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Depending on the items you choose, your child’s lunch sandwich could cost more this school year than it did in 2024. That’s according to a new report from Deloitte that…

A record-low 54% of U.S. adults say they drink alcohol, new poll shows

Fewer Americans are reporting that they drink alcohol amid a growing belief that even moderate alcohol consumption is a health risk, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday. The survey…

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When Amber Meade twisted her ankle and broke a bone in her foot, she expected recovery to be easy. She needed surgery to shave down the damaged bone and make…

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Hand soap has a basic but very necessary function: It needs to clean your hands and keep them free of bacteria. But one hand soap brand has just been recalled…

Syrians celebrate end of Assad rule, look toward the future

An entire generation of Syrians has never known freedom and so when it swept over them, last Sunday, there was shock, then joy, and a desperate hope that it might…

What the National Guard and federal law enforcement can and can't do in D.C.

Washington — President Trump announced this week the deployment of 800 members of the D.C. National Guard to the District of Columbia, as part of a push to crack down…

Missouri confirms case of rare brain-eating amoeba infection

A person in Missouri has been hospitalized after contracting a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials said Wednesday.  The patient, who…

FluMist, a vaccine nasal spray, is now available for use at home

Those looking to protect themselves against the flu this season now have an at-home option. FluMist, the only nasal spray flu vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration, is now…

PBS slashes budget by 21% following congressional funding cuts

PBS is cutting its budget by 21%, a spokesperson confirmed to CBS News on Friday. The public media company’s board approved the budget cut Wednesday, according to the PBS spokesperson.…

"Devil in the Ozarks" spent 6 months planning prison break, report says

A former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” spent months planning his escape from an Arkansas prison, and said lax security in the kitchen where he worked…

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