Amy Maxmen | (TNS) KFF Health News Gayle Borne has fostered more than 300 children in Springfield, Tennessee. She’s cared for kids who have rarely seen a doctor — kids so neglected that they cannot speak. Such children are now even more vulnerable because of a law Tennessee passed last year that requires the direct…
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By Adriana Gomez Licon | The Associated Press Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro reported to prison Tuesday to begin serving his sentence for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Navarro, a former economics professor at UC Irvine, was defiant in remarks across…
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Some food memories are forever stuck in my noggin. One that remains from early childhood involves chocolate bunnies. At 4, I requested that the Easter Bunny bring a basket filled with treats that were green, my favorite color. I didn’t know much about candy and had no knowledge of chocolate. My mother had a low…
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Peter Sblendorio | New York Daily News In a game-changer for one of journalism’s most-recognizable institutions, Sports Illustrated is getting another chance. SI’s long-running print magazine will continue to publish through a new deal between its owner, Authentic Brands Group, and the digital company Minute Media, according to an announcement Monday. The agreement grants publishing rights…
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Pacific Amphitheatre added a new show to its 2024 OC Fair concert season. Reggae artist Ziggy Marley will headline the Costa Mesa venue on Thursday, July 18 with support from Lettuce. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 23 at pacamp.com. Tickets include same-day admission to the OC Fair, which runs July 19-Aug.18…
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Elaine S. Povich | (TNS) Stateline.org At David H. Hickman High School in Columbia, Missouri, the rule is that students must keep their cellphones out of sight during class. In reality, the teachers tasked with enforcing the rule are no match for teenagers’ “almost compulsive” need to be on their phones all the time, said…
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Gym clothes, water and shampoo bottles, facial scrubs, car interiors, to-go boxes — plastic is everywhere. It also inevitably ends up in the ocean: There are now several massive garbage patches spinning in various oceans around the world. Plastic is also entering our bodies. Recent studies show nanoplastics in bottled water, in the food chain,…
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In some ways, California Gov. Gavin Newsom was born to be president; he’s good-looking, sharp-tongued, and full of ambition. But his political and personal profile also make him a major liability for the Democrats. Over the past year, Newsom has been increasingly considered as a potential future leader of the Democratic Party and a political…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom had planned to give his State of the State address on Monday, but delayed it as he awaits the final tally on Proposition 1 – the statewide bond measure to fund mental-health and homelessness services. Two weeks after the election, the measure is ahead by a mere 20,000 votes with both sides…
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By Jill Colvin, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday charged that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel” and hate “their religion,” igniting a firestorm of criticism from the White House and Jewish leaders. Trump, in an interview, had been asked about Democrats’ growing criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his…
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