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How Miami became a hub for 'manosphere' influencers like the Tate brothers

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MIAMI — Andrew and Tristan Tate, who were recently arrested outside a Miami concert venue on new rape charges in the United Kingdom, aren’t the only controversial online personalities who have chosen Miami as home.

In fact, in the past few years, a growing number of influencers who built lucrative brands around hypermasculinity, dating ...Read more

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Cyclospora boosts fears that worse foodborne outbreaks are ahead

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The next foodborne illness outbreak could be much worse.

That’s the concern of food safety leaders across the U.S. who are raising alarms over federal cuts they say have made it harder to detect and stop the spread of foodborne illnesses, such as the recent outbreaks of cyclospora, which has sickened thousands in dozens of states. And they’...Read more

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Colorado's oil and gas regulators studied health problems tied to drilling. Critics ask: Why will nothing change?

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DENVER — A public health study found that Colorado children living within eight miles of an oil and gas well had an increased risk of developing leukemia, and the study’s authors determined current setbacks between well sites and houses may not be enough to protect kids.

The study, published in May 2025, sounded an alarm for communities ...Read more

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Newsom reverses on long-sought paid leave benefit for teachers in California

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California public school teacher Mollie Blustein planned her pregnancy so that her daughter would arrive during summer break. But when the elementary school teacher went into premature labor and delivered her baby two weeks before the end of school, she faced another stressor: a huge pay cut.

The majority of California’s roughly 300,000 ...Read more

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'The child is terrified': Doctors on the front lines of a measles comeback speak out

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This isn’t just a bad year for measles. It looks to be the start of a bad era. Confirmed measles cases just hit a 35-year high, and it’s only July. Together with last year, the number of cases has exceeded the combined total over the previous 25 years. The vast majority of cases stem from domestic outbreaks fueled by low rates of vaccination...Read more

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Feds targeted Latinos more after Supreme Court's racial profiling decision, report says

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By almost every measure, Latino communities are bearing the brunt of the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign, according to a new report.

The League of United Latin American Citizens or LULAC, a Latino civil rights organization, found that court-sanctioned racial profiling has contributed to the disproportionate targeting of Latinos...Read more

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Warehouse <strong>company</strong> files permit to rebuild Boyle Heights warehouse after fire. 'A slap in the face,' mayor says

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LOS ANGELES — A permit application to rebuild the Lineage cold-storage warehouse has been met with fierce backlash from politicians and residents, who are enraged the company would think about resuming business while the community contends with putrid odors and health concerns from the ongoing cleanup.

On Monday, a representative for Lineage ...Read more

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Warehouse company files permit to rebuild Boyle Heights warehouse after fire. 'A slap in the face,' mayor says

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LOS ANGELES — A permit application to rebuild the Lineage cold-storage warehouse has been met with fierce backlash from politicians and residents, who are enraged the company would think about resuming business while the community contends with putrid odors and health concerns from the ongoing cleanup.

On Monday, a representative for Lineage ...Read more

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US Senate confirms Jay Clayton to replace Bill Pulte as Trump's spy chief

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WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Jay Clayton as the Trump administration’s spy chief, replacing an interim candidate who sparked broad concerns about the powerful role being used to influence U.S. elections.

Clayton, who was the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, was confirmed as director of national intelligence by a vote of 51 to 47.

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NC Senate passes elections bill cutting primary early voting days, more tweaks

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RALEIGH, N.C. — After a tumultuous road to a vote, North Carolina lawmakers further advanced a sweeping elections bill on Tuesday with Senate approval.

The legislation, which was added and subtracted from House and Senate committees numerous times throughout the process due to controversial provisions, passed the Senate 28-13. It must go back...Read more

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Jay Clayton confirmed as director of national intelligence

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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday evening confirmed Walter “Jay” Clayton to be President Donald Trump’s new director of national intelligence.

It was a party-line vote of 51-47, with no Democrats joining Republicans. Clayton will replace Bill Pulte, whose temporary appointment last month riled many Democrats after the resignation of ...Read more

Legionnaire's disease outbreak on Upper East Side claims its sixth victim

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NEW YORK — The Legionnaire’s Disease outbreak that has plagued the Upper East Side for the past month has claimed its sixth victim, city officials announced Tuesday.

“We are heartbroken to report that a sixth person has passed away in connection with the Legionnaires’ disease cluster on the Upper East Side,” city Health Commissioner ...Read more

Washington 'millionaires tax' repeal faces legal fight over 21 words

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SEATTLE — The sponsor of an initiative to repeal Washington’s new high-earners income tax is challenging ballot language on the financial impacts of killing the tax.

Let’s Go Washington, the group behind Initiative 645, filed a lawsuit in Thurston County Superior Court on Monday asking a judge to rewrite wording that says the tax-cutting ...Read more

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Trump asks Supreme Court to scrap $83.3 million Carroll verdict

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President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of an $83.3 million jury verdict against him in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit, according to a copy of the petition reviewed by Bloomberg News.

Trump filed his petition with the Supreme Court on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be...Read more

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Ghost gun used in Seattle Center shooting, police say

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SEATTLE — Three firearms, one of which was a potentially homemade ghost gun and another which was modified to become fully automatic, were recovered from the Bite of Seattle shooting scene that left three dead and four injured, according to police.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said at a news conference Tuesday that police believe the shooting ...Read more

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Florida executes 2 men Tuesday, a 1st in modern death penalty history

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Florida executed two men Tuesday for separate murder cases from the 1980s amid a record-breaking surge in the state’s pursuit of capital punishment.

James Duckett and Dominick Occhicone both died by lethal injection at Florida State Prison, near the city of Starke, becoming the 11th and 12th prisoners the state has put to death this year.

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Fujimori sworn in, giving Peru shot to break cycle of chaos

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Keiko Fujimori has just taken on one of Latin America’s most perilous political jobs as the new president of Peru.

The 51-year-old conservative was sworn in just past midday Tuesday to become the ninth president in a decade in a nation where every leader elected since the 1990s has been impeached, imprisoned or targeted in criminal ...Read more

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Trump, Netanyahu meet as US dials back Iran threats

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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House Tuesday as the U.S. leader sought to avoid renewed bombing in Iran and instead laid the ground for further diplomacy after both sides paused tit-for-tat strikes.

“I think we have a very strong position right now,” Trump told Fox ...Read more

Trump administration investigates Denver school district over accusation teacher made students kiss

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DENVER — The U.S. Department of Education is investigating Denver Public Schools for the second time in less than two years after a teacher was accused of making female students kiss each other in class, the agency announced Tuesday.

The agency said it is specifically looking into whether the incident, which occurred at Northeast Early ...Read more

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US intercepts Iran attack on bases, puncturing days of calm

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said it had intercepted an Iranian attack on bases in the region, in what would be the first such attempted strike in days, sending crude oil prices soaring and raising fears of a return to war.

“Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in an attempted surprise ...Read more