Dental supply stock surges on RFK’s anti-fluoride stance, activist involvement
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Dental supply stock surges on RFK’s anti-fluoride stance, activist involvement

Dental care supplierHenry Scheinadvanced in Monday trading as investors bet that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump s pick for Health and Human Services secretary, could recommend removing fluoride from the U.S. water system, a move that would lead to a boom in dental visits. Shares of Henry Schein shares jumped nearly 5%, on track for its best day since July. Fellow dental product makersDentsply SironaandEnvistaalso edged higher in the session. Monday s moves come as investors ready for public health changes under a second Trump administration. Kennedyposted on Xbefore the presidential election this month that a Trump White House will advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water. Fluoride has long been shown as an effective method for fighting cavit...
Ex-Army officer who beat officers with a baton on Jan. 6 sentenced to prison
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Ex-Army officer who beat officers with a baton on Jan. 6 sentenced to prison

WASHINGTON An ex-soldier who was previously court-martialed for shooting a handcuffed Iraqi civilian was sentenced to over four years in federal prison Monday for assaulting officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Edward Richmond Jr.assaulted officers with a baton inside the lower west tunnel leading into the Capitol, where some of the worst violence on Jan. 6, 2021, took place, yelling, "We ll break you motherf---er!"accordingto video evidence cited by prosecutors. Richmond was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty this year to a felony count of assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer with a deadly weapon. The FBI arrested Richmondin January after online sleuths identified him as the man whom they nicknamed Buff Lightyear featured as ...
Library of Congress says hackers got access to its emails with lawmakers’ offices
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Library of Congress says hackers got access to its emails with lawmakers’ offices

The Library of Congress said hackers broke into its communications systems and were able to read its email correspondence with congressional offices for most of this year. In a private notification sent Friday to some congressional offices, obtained by NBC News, the Library of Congress said that hackers accessed email communications between congressional offices and some Library staff, including the Congressional Research Service. The hackers had access from January until September, the notification said. The Library of Congress, the world s largest library, offers adedicated research stafffor Congress. Last year, it gave congressional staffers more than 76,000 custom responses to inquiries,according toits most recent annual report. Bill Ryan, director of communications at the Library of...
Amsterdam violence exposes anti-immigrant Islamophobia in the Netherlands
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Amsterdam violence exposes anti-immigrant Islamophobia in the Netherlands

What beganas violent clashesbetween locals and Israeli soccer fans has spiraled into a clash of identities in the Netherlands, leaving many feeling their place in society is precarious, their belonging conditional, and their voices drowned out in a tide of blame. The resignation of a Moroccan-born minister has added yet more fuel to a fire that has exposeddeep racial and religious dividesfrom the streets to the Cabinet office, bringing the government to the brink of crisis. Deputy finance minister Nora Achahbar quit the Cabinet on Friday in protest after hearing alleged racist remarks during a closed-door Dutch Cabinet meeting. Amsterdam was gripped by violence this monthsurrounding a match between Dutch team Ajax and the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv. According to officials, the violence ...
At least 5 people wounded as rocket shrapnel falls on Israeli city
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At least 5 people wounded as rocket shrapnel falls on Israeli city

TEL AVIV At least five people were wounded by falling shrapnel Monday after a missile fired from Lebanon was intercepted by the Israeli military over a street in the city of Ramat Gan, officials said. A 54-year-old woman in serious condition was being treated by emergency medical technicians, Israel s Magen David Adom ambulance service said in apost on X. Another patient listed in moderate condition and three mildly injured were taken to the Rabin Medical Center, the service said. Israel s police service said it was working to secure the impact sites and assist in evacuating the injured in the city, which is within the Tel Aviv district. The Israeli military said in a statement that the country s air force had intercepted one projectile that was identified crossing from Lebanon into...
Russian ballet star Vladimir Shklyarov found dead after falling from apartment balcony
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Russian ballet star Vladimir Shklyarov found dead after falling from apartment balcony

