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Jeannette Mercer writes about politics, health, business, parenting, and finance for local news sites. She's also a proud mom to two kids who keep her on her toes and an avid runner who loves racing in marathons.

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Ice cream maker issues recall over concerns about plastic

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An Iowa-based ice cream manufacturer has recalled nearly 18,000 containers of ice cream and frozen yogurt over concerns they could contain pieces of plastic. Wells Enterprises issued the voluntary recall last month, according to recently released information from the Food and Drug Administration. The company’s brands include Blue Bunny and Halo Top ice cream products. […]

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No pilot for 10 minutes during a Lufthansa flight in 2024 because of fainting incident, report says

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BERLIN — A Lufthansa flight to Spain last year went without a pilot for 10 minutes after the co-pilot fainted while he was alone in the cockpit, German news agency dpa reported on Saturday. During the flight from Frankfurt to Seville, Spain, on Feb. 17, 2024, the co-pilot of an Airbus A321 fainted while the

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Colombia seeks to join China-based development bank as Latin America drifts away from Washington

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MIAMI — Colombia’s government has applied to join a China-based development bank, another sign of Latin America’s drift away from the U.S. as the Trump administration’s foreign aid cuts, trade barriers and crackdown on immigration spurs many leaders in the region to seek closer ties with Washington’s geopolitical rival. Colombian President Gustavo Petro wrapped up

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Talks aimed at ending New Jersey Transit rail strike to resume Saturday, railroad CEO says

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NEWARK, N.J. — Talks aimed at settling a strike between train engineers and New Jersey’s huge commuter railroad will pick up on Saturday and continue Sunday, New Jersey Transit CEO Kris Kolluri said. The locomotive engineers’ strike began Friday at the rail system with 350,000 daily riders and left commuters either working from home or

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Internet cafés, Boxing Day tsunami, and Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree Forum: Looking back at solo travels in 2004

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Twenty years on, I look back at this trip and all the other extended travels I’ve taken solo—Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Argentina, Uruguay, South Africa, India—with huge affection for everyone I met and everything I experienced. Sure, it wasn’t all perfect, but the trips built confidence and character, and in no small part, paved the way

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Moody's strips U.S. government of top credit rating

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WASHINGTON — Moody’s Ratings stripped the U.S. government of its top credit rating Friday, citing successive governments’ failure to stop a rising tide of debt. Moody’s lowered the rating from a gold-standard Aaa to Aa1 but said the United States “retains exceptional credit strengths such as the size, resilience and dynamism of its economy and

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FDA OKs first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer's disease

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WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials on Friday endorsed the first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer’s and identify patients who may benefit from drugs that can modestly slow the memory-destroying disease. The test can aid doctors in determining whether a patient’s memory problems are due to Alzheimer’s or a number of other medical conditions

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Federal judge strikes down workplace protections for transgender workers

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A federal judge in Texas struck down guidance from a government agency specifying protections against workplace harassment based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Thursday determined that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission exceeded its statutory authority when the agency

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Photo group says it has 'suspended attribution' of historic Vietnam picture because of doubts

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An organization that honored The Associated Press’ Nick Ut with its “ photo of the year ” in 1973 for a picture of a girl running from a napalm attack in the Vietnam War says it has “suspended its attribution” to Ut because of doubts over who actually took it. World Press Photo’s report Friday

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Oklahoma inks deal with UAE company to build $4B aluminum smelting facility

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma state officials announced a deal Friday with a private company in the United Arab Emirates for the construction of a $4 billion aluminum manufacturing facility in northeast Oklahoma. Gov. Kevin Stitt and Oklahoma Department of Commerce officials say the deal with Emirates Global Aluminum would result in the first new aluminum

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