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1 week ago | 
san.com | Bast Bramhall |Cassandra J. Buchman |Evan Hummel |Kalé Carey
New research from France’s food safety agency, known as ANSES, released on Friday, June 20, shows that certain drinks in glass bottles contain more microplastics than drinks in plastic bottles or aluminum cans. This revelation raises fresh concerns about how labeling and packaging impact the amount of microplastics we consume, and how it affects our health. The study involved soft drinks, beer, lemonade, iced tea, water and wine sold in a variety of bottles across France.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Bast Bramhall |Devin Pavlou |Karah Rucker
A declassified intelligence report now in the hands of Congress alleges China attempted to interfere in the 2020 U.S. election by sending thousands of counterfeit IDs to the United States in a bid to influence the outcome in favor of Joe Biden. The media’s coverage of the unsubstantiated report varies depending on a news outlet’s political bias, with right-leaning outlets giving weight to the story and left-leaning outlets dismissing it.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Bast Bramhall |Cole Lauterbach |Dan Levin |Devin Pavlou
Police arrested New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander on Tuesday, June 17, at an immigration court in the city. His arrest comes as voters cast their early ballots in the race to unseat current Mayor Eric Adams. Video of the incident shows Lander linking arms with a person authorities were attempting to detain at a federal building in Manhattan. That’s when he and the person he was with were arrested.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Bast Bramhall |Evan Hummel |Kalé Carey |Mathew Grisham
A Georgia man was arraigned on Monday, June 16, on federal charges stemming from alleged threats made against Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Deb Fischer of Nebraska, according to federal prosecutors. Robert Davis Forney, 25, of Duluth, is accused of leaving voicemails in January in which he threatened sexual violence against the senators. Prosecutors say he also threatened Cruz’s family.
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2 weeks ago | 
san.com | Alan Judd |Bast Bramhall |Devin Pavlou |Evan Hummel
Authorities arrested a man who allegedly handed out riot gear to people protesting the Trump administration’s immigration raids in Los Angeles. Alejandro Theodoro Orellana was charged with suspicion of conspiracy to commit civil disorders. In a social media post on Thursday, June 12, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayi said law enforcement detained Orellana “for distributing face shields to suspected rioters on Tuesday” near federal buildings in downtown Los Angeles.
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2 weeks ago | 
san.com | Bast Bramhall |Cole Lauterbach |Karah Rucker
The Trump administration and the state of California are locked in another dispute, with both sides threatening each other financially. The latest funding threats come as the two sides are on a collision course over state and federal policies. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a June 10 interview with Bloomberg News that California is in violation of federal Title IX protections.
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2 weeks ago | 
san.com | Bast Bramhall |Matt Bishop |Ryan Robertson |William O. Jackson
Ukrainian intelligence estimates that nearly 20,000 Cubans have signed contracts with the Russian military since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. According to testimony and reports, many were allegedly lured by promises of high pay, Russian citizenship and job opportunities. Some traveled to Russia without a visa, as Cuban citizens are permitted to enter the country without a visa for 90 days. Recruiters reportedly offered between $2,000 and $2,500 per month.
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2 weeks ago | 
san.com | Bast Bramhall |Evan Hummel |Kalé Carey |Mathew Grisham
Could an aquarium pet that’s now embedded in modern pop culture be the answer to regrowing severed human limbs? Scientists are currently exploring that possibility with a new study published in the journal Natural Communications on Tuesday, June 10. The salamander used in the experiment is known as the axolotl. The amphibian is a pro when it comes to limb regeneration. If it loses a leg or an arm, it simply grows a new one.
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3 weeks ago | 
san.com | Bast Bramhall |Kalé Carey |Matt Bishop |William O. Jackson
[Kalé Carey]TENSIONS BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND ELON MUSK JUST WENT ORBITAL. AFTER MUSK SLAMMED THE PRESIDENT’S “ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL,” TRUMP THREATENED TO PULL BILLIONS IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS FROM SPACEX AND STARLINK. MUSK FIRED BACK ON X, SAYING HE’D START DECOMMISSIONING THE DRAGON CAPSULE—THE ONLY OPERATIONAL U.S. SPACECRAFT CURRENTLY USED TO FLY BOTH ASTRONAUTS AND CARGO TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. THAT MOVE SENT SHOCKWAVES THROUGH NASA AND CAPITOL HILL.
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3 weeks 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.
