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Wisc. health officials recall eggs after multistate outbreak of salmonella infections. Wisconsin health officials have initiated a recall of eggs following an outbreak of salmonella infections among 65 people in nine states that originated on a Wisconsin farm
Bird flu detected in Missouri individual who is not a farm worker
Bird flu explained: How it spreads, milk and egg safety and more
Webb telescope detects what looks like a giant question mark in space
Scientists use food dye found in Doritos to make see-through mice
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The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case
The far right actually hates America: Its dark ideology has foreign roots
James Murdoch endorses Kamala Harris for president: Son of media mogul Rupert backs Democrat, who would ensure ‘fair policies that support the rule of law’
Weight-loss drugs change shopping habits
Delta, Other Airline Loyalty Programs Are Being Probed by US
What is the Claremont Institute doing back at APSA?
It’s ‘not a fact of life’: Walz responds to Vance’s school shooting comments
We now have voter file updates for 38 states that cover the week of July 21st, affording us the opportunity to quantify the reaction of the electorate to VP Harris as the nominee.
Heather Cox Richardson–September 7, 2024
YouTubers Are Almost Too Easy to Dupe
Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian Bossa Nova Musician, Dies of Long Covid at 83
Live Free or DEI: The eugenic foundations of the war on woke
Who Trump wants to punish: During a speech and on social media over the weekend, the former president pledged retribution for his allies in new detail.
Gatekeepers
Russia’s election influence efforts show sophistication, officials say
With the Walls Closing In, Trayon White Picks Up the Mantle of Marion Barry
Trump cashes in during final weeks of his presidential campaign
Heritage Foundation Spreads Deceptive Videos About Noncitizen Voters. The right-wing think tank has been pushing misinformation about voting into social media feeds. The Georgia secretary of state’s office called one video “a stunt.”
You betta believe it: Like Kamala Harris, I straddle two worlds. I assimilated, to a degree — but that assimilation doesn’t make anything about the way I speak untrustworthy.
Mysterious influencer network pushed sexual smears of Harris
How China extended its repression into an American city
A New Way Forward
Trump wants Elon Musk to do to the government what he did to Twitter
James Earl Jones Dies: Revered ‘Field Of Dreams’ Star, Darth Vader & ‘Lion King’ Voice Was 93
The shelter and the storm
A new poll finding voters think Donald Trump is a centrist should be a wake-up call for the news media: The news media isn’t doing its job
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