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Multistate cyclospora outbreak expands to 15 states
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday expanded its investigation into a Cyclospora outbreak linked to recalled iceberg lettuce, after the first two deaths associated with the outbreak were confirmed. The outbreak, which was first identified in July among people who ate shredded iceberg lettuce at Taco Bell restaurants, has since widened to more than…
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El-Sayed launches combative Senate bid against Rogers, sparking GOP backlash
Abdul El-Sayed, who secured the Democratic nomination for Michigan’s US Senate seat, opened his general-election campaign with sharply combative rhetoric against Republican rival Mike Rogers, vowing “no safe quarter” and publicly questioning his opponent’s courage. The tone quickly became a point of contention, with conservative commentators accusing El-Sayed of overreach and Republicans using the primary…
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The private and privileged world of billionaire Gretel Packer’s ‘love child’ from her shotgun marriage to an astrologer… as rumours swirl of her healing rift with brother James
The available article text consists only of the Daily Mail’s homepage headline list and does not include the actual body copy of this story, so a detailed summary cannot be reliably produced. The headline indicates the piece concerns Gretel Packer, a member of Australia’s billionaire Packer family, and touches on her child from a past…
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Vance says El-Sayed has no ‘constituency among the working class’
Vice President Vance on Wednesday said progressive Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s Democratic primary victory in Michigan was driven by affluent liberals rather than by working class voters. In an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham a day after El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) in the primary, Vance said the increasingly growing progressive wing of…
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Failed asylum seeker jailed, Michigan primary upsets, arrest near Trump golf course
UK news brings a jailed asylum seeker over a student attack, while US politics sees El-Sayed and a progressive oust two Democratic incumbents in Michigan and a man arrested with a gun near Trump’s California golf course; also SpaceX shares slide, Coventry chase a record transfer.
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Amazon driver caught on video flinging customer’s package onto porch in infuriating delivery blunder
A doorbell camera in Florida captured an Amazon delivery driver hurling a customer’s package onto the porch rather than setting it down, in an incident that has sparked frustration online about careless package handling. The footage highlights ongoing concerns among online shoppers about delivery drivers mishandling parcels, particularly with fragile or valuable items inside. The…
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6 Fantasy Books That Give The Lord of the Rings a Run for Its Money
Collider has compiled a list of six fantasy novels that its writer argues rival J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, one of the genre’s most influential works. Tolkien’s epic, published in three volumes between 1954 and 1955, began as a follow-up to The Hobbit before growing into a far more ambitious saga that reshaped…
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Senate panel seizes Fauci’s phone ahead of contempt vote
A US Senate panel has obtained Dr Anthony Fauci’s Covid-era mobile phone as part of its investigation into the former top health official, a move that came ahead of a vote holding him in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions. The escalation followed a heated Capitol Hill hearing at which Fauci invoked…
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Francesca Hong remarks Thanksgiving is her ‘favorite holiday,’ answers she does not ‘want to cancel it’
Wisconsin Democratic state representative Francesca Hong has said Thanksgiving is her “favourite” holiday and that she does not want to “cancel” it, after an old social media post in which she called for the holiday to be cancelled resurfaced. The remarks have drawn renewed scrutiny from Republican critics, including Congressman Tom Tiffany, amid Hong’s bid…
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Labor politician Ed Husic rushed to hospital after truck slams into his car: Forced to step aside from parliamentary duties
Australian Labor politician Ed Husic has been hospitalised after a truck collided with his car, forcing him to step back from his parliamentary responsibilities while he recovers. The incident has prompted concern within Labor circles given Husic’s prominent role in the federal government, and comes as an unexpected disruption to the party’s parliamentary business. Details…