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Study: Soda, breakfast cereal, frozen foods associated with long-term cognitive decline

Soda, breakfast cereal and frozen foods could have an impact on cognitive health in the long-term, according to research that debuted/unveiled during the Alzheimer's Association International Conference this week in San Diego.The not-yet-peer-reviewe...

CBS partially retracts documentary that outraged Ukraine by claiming that US weapon shipments were going missing

Ukrainian soldiers man a howitzer during artillery drills in northeastern Ukraine's Kharkiv region, June 14, 2021.Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/ Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesCBS said it was updating a documentary that said most weapons sent t...

Flash flooding leaves cars stranded in intersection

ReutersWorst flight chaos over, Lufthansa board member tells Funke mediaThe worst is over for German airline Lufthansa after staff shortages caused flight chaos over the summer, but levels of sick leave remain challenging, board member Christina Foer...

Op-Ed: Here's one factor that might peel Trump's diehard supporters away

Former President Trump speaks at the America First Agenda event in Washington on July 26. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)As some recent surveys suggest, Donald Trump is vulnerable in the 2024 Republican nomination contest, and could face signifi...

The disgraced founder of Papa Johns says the company is making worse pizzas without his 'conservative values' of 'truth and God'

John Schnatter.REUTERS/Danny MoloshokJohn Schnatter says Papa Johns pizza has gotten worse without his "conservative values."Schnatter suggested that "truth and God" made Papa John's great.Schnatter left the company in 2018 after admitting to using t...

Lauren Boebert Compromises Herself With Badly Flawed Attack On Hunter Biden

Yahoo EntertainmentJohn Oliver calls out Marjorie Taylor Greene for 'obvious dog whistle bigotry' in monkeypox commentsCovering the rapidly spreading monkeypox virus, on Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Sunday, Oliver called out Congresswoman Marjo...

Jags' Etienne completes comeback by getting leveled in camp

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Travis Etienne hadn’t been tackled so violently since his final college game nearly 20 months ago.He wanted it. He needed it. He enjoyed it.The former Clemson standout and the Atlantic Coast Conference’s all-time leading rus...

Men face sentencing for hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery's death

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Months after they were sentenced to life in prison for murder, the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood faced a second round of criminal penalties Monday for federal hate crimes committed...

Not so fast: California's last nuke plant might run longer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aggressive push toward renewable energy has run headlong into anxiety over keeping the lights on in California, where the largest utility is considering whether to try to extend the lifespan of the state’s last operating nuclear...

Ukraines National Guard destroy Russian special forces group in Kharkiv Oblast

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO – MONDAY, 8 AUGUST 2022, 07:58Aerial reconnaissance and artillery units of the National Guard of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Armed Forces, supported by tanks, destroyed a subversion and reconnaissance group of Russian special forces...

Rachel Maddow speaks highly of Tucker Carlson in a new interview: 'Tucker's doing great right now'

Tucker Carlson and Rachel MaddowJanos Kummer/Getty Images; Nathan Congleton/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty ImagesRachel Maddow credited Tucker Carlson with giving her a start on his show "Tucker" in 2005.In an interview, the...

Sen. Bernie Sanders sitting on the Senate steps leads to comparisons to a classic US civics cartoon

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), whose amendment was defeated 1-99, sits in the shade on the steps of the Senate as the Senate proceeds through a series of amendment votes, also called "vote-a-rama, on the Inflation Reduction Act at the U.S. Capitol on Su...

One year after Afghanistan, spy agencies pivot toward China

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a recent closed-door meeting with leaders of the agency's counterterrorism center, the CIA's No. 2 official made clear that fighting al-Qaida and other extremist groups would remain a priority — but that the agency's money and re...

Ukrainian forces use HIMARS to strike Russian deployment points in Melitopol, killing 100 Russian soldiers

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO – MONDAY, 8 AUGUST 2022, 07:11On the night of 7 August, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the points of temporary deployment of Russian troops at industrial facilities in Melitopol [a city in southern Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia Obla...

2 men face new trial over scheme to kidnap Michigan governor

Two men accused of crafting a plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 and ignite a national rebellion are facing a second trial this week, months after a jury couldn't reach a verdict on the pair while acquitting two others.The result i...