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Dogs help lifeguards conduct rescues at Maine beach

Among the American Academy of Canine Water Rescue trainees is Beacon, a Newfoundland who will assist lifeguards at the state park.

Most States With Highest Rates Of Smoking Have Below Average Cigarette Taxes

An average smoker in “Tobacco Nation” goes through about 53 packs in one year, compared with an average of 29 packs in the rest of the US, a difference of about 500 cigarettes per person each year.

Activists mail Biden about downer pigs

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – Pigs often become non-ambulatory “because of a temporary metabolic condition characterized by profound fatigue” according to a 2019 ruling by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The condition is “usually completely reversible” after the animals are cooled and rested. Several non-governmental organizations who are not satisfied with that 5-year-old decision have opted to jump over FSIS, and even the Secretary of Agriculture by taking up their “downer” pigs concerns directly...

Death toll rises to 7 in fungal meningitis outbreak; 161 more at risk

ARS TECHNICA – Three more people in the US have died from fungal meningitis in an outbreak linked to tainted surgeries in Mexico, bringing the total deaths to seven, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The total case count remains unchanged from an update earlier this month, with 34 cases in the US: nine confirmed, 10 probable, and 15 suspected. Health officials are investigating 161 others who may have been exposed. The outbreak is...

A New Blood Test Predicts Pre-eclampsia in Pregnant Women

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a blood test that can identify pregnant women who are at imminent risk of developing a severe form of high blood pressure called pre-eclampsia, a leading cause of disability and death among childbearing women. The condition disproportionately affects Black women in the United States and may have contributed to the recent death of Tori Bowie, a track star who won gold at the 2016 Olympics. Two Black teammates...

ThunderShirts, dance parties and anxiety meds can help ease dogs’ July Fourth dread

PHOENIX (AP) — On the Friday before the Fourth of July, more than a dozen dog owners waited in triple-digit temperatures in south Phoenix to get into a microchipping event inside a shelter. It didn't hurt that Maricopa County was offering a discount. But, several were there because they knew having a microchip with their contact information implanted in their pups would increase the likelihood of their pet being returned if the worst happens on...

North Carolina megachurch exits Southern Baptist Convention after expulsions over women pastors

AP – Less than a month after finalizing the ouster of one of its largest churches for having women pastors, the Southern Baptist Convention has lost another of its biggest congregations. Elevation Church — a North Carolina-based megachurch that draws thousands of worshippers to its multiple campuses and has wielded a strong influence on contemporary Christian worship music — sent notice to the SBC on June 26 that it was withdrawing its affiliation. Elevation's letter didn't...

RFK Jr. Pledges To Legalize Marijuana And Psychedelics, Using Revenue To Fund Farms

MARIJUANA MOMENT – Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, says that he would legalize marijuana and psychedelics if elected to the White House—and he’d tax both substances, using revenue to create “healing centers” where people recovering from drug addiction could learn organic farming as a therapeutic tool. He also voiced support for freeing up banking services for the cannabis industry. The candidate’s position on drug policy reform had been vague around the...

A healthcare fraud of nearly $2 billion at Big Rx company

The alleged scammers siphoned funds from American taxpayer-programs through telemedicine, pharmaceuticals, opioids, and other healthcare schemes.

Hamburgers to housing: McDonald’s lot development breaks ground

San Francisco is racing to fulfill a state-mandated goal of building 82,000 new homes in eight years, more than half of which must be affordable to low- and moderate-income.

As if air travel isn’t hard enough, 5G wireless signals could disrupt flights starting this weekend

AP – Airline passengers who have endured tens of thousands of weather-related flight delays this week could face a new source of disruptions starting Saturday, when wireless providers are expected to power up new 5G systems near major airports. Aviation groups have warned for years that 5G signals could interfere with aircraft equipment, especially devices using radio waves to measure distance above the ground and which are critical when planes land in low visibility. Predictions that...

‘Bubba Wallace meal’ introduced by sponsors McDonald’s ahead of Chicago race

SPORTSKEEDA – With NASCAR coming to the streets of Chicago this weekend, McDonald's has announced the 'Bubba Wallace meal' to celebrate the sport's first-ever street race. This Sunday's race will go down in history as NASCAR's first-ever venture into street course racing. The city's iconic Grant Park and Lake Michigan will act as the scenic backdrop against which next-gen cars will speed down the roads in Chicago. To celebrate this historic milestone, McDonald's has decided to collaborate...

University of Cincinnati professor formally reprimanded for banning two-word gender description

NEW YORK POST – A University of Cincinnati women’s gender studies professor has been ordered to complete free speech training after she failed a student for referring to non-trans female athletes as “biological women,” according to a report. Adjunct instructor Melanie Nipper was formally reprimanded for giving student Olivia Krolczyk zero out of 20 points on her Women’s Gender Studies in Pop Culture final project for using what the teacher called the “exclusionary” term, The...

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