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A tractor-trailer rollover sent a truckload of squid spilling into a Rhode Island roadway, leaving a stench as they sat in the road for hours in the summer heat

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Dr. Erica Schwartz, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is promising to advocate for the agency while addressing staff burnout and understaffing issues

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U.S. stocks rose Wednesday after the U.S. Treasury Department announced a move that could ease pressure coming from the bond market

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Liberia has charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering and other offenses as part of an investigation into an alleged transnational narcotics network

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A former engineering director at Meta who has testified before Congress about child safety on Instagram told jurors at a landmark trial that the company took a “don’t ask, don’t tell” approach on kids under 13 on its platforms

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A new state law requires Georgia restaurants to disclose if their shrimp is imported

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Ice cream was a rare and expensive treat for centuries because of the difficulty of storing ice

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Many Federal Reserve officials think the central bank will have to lift its key short-term interest rate in the coming months if inflation doesn’t subside, minutes of the Fed’s meeting last month showed

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Moderna shares more than doubled after announcing initial results from a study of an experimental cancer treatment

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Seven people, including five American citizens, have been killed in a safari helicopter crash in a remote part of northern Kenya

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Target says it has more evidence that a merchandising overhaul under its new CEO is attracting more customers and improving sales

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Millions more people may be able to get smaller, lightweight Amazon packages delivered by drones by the end of the year under a plan the company announced Wednesday to expand the airborne shipping to suburban areas in nearly 500 U.S. cities

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U.S. stocks rose after the Treasury Department made a move to ease pressure emanating from the bond market