Investigators in Russia are looking into the death of Vladimir Shklyarov, a principal dancer at the world-famous Mariinsky Ballet in St. Petersburg, after he fell from an apartment block balcony and died at the age of 39. Police in St. Petersburg, Russia s second city, say initial information suggests his fall, which was discovered early on Saturday morning, was the result of an accident, state media have reported. The Mariinsky said in a statement on Monday it would host a farewell ceremony for him on Thursday ahead of his funeral later that day and that members of the public were welcome to pay their respects to someone who was widely respected for his flair in executing the classical Russian ballet repertoire. He has forever inscribed his name in the history of world ballet, the Mariin...
Carrots sold at Trader Joe’s, Wegmans and other chains recalled due to possible E. coli contamination
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Carrots sold at Trader Joe’s, Wegmans and other chains recalled due to possible E. coli contamination

If you recently bought organic carrots, it might be time to check your fridge. Grimmway Farms said in anews releasethat some of its organic whole and baby carrots sold at many grocery store chains, including Trader Joe's, Wegmans, Whole Foods and Target, may have been contaminated with E. coli bacteria. The carrot producer, headquartered in Bakersfield, California, voluntarily recalled the carrots after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that they may be associated with an outbreak. So far, there have been 39 cases, 15 hospitalizations and one death across 18 states,according to the CDC. Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, which most severely affects children under 5 years old and the elderly, can cause bloody diarrhea, severe stomach cramps and vomiting, according to the CDC....
Ohio leaders, White House and Jewish groups condemn ‘vile and racist’ neo-Nazi march
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Ohio leaders, White House and Jewish groups condemn ‘vile and racist’ neo-Nazi march

The White House on Monday joined city, state and Jewish community leaders in Ohio condemning a small group who marched through Columbus on Saturday chanting racial slurs and white nationalist slogans while carrying Nazi flags. NBC affiliate WCMH of Columbusreported that it received eyewitness reports of the march around 1:45 p.m. Saturday in the state capital s Short North Arts District. Videos uploaded to social media and geolocated by NBC News to the same neighborhood showed at least 11 people carrying black flags with red swastikas and wearing black outfits with red masks, chanting slogans such as Bow down, [n-word]! into a bullhorn. "President Biden abhors the hateful poison of Nazism, anti-semitism, and racism which are hostile to everything the United States stands for, including...
Texts threatening deportation and ‘re-education’ for gays stoke both fear and defiance
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Texts threatening deportation and ‘re-education’ for gays stoke both fear and defiance

Latino teenagers in Georgia getting texts saying they are "set to be deported" by immigration authorities. A lesbian business owner receiving messages telling her she's been assigned to an LGB re-education camp in Las Vegas. Immigrant families afraid to report the text messages to authorities. Members of theHispanic and LGBTQ communities are being targetedwith these kinds of disturbing text messages by people hiding behind anonymous phone numbers. Soon after Donald Trump s presidential election victory, the FBI and the Department of Justice started receiving numerous reports of racist text messages being sent to Black Americans, telling themthey had been selected to pick cotton "at the nearest plantation."Now, authorities are investigating cases in which other groups of people are report...
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Coca-Cola causes controversy with AI-made ad

Coca-Cola is facing backlash online overan artificial intelligence-made Christmas promotional videothat users are calling soulless and devoid of any actual creativity. The AI-made video features everything from big red Coca-Cola trucks driving through snowy streets to people smiling in scarves and knitted hats holding Coca-Cola bottles. The video was meant to pay homage to the company s 1995 commercialHolidays Are Coming, which featured similar imagery, but with human actors and real trucks. Forbes reportedthat the video was created by three AI studios Secret Level, Silverside AI and Wild Card using four different generative AI models. Silverside AI s AI Developer Chris Barberwrote in a reply on Xthat each of the AI studios created a different version of the advertisement, with the...