CULTURE

(Headline USA) Federal health officials on Friday said they have linked cases of a diarrhea-causing parasite tied to shredded lettuce to an additional four states, expanding the scope of the largest U.S. outbreak of cyclospora. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak first tied to Taco Bell...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In a blow to free speech in America, a jury has found a Minnesota mom guilty of disorderly conduct for using a racial slur on camera after a Somali child took her property last year. The jury found the mother, Shiloh Hendrix, guilty on Thursday night after...

(Headline USA) Health advisers met Thursday to review more than a half-dozen peptides, unproven substances that have become a growing wellness trend. In the first of several votes, the panel of Food and Drug Administration experts narrowly voted 8-6 in favor of broadening access to a chemical called BPC-157, one...

(Headline USA) ESPN is undergoing a significant round of layoffs for the first time in three years after taking over NFL Network in April. Chairman Jimmy Pitaro said in a memo to employees Tuesday morning, obtained by The Associated Press, that most moves are the result of ESPN’s acquisition of...

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and over a dozen of his colleagues in the upper chamber have re-upped their calls to end the federal ban of marijuana. On Tuesday, Fetterman’s office sent out a press release announcing his support for the reintroduction of the Cannabis...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Hunter Biden repeated a longstanding claim about the late Sen. Lindsey Graham during an interview, alleging that the South Carolina Republican was gay just a week after his death. Biden made the remarks in a July 18 appearance on the I've Had It podcast with left-wing host...

(Headline USA) Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom where the brothers are accused of rape and sex trafficking, their lawyer said Monday, suggesting their arrest in Miami was politically motivated. The Tates appeared in federal court Monday for the first time since...

(Headline USA) Vice President JD Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, on Sunday announced the birth of their fourth child, the first born to a sitting vice president in more than 150 years. Born Sunday, Alec Neel Vance joins older siblings Ewan, 9; Vivek, 6; and Mirabel, 4. Vance announced...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Roger Waters, the Pink Floyd veteran responsible for its 1979 masterwork The Wall, slammed European nations for trying unnecessarily to extend war with Russia in order to reap the profits from it, according to Kremlin mouthpiece Russia Today. Waters, who has been outspoken in his anti-globalist...

(Headline USA) Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, whose social media empire promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny has made them among the world’s most polarizing internet personalities, were arrested Saturday in Miami as British authorities sought their extradition on rape and sex trafficking charges. The brothers were taken into custody...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) When Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., addressed reporters last month at a press conference regarding allegations of sexual misconduct, he appeared visibly uncomfortable and seemingly on edge. A new report may help explain why. Gallego, who faced scrutiny months earlier over his close ties to disgraced former Rep....

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., remained tight-lipped on Thursday when confronted about whether he let one loose during a speech a day before. Schumer declined to address online rumors that he may have farted while delivering remarks on the Senate floor on Wednesday, as captured live...