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Bees attack man mowing lawn, killing him

A beekeeper found a large honeybee hive in an abandoned building near where the man had been cutting the grass. The beehive was safely relocated.

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 cream holding their shape under hot lights. The super ingredient? Polysorbate 80. Polysorbate 80 is an emulsifier, a chemical used to control the consistency of thousands of supermarket products. Other widely used emulsifiers or stabilizers include carboxymethyl cellulose, carrageenan, and maltodextrin. Recently, such ingredients have...

Weird sea creature ‘balloons’ are washing up on North Carolina beaches – here’s what they are

A Portuguese man-of-war washed up on a beach in North Carolina (Cape Lookout National Seashore)

2025’s safest sunscreens for you and your family

Sunscreen safety includes choosing a safe sunscreen and applying it liberally, experts say.

13-Year-Old Boy Charged in Killing of Girl, 16, in the South Bronx

Evette Jeffrey was an unintended victim of the shooting on May 12 after a schoolyard fight. Two boys in their early teens have now been charged in the killing.

Bird flu in humans hasn’t officially been seen in U.S. in 3 months

"We are really at risk of this virus evolving into one that has pandemic potential ... it may be here far sooner than any of us would like."

Couple Imprisoned Girl for 7 Years and Kept Her in Dog Cage, Police Say

Investigators, who did not identify the teenager, now 18, said they believed she had been sexually abused by her stepfather.

Suspect killed in ‘targeted’ Palm Springs fertility clinic explosion identified, authorities say

Guy Bartkus The blast took place around 11 a.m. local time outside American Reproductive Centers in Palm Springs, an upscale city around 100 miles from Los Angeles. Videos from the scene show plumes of smoke, blown out windows on nearby buildings, and sirens sounding off.

Treatments ‘aren’t likely’ to cure Biden’s form of cancer: Mayo Clinic

President Trump said in a post on Truth Social Sunday that he and First Lady Melania Trump are "saddened to hear about Joe Biden's recent medical diagnosis."

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 the Apollo 13 crew in 1970 after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon, died on April 21 in Crossville, Tenn. He was 95. His death, in a hospice facility, was confirmed by his son, Steven. The day after the...

Florida Becomes Second State To Ban Fluoride In Public Water

KFF HEALTH NEWS – Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the legislation yesterday, joining Utah. The bill does not mention fluoride specifically and is intended to allow more medical freedom, according to The Hill. Other news comes from Texas, Kentucky, California, Georgia, and Michigan. The Hill: Florida Joins Utah In Fluoride Ban Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed legislation Thursday making Florida the second state in the country to ban fluoride from public water. The bill doesn’t...

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 delivered, a move her family says a hospital told them was required under the state's strict anti-abortion law. With her due date still more than three months away, it could be one of the longest such pregnancies. Her family is upset that Georgia's law...

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. Independent pharmacist Benjamin Jolley and his colleagues worry that the tariffs, aimed at bringing drug production to the United States, could instead drive companies out of business while raising prices and creating more of the drug shortages that have plagued American patients for...

‘I want to reclaim my skin’: Why these people are removing their tattoos

Zach, who lives in New York, abandoned plans to start a traditional patchwork sleeve after beginning it with a bold panther head. Courtesy Zach Gilyard

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