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Salad greens scrutinized as cyclosporiasis outbreak spreads
Alaska and other states are tracking thousands of cases of the intestinal illness; Michigan hit hardest.
Jul 144 min read


Relief from energy bills unlikely as utilities request billions in rate hikes
Utilities have proposed more than $18B in increases this year, a new report found.
Jul 143 min read


Trump: US to take over Strait of Hormuz, charge 20% for cargo shipped through
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge other ships for safe passage. Iran has insisted it controls the critical waterway, as another exchange of fire threatened a return to all-out war.
Jul 134 min read


Trump ousts election commission in push to reshape US voting process
President Donald Trump has ousted members of a bipartisan federal election commission that resisted his efforts to require would-be voters to document their U.S. citizenship before registering.
Jul 102 min read


Trump will let bipartisan housing bill become law without signing in protest over GOP voter ID law
President Donald Trump will let the bipartisan housing bill approved by Congress become law without his signature, saying Friday that he was refusing to put his name on it because of the little progress made in passing a strict voter ID bill that he has been pushing.
Jul 103 min read


Food stamp changes will cost states billions, raising fears about SNAP’s future
Upcoming funding shifts in the federal food stamp program are poised to cost states billions of dollars, heightening fears that more Americans will lose access to the nation’s largest food assistance program.
Jul 96 min read


Obamacare premiums likely to surge again next year
Preliminary rate filings show a proposed median hike of 14%, an analysis found.
Jul 82 min read


Democrats' narrow path to Senate majority gets rockier as Platner faces sexual assault allegation
A new accusation that Graham Platner once sexually assaulted a woman he was dating has rocked the U.S. Senate race in Maine and cast fresh doubt on Democrats’ path to a Senate majority.
Jul 85 min read


How much do cruise ship crew make? Here's the range, and why it varies
Cruise ship pay varies widely by job, but free housing, meals and other perks can significantly boost overall compensation
Jul 81 min read


Iran deal ‘over’ and war back on? A timeline of the conflict and talks
Global markets and oil prices have lurched again after the United States and Iran traded new strikes and U.S. President Donald Trump mused that fragile negotiations between the countries might be “over.”
Jul 83 min read


States try new measures to get chronically absent students back to class
New laws require attendance data, updated policies and increased punishments for parents.
Jul 83 min read


US airlines are redesigning travel around their highest-paying passengers
They may arrive at the same destination, but two passengers on the same flight can have strikingly different travel experiences.
Jul 75 min read
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