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Cities with soda taxes saw sales of sugary drinks fall as prices rose, study finds
Soda taxes are meant to discourage people from drinking too much sugar, which is linked to a host of bad health outcomes. Cities that imposed the taxes saw a 33% decrease in the sale of sugary drinks.
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Thousands of U.S. copyrighted works from 1928 are entering the public domain
D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, Virginia Woolf's Orlando and W.E.B. Du Bois' Dark Princess are among the works entering the public domain on Jan. 1, 2024.
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Could 2024 be the year nature rights enter the political mainstream?
Movement is growing to give legal rights and political representation to nonhuman animals, species and places
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What Claudine Gay's resignation from Harvard means for the rest of us
The ousting of an Ivy League president is a telling sign of what's to come.
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Nearly 200 names linked to Jeffrey Epstein expected to be made public
List could be released as soon as Tuesday after deadline for objections to unsealing of names passes midnight Monday
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Assange’s final British appeal against extradition set for February
The WikiLeaks publisher is perilously close to being extradited to the US, where he would face life imprisonment for exposing US-led war crimes, human rights abuses and diplomatic conspiracies.
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Full Monty actor Tom Wilkinson dies aged 75
Family of British Oscar-nominated actor have announced his death
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Colts' Ogletree jailed on domestic violence counts
Colts tight end Drew Ogletree was arrested on Friday, and charged with two level six felonies: domestic violence committed in the presence of a child less than 16 years old and domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, according to records.
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A lawsuit filed against a bitcoin mine in Texas has shed light on a growing trend: US crypto mines backed by millions of dollars from Chinese investors
A rise in cryptocurrency-mining facilities in Texas and other states has come under scrutiny for the industry's ties to Chinese investment.
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With Offices Sitting Empty, Landlords Are ‘Handing Back the Keys’
Office landlords, hit hard by the work-from-home revolution, are resorting to a desperate measure in the real estate world: “handing back the keys.” When this happens, the landlord stops paying the mortgage on the office building or declines to refinance it.
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Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads | Africanews
A British software firm, Threads Software Limited, has given Meta a 30-day ultimatum to cease using the name "Threads" in the UK, citing ownership of the trademark.
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7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp
A man was abducted by a Chinese gang and forced to work in a scam operation. He gathered financial information, photos and videos and shared the material with The New York Times.
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US supreme court agrees to consider abortion pill access
Case will determine future of mifepristone in first major abortion issue to reach country’s highest court since it overturned Roe
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A man blew up his apartment while trying to kill a single cockroach with way too much insecticide, police say
The explosion shattered a balcony window and left the man with minor injuries, per the newspaper Mainichi Shimbun.
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Texas Supreme Court pauses ruling that allowed pregnant woman to have an abortion
The court put on hold a ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo a challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S.
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Check out the NDA Jeff Bezos' housekeeper was forced to sign before she could clean his toilets
A lawsuit has uncovered the non-disclosure agreement required to to clean Bezos' properties — and his obsession with privacy.
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Nine months after scandal, publishers are still sorting out a plagiarism mess
Ghostwriter Kristin Loberg and many of her clients have apologized for misusing authors’ words without attribution. But publishing firms have been largely quiet.
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David Lynch's Wife Emily Stofle Files for Divorce After 14 Years of Marriage
David Lynch's wife Emily Stofle filed for divorce from the director and is asking for sole legal and physical custody of their 11-year-old daughter.
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Iran-linked cyberattacks threaten equipment used in U.S. water systems and factories
The hackers have been going after U.S. facilities that utilize an Israeli-made computer system, which is predominately used in water and wastewater systems.
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The creator of the comic strip 'Mutts' frees his Guard Dog character after decades
Something is different on the comics pages this week. In the panels of “Mutts,” there’s the long-delayed sight of freedom.
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