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The burger giant says it has pulled its popular Quarter Pounder from restaurants across a number of states as federal health officials move to confirm the source. An E. coli outbreak has been linked to McDonald’s restaurants in the U. S. heartland, causing the fast-food chain to temporarily remove a classic from its menu.

Netflix just killed its ambitious video game studio before it even launched a single title—but it isn’t giving up on games yet. Two years ago, Netflix turned heads in the gaming world. It hired former Overwatch leader Chacko Sonny to head a new game studio. The next year, former Halo exec Joseph Staten and God of War art director Rafael Grassetti joined Team Blue, Netflix’s top-tier video game studio, a signal that the streaming service could be preparing to go toe-to-toe with the video game industry’s biggest publishers

A severe E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s Corp.’s Quarter Pounders sickened dozens of people in the U. S., mainly in Colorado and Nebraska, and killed one, the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Ten people have been hospitalized, including a child with complications from HUS, a syndrome that damages small blood vessels and can lead to deadly clots, the agency said.

So-called childless women like Jane Addams and Katharine Bement Davis have shown that they have a stake in children’s welfare, women’s welfare and the nation’s welfare. Parenting, single people and the U. S. birth rate have assumed a greater place in the 2024 presidential campaign than any race in recent memory.

Spencer Platt/GettyStocks wavered and closed mixed on Tuesday. Doubts about the pace of rate cuts shook shook stocks and bonds earlier this week. Strong earnings continue, with Wall Street now focused on Tesla's Wednesday report. US indexes ended mixed on Tuesday as investors adjusted their outlooks for rate cuts for the rest of the year.

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