Welcome to your weekly check-in on the latest health news. This week saw a salmonella outbreak linked to organic basil sold at Trader Joe’s, a new report from the American Psychological Association on why social media needs to be made safer for young users and a study that found that signs of multiple sclerosis can […]
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My Doctor Gave Me A Strange Exam. I Researched It Later — And What I Learned Left Me Disgusted.
5 things I learned after spending a month with this smart-home manager
Imagine if Amazon shaved the screen off an Echo Show 8 smart display and reworked the user interface to be entirely smart home-focused. That’s the Echo Hub in a nutshell, a wall-mountable control panel for managing your connected devices. But, hang on, can’t you do that with voice commands to Alexa? Or use an actual […]
Copenhagen and Paris mayors discuss lessons learned after fires wreck landmarks
The mayor of Copenhagen has been in touch with her Paris counterpart to see what can be learned from the reconstruction of the Notre Dame cathedral in the French capital, after a fire devastated the Danish city’s 400-year-old stock exchange building. Firefighters were still at the scene two days after a blaze destroyed half of […]
Three things we learned this week about IKEA, sports fans and why eclipses are popular
Happy Halifax Resolves Days weekend, which is a thing. The thing happened on Friday 248 years ago when a bunch of frat guys in wigs high-fived and chest-bumped, declaring it was time to move out of the house from their boring Brit parents. Someone from the North Carolina Provincial Congress shouted “Don’t Tread on ACC […]
Inside the totality — or how I learned to stop worrying and love Eclipse 2024
Apr. 8—LEAKEY, Texas — The emergency weather and road condition signs along Interstate 10 proclaim: Find a spot and stay put. So we did. But the clouds, the sun and the moon didn’t listen. As the time of totality neared Monday along the eclipse pathway, the clouds parted in Leakey, in southwest Texas. Earlier, a […]
That Pic of Greta Thunberg Detained by Cops Was Manipulated. Here’s What Else We Learned
Claim: A viral photograph in April 2024 accurately depicts environmental activist Greta Thunberg being arrested at a protest. Rating: Rating: Fake Context: The viral image was created by digitally manipulating a frame captured from a genuine video of Thunberg’s arrest. On April 6, 2024, X (formerly Twitter) user @OldRowSwig posted a supposed image of […]
What we learned in March primary for November election
Ohio got left out from much of the national focus on the 2020 general election, with the former bellwether state won handily a second time by Donald Trump even as he lost the election. And there wasn’t a U.S. Senate race. However, there will be plenty of attention this November with Ohio as the scene […]
Savannah Chrisley was flying to see father, Todd, in prison when she learned of Nic Kerdiles’ death
Savannah Chrisley has opened up more about the tragic moments she learned of the death of her boyfriend Nic Kerdiles. During a recent episode of her podcast, Chrisley said she was midflight on her way to Pensacola, Florida to see her father Todd who is in prison there, when she learned Kerdiles was killed in […]
Las Vegas driver guilty of 2nd fatal DUI crash heads back to prison: ‘He learned absolutely nothing’
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A man who served prison time for driving high and killing a motorcycle rider – who then killed another driver 10 years later – will serve a minimum of 10 years in prison with a maximum life term. In court Monday, Clark County District Court Judge Monica Trujillo sentenced Prentiss Bates, […]
We read the fine print of the Royals & Chiefs leases so you don’t have to. What we learned
Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at RealityCheck@kcstar.com. Both the Royals and Chiefs made their deadline for having new leases, development agreements and community benefits agreements negotiated before Jackson County voters decide […]
Fire Department Battalion Chief Said Wife Died After a Seizure. Then Police Learned He Was Having an Affair
Kevin West planned to leave his wife on the day she died, writing to his lover, “2024 is our year,” an affidavit of probable cause states City Of Camas Camas-Washougal Fire Battalion Chief Kevin West A Washington state fire department battalion chief who called 911 in January saying his wife was having a seizure is […]