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Push for raw milk intensifies across the US, despite illness outbreaks and scientists' warnings

Backers of raw milk are pushing to make the potentially dangerous product more widely available and easier to obtain, even as a new disease outbreak — one of at least five in the past year — sickens U.S. children.
More than three dozen bills supporting raw milk have been introduced in statehouses across the nation, T ... (full story)

Sports

Lindsey Vonn tells the AP she is not yet in position emotionally to decide if she will race again

NEW YORK (AP) — Lindsey Vonn is still recovering physically and emotionally from her frightening crash at the Winter Olympics. For now, the tough decisions about the future can wait.
She has undergone eight surgeries after suffering a complex left leg fracture — one that nearly led to a leg amputation — in the ... (full story)

Can the body produce a natural “Ozempic”

In as much as GLP-1 drugs have been a godsend for individuals with weight control/diabetes issues, they can still produce a number of unwanted and sometimes dangerous side-effects.
We’re talking about side-effects like fatigue, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation and hair loss, not to mention more serious maladies li ... (full story)

Wrexham's Premier League dream is on hold but its global fanbase can keep dreaming

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — There will be no trips to Old Trafford or Anfield. No visits from Erling Haaland or Bukayo Saka.
For Wrexham and its growing fanbase across the world, the dream of playing in the Premier League next season — of back-to-back-to-back-to back promotions — is over.
And the sense of disappo ... (full story)

State

How a weaker dollar is quietly making life more expensive

NEW YORK (AP) — A hidden force is quietly pushing up costs for everything from your summer vacation to your weekly grocery bills: a weaker U.S. dollar.
The dollar has fallen about 10% against other major currencies since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, a pullback potentially playing a role in Americans& ... (full story)

In the PR battle for AI data centers, tech giants got a blue-collar ally

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Building trades unions — long fashioned as the voice of the American worker — are now intertwined with the richest companies in the world as they create America's artificial intelligence economy.
Unionized workers are employed on a huge number of massive data center projects and scramblin ... (full story)