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Following criticism, FDA proposes redesign of its human food program
The head of the US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed sweeping changes to the agency's food safety programs in order to pr...
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Linda Ronstadt streams soar after 'The Last of Us'
Linda Ronstadt's "Long, Long Time" appeared not once but three times in Sunday's episode of "The Last of Us." An...
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ChatGPT creator rolls out 'imperfect' tool to help teachers spot potential cheating
Two months after OpenAI unnerved some educators with the public release of ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that can help students and professionals g...
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See Lisa Loring play Wednesday Addams
The actress, best known as the first to play Wednesday Addams in the original "The Addams Family" sitcom has died at the age of 64...
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Hockey Hall of Famer and Stanley Cup champion Bobby Hull has died at 84
Bobby Hull, hockey Hall of Famer and Stanley Cup champion, died Monday at 84, the Chicago Blackhawks announced.
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UK Charts: Fire Emblem Engage Tumbles Down To Seventh Place
Sales slide by 76%. The latest UK charts are in and, as expected, the top ten is headlined by EA's recently released Dead Space rema...
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'We are the table': Meet the history-making women controlling the most powerful levers of government
When Susan Collins first arrived in the Senate in 1997, a male colleague approached her about committee assignments and assumed that the Mai...
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UGA says use of vehicle in crash that killed football player, staffer was 'unauthorized'
The use of a vehicle that wrecked while carrying four members of the University of Georgia football program -- two of whom died in the crash...
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Opinion: How 'The 1619 Project' reveals democracy's only hope for the future
The first two episodes of "The 1619 Project," a documentary series which premiered on Hulu on Thursday, brings to life the Pulitze...
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'Our city is hurting.' Memphis Grizzlies head coach leads NBA tributes to Tyre Nichols
The head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies joined other members of the NBA community Friday night in acknowledging the "senseless loss...
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Opinion: Meta's big mistake on Trump
On Wednesday, Meta justified its decision to restore Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts by claiming that the risk to public ...
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Pending home sales increased last month for the first time since May
Pending home sales increased in December for the first time since May, a sign that lower mortgage rates are bringing some buyers back into t...
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Soapbox: Playing Games With Other People Made Me Realise That I'm A Monster
Just unplug the 2P controller already. My partner is the most patient man I've ever met. It's one of the things I appreciate abou...
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Tanks for Ukraine once seemed unthinkable. Could fighter jets be next?
• Live updates: Russia unleashes strikes after US and Germany decide to send tanks • Opinion: Why tanks will be decisive in the next battle ...
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BuzzFeed says it will use AI to help create content, stock jumps 150%
BuzzFeed said Thursday that it will work with ChatGPT creator OpenAI to use artificial intelligence to help create content for its audience,...
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Opinion: Wes Moore is serious about service
Traveling across the country in recent years, I discovered a sure way to fire up an audience: issue a call to young people for a year of ser...
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Opening statements expected to begin today in Alex Murdaugh's trial for the murders of his wife and son
Opening statements are expected to begin Wednesday afternoon in Walterboro, South Carolina, in the trial of Alex Murdaugh, who has been char...
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Goldman Sachs says even a near-default on US debt could spark a recession
A full-blown debt ceiling crisis has the potential to stop the US economy in its tracks, according to the top economist at Goldman Sachs.
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Major railroad posts record earnings, spends more on share repurchases than on its employees
Union Pacific, one of the major freight railroads that successfully fought off union demands for paid sick days for workers during contentio...
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Review: BlueRetro N64 Adapter - This Plug & Play Bluetooth Dongle Is The Perfect Match For Your NSO Pad
If you can find an NSO N64 pad, that is. When it comes to sprucing up your retro consoles with a mod-con or two, there is no shortage of ...
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'Decisions are imminent' on charges in Trump's effort to overturn 2020 election in Georgia, Fulton County DA says
• Fact check: Trump's latest baseless claims about the documents investigation • Trump adds stop in New Hampshire ahead of Saturday camp...
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DOJ sues Google over its dominance in online advertising market
The Justice Department and eight states sued Google on Tuesday, accusing the company of harming competition with its dominance in the online...
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A group of friends attended a vigil in Beijing. Then one by one, they disappeared
• China says 80% of population have had Covid • Struggling pig kills butcher at slaughterhouse in Hong Kong
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Former high-level FBI official charged in alleged schemes to help sanctioned Russian oligarch and conceal payments from ex-Albanian intel official
The former head of counterintelligence for the FBI's New York field office was charged in two separate indictments Monday for allegedly ...
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Opinion: 'Saturday Night Live' sketches aside, George Santos is no joke
"Saturday Night Live" returned with its first new episode of 2023 featuring Aubrey Plaza as the guest host, but US Rep. George San...
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Gun allegedly used by 6-year-old to shoot teacher kept on top shelf of mother's closet, attorney says
The gun allegedly used by the first grader accused of shooting his teacher in Newport News, Virginia, was kept on the top shelf of his mothe...
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See moment family spots son who was lost at sea
21-year-old Dylan Gartenmayer was free diving near Key West, Florida, when his friends realized he hadn't surfaced from the water, promp...
