MARKET REALIST – A woman looking for a quick bite at a Subway in Georgia ended up paying thousands of dollars in tips. Vera Conner on her weekly trip to her local fast food restaurant accidentally tipped $7,112.98 for just a sandwich. While she tipped over 1,000 times more than what she intended, she missed out on paying for the sandwich and didn't notice the charge for nearly a week. In an interview with WSB-TV, Conner...

“I am introducing a new bodily function at 26 years old”

KFF HEALTH NEWS – In a video posted to Reddit this summer, Lucie Rosenthal’s face starts focused and uncertain, looking intently into the camera, before it happens. She releases a succinct, croak-like belch. Then, it’s wide-eyed surprise, followed by rollicking laughter. “I got it!” the Denver resident says after what was her second burp ever. “It’s really rocking my mind that I am fully introducing a new bodily function at 26 years old,” Rosenthal later told KFF...

Air pollution harms male fertility while women face similar risk from noise, study finds

Environmental pollutants may have different effects on male and female reproduction, research in BMJ suggests

Bird flu reaches cows in California, the country’s largest milk producer

Bird flu is a disease caused by a virus that infects birds and sometimes other animals, such as foxes, seals and otters. The major strain - circulating among wild birds worldwide - is a type of the virus known as H5N1. It emerged in China in the late 1990s. – BBC

Something’s Poisoning America’s Land. Farmers Fear ‘Forever’ Chemicals.

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With pandemic memories fresh, town’s voluntary curfew to prevent spread of lethal mosquito-borne virus draws ire

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Planned Parenthood Files Complaints Against Missouri’s Medicaid Law

KFF HEALTH NEWS – Missouri Planned Parenthoods are challenging a new law in Missouri that bans any funding — including for preventive care like cancer screenings or pap smears — from going to the reproductive health care organization. Related news comes from Oklahoma, Arkansas, and elsewhere. AP: Planned Parenthood Challenges Missouri Law That Kicked Area Clinics Off Of Medicaid Missouri Planned Parenthoods filed legal challenges Monday against a new law that kicked the organizations off the...

School Psychologist Arrested On Child Pornography Charges

IHEART MEDIA – A school psychologist in Florida was arrested on charges of possessing child pornography. The Miami-Dade Police Department said that a tip was sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that somebody had uploaded child pornography to social media on May 25. The pair of videos were distributed to over 50 users. An investigation revealed that the videos were posted by 62-year-old Robert Lee Turner. When officers went to his home on...

Red Lobster is closing another 23 restaurants. Here’s where they are

In this photo illustration, a cooked lobster is displayed on a plate at a Red Lobster restaurant on May 20, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Red Lobster has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a failed lease-back agreement and "endless shrimp" promotion backfired against company revenue.

How much cheese should you eat a day? A nutrition expert weighs in on dairy.

CBS NEWS – Milk does a body good, right? Well, a growing number of researchers and doctors are challenging that idea, saying we may not need dairy at all, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. In terms of relying on dairy for certain nutrients, it's true that it's not needed, said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, cardiologist and professor of medicine and nutrition at Tufts Medical School. "We probably don't need all the calcium and...

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