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Scorching Heat Grounds Planes — Here’s Why

On the hottest summer days, physics itself can decide whether your flight leaves on time. Story Snapshot Extreme heat makes air thinner, which can keep fully loaded planes from taking off safely. Airlines respond by delaying flights, cutting passengers or bags, or adding fuel stops. ...
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Parasite Panic Slams Mexican Lettuce

One parasite in a bag of cheap shredded lettuce just forced America’s biggest food supplier to slam the brakes on Mexican greens after an outbreak tied to two deaths. Story Snapshot Sysco, the nation’s largest food distributor, stopped buying iceberg lettuce from Mexico after a...
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FDA Greenlights First mRNA Flu Shot

The first messenger RNA flu shot just won federal approval for adults 50 and older, and it could change how Americans fight each flu season. At a Glance The Food and Drug Administration approved Moderna’s mFLUSIVA for adults 50 and up. Standard approval covers ages...
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Taco Bell Lettuce Nightmare Spreads

A fast-food taco topping has quietly become the center of the largest known parasite outbreak ever tied to American lettuce, and it now reaches across 15 states. Story Snapshot Federal health officials link a deadly cyclospora outbreak to shredded iceberg lettuce used at Taco Bell. ...
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Texas Judge Guts NFA Power

A little-noticed tax change just triggered one of the biggest blows to federal gun control in nearly a century. Story Snapshot Texas Judge James Wesley Hendrix ruled key National Firearms Act rules unconstitutional for certain weapons Congress cut the long-standing $200 tax on suppressors and...
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Armed Watcher Shadows Trump Club

A 38-year-old man with ammo in his pocket and a loaded pistol in his truck was caught quietly studying the security plan at President Trump’s Southern California golf club two days before the president arrived. Story Snapshot Federal agents spotted a man filming and watching...

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Cookie Recall: Hidden Allergens Slip Coast-To-Coast

A box of shortbread cookies wrapped in foreign-language packaging just triggered a multi-state recall over four hidden allergens that could trigger a life-threatening reaction. Quick Take Lidl US is recalling Eridanous Shortbread Cookies with Chocolate Truffle Coating & Apricot Filling. The recall covers undeclared wheat,...
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Airport Ambushes Rattle Visa Holders

The quiet click of a boarding pass scanner has become the new front line in America’s immigration wars. Story Snapshot Federal agents are now using airport checkpoints to arrest visa overstays on the spot. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) data is helping Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
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VIDEO: Mall Collapse Traps Shoppers After 7.1 Quake

Japan’s latest quake did not just shake buildings. It turned a shopping mall and a paper factory into the center of a race against time. Quick Take The death toll rose to 18 as rescue teams kept searching damaged sites in Kumamoto Prefecture. The Aeon...
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Missile Barrage STOPPED Cold

The most advanced missile shields in the world just got a full‑throttle test, and they worked under fire. Story Snapshot U.S. Central Command says every Iranian missile in a surprise barrage was intercepted. Hours later, U.S. and Saudi forces hit Iran-backed militia weapons hubs inside...
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Botulism Panic Overblown? Cold Brew Recall

A Brooklyn coffee recall turned a wholesale cold brew product into a botulism headline, but the facts are narrower than the scare. Quick Take Brooklyn Roasting Company recalled its wholesale Pasteurized Cold Brew Concentrate in New York and New Jersey. The issue was a possible...
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Florida’s Grim Double Execution Day

Florida plans to put two men to death in one day, and one of them is 80 years old. Quick Take Florida scheduled two executions for July 28, including James Aren Duckett at noon and Dominick Anthony Occhicone later that day. Occhicone, 80, would become...

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