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Analysis: Why a historically small presidential primary field is possible in 2024
The 2020 presidential primary race was already in full motion at this point four years ago, with candidates jumping in left and right. The D...
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Analysis: Who paid 'The Price of Glee'
Raise your hand if you are a late bloomer. (I have both hands and feet lifted.)
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Patrons at Kentucky restaurant outraged at video they believe showed Breonna Taylor's killing
Diners at a Kentucky restaurant were outraged to see and hear what they believe was video footage showing the killing of Breonna Taylor at a...
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Soapbox: Fire Emblem Engage's Nintendo NYC Launch Felt Pretty Unengaging
The red carpet stayed rolled up. It was Fire Emblem Engage launch day and Nintendo Life had boots on the ground in New York City to docu...
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'Ted Lasso' will return to make us believe again this spring
Cut the world some slack please, Apple TV+.
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Opinion: When it comes to bad police officers, where are the bystanders?
This week, an officer in London's Metropolitan Police appeared in court and pleaded guilty to 49 offenses, including 24 counts of rape o...
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Remember That Inaccessible Path In Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life? The Remake Might Change That
No link cable needed! For those of us who didn't have a link cable or a Game Boy Advance, the GameCube era sometimes felt like you we...
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Japanese Best-Seller 'Ninja JaJaMaru' Gets Multiple Collections On Switch
Out February. Jaleco's classic Ninja JaJaMaru series makes its grand return in February, bursting onto the Switch with three differe...
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DeSantis administration rejects inclusion of AP African American Studies class in high schools
The administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is blocking a new Advanced Placement course for high school students on Africa...
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Soapbox: Whether The Rumour Is True Or Not, Baten Kaitos Deserves A Remake
A white whale. Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff the...
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Retail sales continued to fall in December as shoppers battled inflation
It was a ho-hum end to 2022 for spending in America.
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Feds arrest Russian crypto operator on suspicion of criminal activities
US authorities arrested a Russian cryptocurrency executive who allegedly exchanged hundreds of millions of dollars with drug traffickers and...
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Todd and Julie Chrisley report to federal prisons to begin sentences
Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley are now in the custody of federal prison officials, according to their attorney Alex Little.
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Elon Musk is being sued over his 'funding secured' tweet. Here's what you need to know
A four-year old tweet from Elon Musk has the Tesla CEO back in court starting Tuesday.
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Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Fire Emblem Engage
Your move. After trailers, gameplay leaks and enough character reveals to fill a small novel, we are finally on the home straight for the...
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Green burial startup wants to turn people into trees
The human body can be measured by many metrics. One is roughly one cubic yard (0.8 cubic meters) -- that's how much compost a corpse pro...
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'Skeletonized' human remains were found on UC Berkeley's campus
The University of California Police Department has opened an investigation after a human skeleton was found on the UC Berkeley campus, offic...
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Covid broke supply chains. Now on the mend, can they withstand another shock?
The pandemic dislodged the global supply chain, hurling once smoothly running businesses, industries and economies into a state of disarray....
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New monument dedicated to MLK and Coretta Scott King opens in Boston
Just a few days before what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.'s 94th birthday, "Embrace," a monument dedicated to King an...
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9 places where you can walk in MLK Jr.'s footsteps
Martin Luther King Jr. was born and raised in the American South, but his dream of racial equality and social justice reverberated out of hi...
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Moldova condemns Russian attacks and says missile debris landed in its territory
• Putin refuses to say the name of his nemesis, and his nemesis refuses to back down • Ukrainian officials report several powerful explosion...
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California deputy killed in the line of duty
A California deputy was shot and killed in the line of duty Friday, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said.
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Surging egg prices mean record profits for largest US egg producer
A spike in egg prices has squeezed customers. But even with rising costs of its own, the leading US egg supplier has found that it can make ...
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Alabama attorney general says people who take abortion pills could be prosecuted
Alabama's Republican attorney general said this week that women in the state who use prescription medication to terminate their pregnanc...
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Exxon accurately predicted global warming from 1970s -- but continued to cast doubt on climate science, new report finds
ExxonMobil's own scientists accurately predicted future global warming in reports dating back to the late 1970s and early 1980s, despite...
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US cancer death rate falls 33% since 1991, report says
The rate of people dying from cancer in the United States has continuously declined over the past three decades, according to a new report f...
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Her doctor said her severe nausea was just morning sickness. By 13 weeks, she had lost more than 20 pounds
Mineka Furtch wasn't bothered by the idea of morning sickness after going through a miscarriage and the roller coaster of fertility medi...
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Opinion: When nurses are at risk, our patients are too
Last year, I wrote an opinion piece that focused on the realities of being a nurse nearly two years into the pandemic. Despite progress in v...
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California storms 'significantly reduced' drought intensity, yet still more rain is needed
For three years, California has been in desperate need of rain. Years of unfavorable precipitation trends and more intense heat waves have f...
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Talking Point: After Pixel Remaster, What's Next For Final Fantasy On Switch?
The final countdown? At the end of 2022, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy PIxel Remaster , a collection composed of revamped vers...
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