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Hygiene challenges for local businesses in the Virgin Islands

In the Virgin Islands, where 2,319 businesses employ 25,652 people, it’s easy to see how running a business here might feel like paradise, with gorgeous weather and ocean breezes. However, the same…

John McCarthy February 4, 2025

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Study finds high levels of microplastics in human brains that appear to be increasing over time

ALBUQUERQUE — Human brains contain higher concentrations of microplastics than other organs, according to a new study, and the amount appears to be increasing over time. In the study, published Monday in…

John McCarthy February 4, 2025

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FDA upgrades recall of Lay’s potato chips to most serious level

SEATTLE — An FDA recall on Lay's potato chips originally issued in December has been upgraded by the agency to its highest risk level. Three things to know The original recall was issued…

John McCarthy February 4, 2025

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Mom took leave to be with dying daughter and was fired, lawsuit says. ‘She needed me’

DETROIT — A Michigan woman is suing Huntington National Bank after she says she was fired for taking leave to be with her dying daughter. Terri Estepp filed the lawsuit…

John McCarthy February 4, 2025

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USAID staffers told to stay out of Washington headquarters after Musk said Trump agreed to close it

WASHINGTON (AP) — Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters today, according to a notice distributed to them, after…

John McCarthy February 3, 2025

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Surgeon removed wrong organ, killing man — and a cover-up followed, Florida suit says

MIAMI — The family of a man who died because a Florida surgeon removed his liver instead of his spleen is suing, saying hospital staff took part in a cover-up…

John McCarthy February 3, 2025

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Babies choked on a Gerber product recalled in Puerto Rico, 45 states. Publix and all Walmarts involved

ROSSLYN, Virginia — Choking children, at least one of whom wound up in the emergency room, caused Gerber to issue a sweeping recall of Soothe N Chew Teething Sticks. How…

John McCarthy February 2, 2025

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Which style of yoga is right for me? Here’s a primer, with a caveat

To some people, the word “ yoga ” evokes ritualistic chanting, long breaths and slow movement. To others, it means contorting your body into ever more complicated positions until sweat drips onto…

John McCarthy February 2, 2025

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Rise in diagnoses is prompting more US adults to ask: ‘Do I have ADHD?’

NEW YORK (AP) — Allison Burk’s teenage daughter struggled with uncontrolled emotions, a shrinking attention span and a growing tendency to procrastinate. A family doctor suggested ADHD testing, which led…

John McCarthy February 1, 2025

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Medevac Learjet crashes in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — A small plane crashed in Northeast Philadelphia today, officials said, with a fiery explosion observed upon impact. At least seven people are feared dead. It happened near Cottman Avenue…

John McCarthy January 31, 2025