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Supreme Court hears arguments over California animal cruelty law
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Supreme Court hears arguments over California animal cruelty law

California voters enacted Proposition 12 in 2018 in an effort to prevent animal cruelty.A decision in the case isn't likely before next year.WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared willing to allow litigation to continue over a California law aimed at ensuring pigs can turn around in their pens, a case with implications for one state's ability to regulate the industries of another.California voters enacted Proposition 12 in 2018 in an effort to prevent animal cruelty. The law bans the sale of bacon, chops and other pork products in the most populous state unless the sow from which it was born was housed in at least 24 square feet of floorspace – a standard that industry officials acknowledge virtually no farms can meet.While Californians account for 13% of the nation's pork ...
What doctors say about colon cancer screening
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What doctors say about colon cancer screening

A New England Journal of Medicine study suggests colonoscopies aren't as helpful as many had hoped.But health experts say the new study doesn't change how doctors should think about colonoscopies.The Preventive Services Task Force recommends all adults 45 to 75 be screened for colorectal cancer.For more than 20 years, American adults have been told to get colonoscopies beginning in middle age to prevent colon cancer. But evidence supporting colonoscopy has never met the "gold standard" for research trials, so it's been unclear exactly how useful the screening is for preventing cancer and saving lives.A new study in European countries where colonoscopies weren't routinely offered appears to suggest the procedure may be less helpful than many had hoped. But some health experts warn again...
Woman surprised by $50,000 medical bill for asthma medication
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Woman surprised by $50,000 medical bill for asthma medication

Jessica Eckard struggled with breathing during gym class when she was young.Damage and scarring in her lungs had driven her to see a pulmonary specialist in her golden years.After talking with a specialist, she was diagnosed with a type of lung disease marked by frequent asthma attacks and gradually depleting lung function.YORK, Pa. — Jessica Eckard has always had asthma problems.Her father died of tuberculosis when she was young, she had struggled with breathing during gym class and was even told by her swim instructor to "never get your head under water."She had spent some time smoking in adulthood but had quit in the 1970s. Regardless, damage and scarring in her lungs de ella had driven her to see a pulmonary specialist in her golden years.A widow living in a Stewartstown, Pennsylva...
Brett Favre Says He Did ‘Nothing Wrong’ With Welfare Funds
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Brett Favre Says He Did ‘Nothing Wrong’ With Welfare Funds

a week after hiring an ex-Trump White House attorneyRetired NFL star Brett Favre is telling Fox News that he did not know that $1.1 million he received from a Mississippi nonprofit and millions he helped his alma mater obtain to build a volleyball stadium were federal welfare funds. “I have been unjustly smeared in the media,” he said in a statement the conservative news outlet published online this morning. “I have done nothing wrong, and it is past time to set the record straight.” Between 2016 and 2019, Mississippi officials and nonprofit operators missed more than $77 million, prosecutors say. That includes $1.1 million in Temporary Assistance For Needy Families funds that Mississippi Department of Human Services Director John Davis funneled through the nonprofit Mississippi...
Opinion: When my 9-year-old asks why Russia is bombing us — this is what I say
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Opinion: When my 9-year-old asks why Russia is bombing us — this is what I say

Editor's Note: Nonna Stefanova is a journalist at Channel 5-TV in Kyiv. She is a television director and a lecturer of TV and cinema at Kyiv's Karpenko-Kary National University of Theatre, Cinema, and Television. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. Read more opinion on CNN. Kyiv CNN — On Monday, Russian missiles scorched a children's playground in Kyiv that my family calls “our playground,” leaving behind a gaping crater. Later, people gathered to take photos of the rocket's footprint in the upturned soil, where bits of twisted metal lay scattered just a few feet from the brightly-painted climbing frame and merry-go-round. ...
Ron Herrera, Nury Martinez resign after racist leaked LA audio
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Ron Herrera, Nury Martinez resign after racist leaked LA audio

Leaked audio of a conversation between some of Los Angeles' top political players that included racist remarks has cascaded into multiple resignations and could come to a head at a city council meeting Wednesday.Latest: Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez announced Tuesday she is taking a "leave of absence" from the council two days after leaked audio of her racist remarks in a meeting last October, the Los Angeles Times reported. Nury and Ron Herrera, the president of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, both resigned from their presidency positions on Monday, according to the Times.What's in the audio: In the recording obtained by The Times, Martinez could be heard making racist statements about a white councilmember's child, saying her colleague “handled his youn...
MLB Playoff Player Prop Picks
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MLB Playoff Player Prop Picks

The League Division Series begins on Tuesday with a quadruple-header of games beginning with the Phillies vs. Braves at 1:07 p.m. ET and concluding with the Padres vs. Dodgers at 9:37 p.m. ET. If you've followed along during the regular season, then you know my process for finding optimal home run selections for the popular “Dinger Tuesday” promotion at FanDuel. I use barrel rates, max exit velocities, price comparisons and pitcher matchups to find the optimal home run picks. Looking to bet HR props this week? Top 10 barrel rates since Aug. 1 (min 50 batted balls) amongst players hitting this weekend: 1. A Judge (26.2% lol)2. And Alvarez 3. J Rooster 4. J Kelenic5. K. Schwarber 6. T Thompson 7.C Raleigh8 E Suarez 9 JT Realmuto 10. M. Olson — Anthony Dabbundo, Aaron Nola enjoyer (@An...
New Zealand government wants to tax cow burps to fight climate change
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New Zealand government wants to tax cow burps to fight climate change

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand's government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gases that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change.The government said the farm levy would be a world first, and that farmers should be able to recover the cost by charging more for climate-friendly products.But farmers quickly condemned the plan. Federated Farmers, the industry's main lobby group, said the plan would “rip the guts out of small-town New Zealand” and see farms replaced with trees.Federated Farmers President Andrew Hoggard said farmers had been trying to work with the government for more than two years on an emissions reduction plan that wouldn't decrease food production.“Our plan was to keep farmers farming," Hoggard said. Instead, he...
Biden to ‘re-evaluate’ US-Saudi ties after OPEC+ cuts oil production
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Biden to ‘re-evaluate’ US-Saudi ties after OPEC+ cuts oil production

WASHINGTON — President Biden is reconsidering the US relationship with Saudi Arabia after the Riyadh-led OPEC+ cartel announced last week it will slash oil production by a total of 2 million barrels per day beginning next month. The US and the Middle Eastern nation have long been strategic partners, with Saudi Arabia America's third-leading source of imported oil, according to the State Department. But that relationship could change after last week's OPEC move, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday. “I think the president's been very clear that this is a relationship that we need to continue to re-evaluate, that we need to be willing to revisit,” Kirby told CNN. “And certainly in light of the OPEC decision, I think that's where he i...
FanDuel MLB: Tuesday Division Series Targets
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FanDuel MLB: Tuesday Division Series Targets

This article is part of our FanDuel MLB series. All four division series get underground Tuesday, starting at 1:07 pm EDT. It's an interesting mix on the mound, with four teams coming off byes and all having aces in the hole, while the winners of the wild-card series are on third and fourth options. Three of the four series also feature divisional matchups, so there's plenty of familiarity.PitchingI'm personally going to make the effort to find an additional $500-800 to pay up for either Justin Verlander ($11,200) or Gerrit Cole ($10,900) over the next two options in Max Fried at $10,400 or Julio Urias at $10,100, as the top two just have far greater upside. Verlander has 43 Ks in 42.1 innings against Seattle, posting 164 FDP in his last three starts against them. Cole isn...