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3 days ago | 
san.com | Alex Delia |Ally Heath |Bast Bramhall |Evan Hummel
U.S. authorities charged a pair of Chinese nationals with smuggling a “potential agroterrorism weapon” into the United States. Investigators said the two people accused of the crime were a couple, and one of them works at the University of Michigan.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Ally Heath |Alan Judd |Cole Lauterbach |Karah Rucker
The Trump administration’s recent report on children’s health issues cites a study linking screen time to sleep problems. It quotes research tying pharmaceutical advertising to increased ADHD prescriptions for children. It refers to a finding that the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to mental illness and substance abuse among children and adolescents. However, these studies — and others cited in the “Make America Healthy Again” report — don’t actually exist.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Alex Delia |Ally Heath |Emma Stoltzfus |Karah Rucker
California’s top high school sports authority made a last-minute policy change ahead of the state’s track and field championships. The move came following backlash over a transgender athlete placing first in the girls’ long jump and triple jump to qualify for the state championship. Under the new policy, multiple first-place winners will now be allowed.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Ally Heath |Brett Baker |Brian Spencer |Dakota Piteo
[LEWIS MANALO]YEAH, LIKE, MORE OR LESS. FOR ME, IT WAS LESS CALL OF DUTY, BUT IT WAS HALO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, IN THE BARRACKS, WE WOULD LITERALLY RUN CABLES BETWEEN THE BARRACKS ROOMS, AND THEN WE’D JUST GO FOUR ON FOUR IN THAT LITTLE RED VERSUS BLUE HORSESHOE THAT THEY HAD. BUT YEAH, THAT’S WHAT WE THINK IS FUN. AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GAMES WITH BIGGER BUDGETS—FROM REALLY ESTABLISHED IPs, PROPERTIES, FRANCHISES—THEY’RE PROBABLY GOING TO GO REALLY DEEP WITH THE BELLS AND WHISTLES AND STUFF.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Ally Heath |Cole Lauterbach |Karah Rucker
President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold federal funding from California, citing a violation of a recent executive order prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports. Trump stated he will speak with California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday, May 27, to address the matter. If the situation is not resolved, the president said the state could lose federal funds permanently.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Alex Delia |Ally Heath |Jake Larsen |Karah Rucker
NPR has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration following an executive order signed earlier in May that freezes federal funding to NPR and PBS. NPR argued that the order violates its First Amendment rights. The Trump administration maintains that the federal government should not be in the business of funding news media. Public radio stations receive approximately $120 million annually from federal agencies, according to NPR CEO Katherine Maher.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Ally Heath |Craig Nigrelli |Jason Morrell |Kaleb Gillespie
Wanna get away? Starting tomorrow, Wednesday, May 28, Southwest, the airline that popularized the phrase, will begin charging passengers for checked bags. Southwest’s long-standing “bags fly free” policy ends Tuesday, May 27. Beginning Wednesday, the airline will charge most passengers $35 for the first checked bag and $45 for a second bag. In 2024, Southwest Airlines collected $83 million in bag fees. Three major competitors, American, Delta and United, collected over $1 billion each.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Ally Heath |Diane Duenez
A 53-year-old man is in police custody after a car crashed into a large crowd of people celebrating Liverpool F.C.’s championship Monday, May 26. Police confirmed the man is from the Liverpool area. Officials have not yet given information on the number of casualties, but police said a “large number” of people were injured. NHS University Hospitals requested via social media that people refrain from calling to find out information on patients.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Ally Heath |Diane Duenez
A video surfaced showing what appears to be French First Lady Brigitte Macron pushing her husband away as they disembarked from their plane on Sunday, May 25, in Hanoi. President Emmanuel Macron’s office initially denied the incident, but later confirmed that photos and videos of the incident were real. The president’s office later told reporters that the couple was joking around.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Ally Heath |Bast Bramhall |Craig Nigrelli |Diane Duenez
[CRAIG NIGRELLI]PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PAID TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY. TRUMP TOOK PART IN THE TRADITIONAL WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS. HE WAS JOINED BY VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE, DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH AND COMMANDING GENERAL OF U.S. MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON MAJOR GENERAL TREVOR BREDENKAMP. FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, THE PRESIDENT DELIVERED REMARKS… HONORING THOSE WHO DIED IN AMERICA’S WARS.
