RFK Jr. will have an early opportunity to influence what Americans eat If confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Kennedy would be responsible for naming some of the people tasked with rewriting the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 12/28/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link
What RFK Jr. Has Said About Polio Vaccine As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gears up to be Health and Human Services Secretary, his position on the polio vaccine is under scrutiny. On Monday, Kennedy told reporters on Capitol Hill he was "all for ... 12/17/2024 - 3:52 am | View Link
RFK Jr. to take his turn in the Senate hot seat ahead of confirmation hearings Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump ... Again” campaign in which he pledged to clear out “entire categories” of health departments at bureaucracies such as the Food and Drug ... 12/15/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
RFK Jr.’s lawyer petitions the FDA to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine Aaron Siri, the lawyer for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — President-elect Donald Trump’s presumptive nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services — petitioned the federal government on Friday ... 12/13/2024 - 1:25 am | View Link
Warren on RFK Jr. pick: ‘Say goodbye to your smile and say hello to polio’ Kennedy Jr., President-elect’s Trump’s pick ... He has promised to purge entire departments at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to eliminate corruption. Warren, in her post, also took ... 12/12/2024 - 11:51 pm | View Link
YNW Melly must make a decision about whether to keep his current legal team for his upcoming murder retrial, and he doesn’t have a lot of time to do it, a Broward judge said Tuesday.
The rapper, whose real name is Jamell Demons, was in court Tuesday for the second of a two-day “all pending motions” hearing, a proceeding in which lawyers are supposed to take care of any unfinished business stopping a trial from going forward.
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On a brisk Saturday afternoon, A. crouched in a boxer’s stance, knees bent, one hip forward, raised her new Ruger Security-380 pistol aloft with both hands, and pulled the trigger. Spent gold casings clinked to the ground as a paper plate across the range filled with bullet holes.
Two years ago, with insurance costs skyrocketing, Florida legislators called a special session, vowing to provide relief.
Their plan was shady from the moment they announced it.
The Republican lawmakers who control the state had spent years ignoring warnings from industry experts who had begged them to spend serious time on this complicated issue, opting instead to wage culture wars with everyone from Disney to drag queens.
By WILL WEISSERT and ZEKE MILLER
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared U. S. control of both to be vital to American national security.
Speaking to reporters less than two weeks before he takes office on Jan.
By JOHN ROGERS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil rights and against war, has died. He was 86.
Yarrow, who also co-wrote the group’s most enduring song, “Puff the Magic Dragon,” died Tuesday in New York, publicist Ken Sunshine said.
A recent study published in The Lancet, one of the world’s most respected academic journals, predicted that by 2050, more than 43 million adolescents and 213 million adults in the United States will be overweight or living with obesity. These projections, driven by factors ranging from lifestyle to economic instability and education, serve as a wake-up call: It’s time to prioritize our health and make meaningful changes — individually and collectively.
Obesity is more than a number on a scale.