November 2019

Ground Beef Recalls Are At An All-Time High. Is It The Meat Or Is It Us?

Lifestyle /

Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a multi-state outbreak that linked ground beef to food poisoning from salmonella. It’s not the first bad news of its kind this year. Following 2018’s record-breaking number of ground beef recalls, 2019 is closing in on similarly disturbing amounts of contaminated meat. Last year, […]

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Kodak Black: Rapper sentenced to nearly four years in prison

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Image copyright Getty Images US rapper Kodak Black has been sentenced to 46 months in prison after pleading guilty to weapons charges. The 22-year-old, who had a US number one album last December, admitted falsifying information on background forms to buy four guns. He was arrested before his set at Miami’s Rolling Loud festival in

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Fed’s Powell sees steady growth, signals pause in rate cuts

Finance /

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated Wednesday that the Fed is likely to keep its benchmark short-term interest rate unchanged in the coming months, unless the economy shows signs of worsening. But for now, in testimony before a congressional panel, Powell expressed optimism about the U.S. economy and said he expects it will grow at

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US superbug infections rising, but deaths are falling

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There’s some surprising news in a federal report: U.S. deaths from drug-resistant “superbug” infections appear to be going down By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer November 13, 2019, 6:27 PM 4 min read Drug-resistant “superbug” infections have been called a developing nightmare that could set medicine back a century, making conquered germs once again untreatable.

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Maybe banking culture doesn’t always make people dishonest

Technology /

Scientists say they were unable to confirm a highly publicized 2014 study that suggested banking culture can promote dishonesty By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer November 13, 2019, 6:00 PM 1 min read Scientists say they were unable to confirm a highly publicized 2014 study that suggested banking culture can promote dishonesty. They said their

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