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‘Unexplained or suspicious’ deaths growing in assisted-living centers

Colorado Politics – Gruesome deaths like Lavina Bonacci's are often seen as terrible but isolated mistakes. But a four-month Denver Gazette investigation into Colorado’s burgeoning assisted-living industry revealed that preventable deaths at facilities promising a watchful eye happened more often than the public knows. There were 110 documented deaths classified by the state as “unexplained or suspicious” at assisted-living facilities between Jan. 1, 2018, and Oct. 28, 2022, according to Colorado Department of Public Health and...

A Harvard genetics professor who only sleeps 6 hours a night and doesn’t exercise every day swears 3 habits helped reverse his biological age...

Fortune – David Sinclair, a 54-year-old professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, says his regimen has helped him stay biologically 10 years younger than his age—underscoring a modern phenomenon called reverse aging by combating age-related disease and decline. So what is Sinclair’s secret to aging well and staying young? He began working on it in his early thirties. Here are the three ways the longevity researcher got started: Taking resveratrol Sinclair swears by resveratrol,...

Republican attorneys general issue warning letter to Target about Pride merchandise

CBS NEWS – Seven U.S. state attorneys general sent a letter to Target on Wednesday warning that clothes and merchandise sold as part of the company's Pride month campaigns might violate their state's child protection laws. Republican attorneys general from Indiana, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and South Carolina signed the letter, writing that they were "concerned by recent events involving the company's 'Pride' campaign." The attorneys said that they believed the campaign was a "comprehensive...

Can you get a DUI while mowing your lawn?

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Two things define summer for many West Virginians—beer and mowing the lawn, but can those two things legally mix? Under the West Virginia Code §17C-5-2, a person who “drives a vehicle on any public highway or private road in this state while he or she is in an impaired state” will be charged with DUI and can be fined up to $1,000 for a first offense. But an amendment made in...

California Promises Free Care for 11,000 Inmates as They Leave Prison

KFF HEALTH NEWS – California has agreed to improve health care for newly released prison inmates who are disabled, including through a series of measures that advocates say will help almost everyone trying to make the transition from incarceration. Attorneys representing inmates say proper care during the transition from prison has long been lacking and can lead to homelessness. A recent study found that 1 in 5 Californians experiencing homelessness came from an institution such...

A Jacked Hulk Hogan, 69, Takes Us Inside His Home Gym

Terry Gene Bollea (Hulk Hogan) is now 69, sober, and maybe in the best shape of his sexagenarian life.

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.

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...

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...

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.

‘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...

Florida’s new DeSantis-backed laws address immigration, Medicare and more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Employers who hire immigrants in the country illegally will face tough punishments and gun owners will have more freedoms when more than 200 new Florida laws take effect Saturday, many of which Gov. Ron DeSantis will highlight as he seeks the Republican presidential nomination. DeSantis has taken a hard line on illegal immigration as he campaigns, saying he'll finish the Mexican border wall his one-time supporter, Donald Trump, promised to build....

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