” according to remarks provided by the Kremlin this week.
HOUSTON — It’s said that cats have nine lives, but a dog found in a shipping container Wednesday could give any cat a run for its money.
The dog, named "Connie," was found in the shipping container at the Bayport Terminal at Port Houston. According to the Coast Guard, inspectors were randomly checking out containers when they heard barking and scratching coming from one of them.
LANSING, Mich - The quicker America adopts the electric vehicle, the deeper the job losses in Southeast Michigan will be, and those job losses will cause people to leave Michigan, says a University of Michigan forecast.
LANSING, Mich - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to take $670 million out of the state’s pension debt payments and spend it elsewhere. Michigan legislators should be careful. Underfunded pension debts have a long history of wreaking havoc with state budgets. Lawmakers, employees, unions and citizens should all want to catch up on what taxpayers owe to public retirees.
LOS ANGELES, CALIF - A burning truck's fuel tank exploded on Thursday while Los Angeles firefighters were trying to battle the blaze, injuring seven of them, including two critically, fire officials said. An additional two injured victims were reported by the local public health agency.
CLEVELAND — Sen, Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., danced around his interest in launching a third-party presidential bid here Thursday, but he endorsed a potential running mate if he does.
“Hypothetically, if I was picking my running mate, really who I would ask right now is Mitt Romney,” Manchin said, identifying the Republican senator from Utah.
NEW YORK, NY - CNN boss Mark Thompson is looking to fund his digital-first transformation by cutting anchor salaries — currently more than $50 million — as he seeks to remake the ailing cable network into a U.S. version of the BBC, media observers and former CNN executives have told TheWrap.
NEW YORK, NY - Disgraced politician Anthony Weiner's ex-wife Huma Abedin has seemingly revealed she is dating billionaire George Soros' son Alex - who is almost ten years her junior.
The longtime aide to Hillary Clinton appeared to take her romance public on Wednesday when she shared a photo of herself and Alex enjoying a Valentine's Day date at a restaurant in Paris.
ORLANDO, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he is directing the Florida Department of Education to look into and take “appropriate action” on “bad actors” who are “politicizing” the book challenging process in Florida.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A Florida House panel approved legislation that would enact new THC standards if voters approve of a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana use this November.
The trigger bill limits the THC potency allowed in marijuana if a ballot initiative is passed and recreational use of the drug is legalized.
MESA, Ariz. - Two people were arrested after authorities say multiple stolen vehicles, drugs, guns and two human skulls were found at a Mesa automotive business.
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The incident happened on Feb. 8 at Meadows Auto, located near 1st Avenue and Country Club Drive.
PHOENIX - Nkechi Diallo, a woman who is also known as "Rachel Dolezal," is no longer working for a school district in Southern Arizona.
In a statement we received, a spokesperson with the Catalina Foothills School District said Diallo, who was hired by the district in August 2023 as a "part-time After School Extended Day Instructor" in the district's community schools program, is no longer employed by CFSD after they became aware on Feb. 13 of posts made by Diallo on OnlyFans.
DETROIT- A passenger on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit said maggots fell on a woman next to him from an overhead bin, causing the plane to turn around an hour after departing.
"She was freaking out," said Philip Schotte, a Netherlands native who lives in Iowa. "She was just trying to kind of fight off these maggots."
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith shared the WWE title belt to help calm a young boy in the aftermath of the mass shooting at the team’s Super Bowl celebration.
Smith, who sported the belt during the celebration, noticed the frightened boy, who was with his father.
LANSING, Mich - Barb Byrum and Brad Delaney this week filed with the U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan Southern Division for dismissal of a case alleging the couple used their political influence to reinstate their son in school after he was expelled for the sexual assault of a fellow eighth-grader.
WINSTON SALEM, NC - Numerous students at Carver Middle School, N.C., were sent home or to the hospital this week after a student distributed “gummies containing an unidentified controlled substance” to classmates.
PALMDALE, CALIF - The personal passion project of Hollywood A-lister Christian Bale seems to finally be coming to fruition as the Welsh actor recently broke ground on a children’s foster care village in Palmdale, California.
