Author: welkin

2 dead in listeria outbreak connected to meat sliced at deli counters. What to know July 20, 2024, 1:00 AM GMT+1 By Alex Portée The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a multi-state listeria outbreak linked to meat sliced at deli counters. The CDC published an investigation notice on July 19 revealing that two people have died and at least 28 individuals have been hospitalized in connection with the outbreak. The notice reports that many of those connected to the current outbreak reported consuming meats sliced at deli counters. No recalls have been issued, but the agency is now directing the public,…

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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee was an unusual group that spent the most time outside of the Democratic primary in 2022. AIPAC, the Republican mega-donor-backed organization committed to upholding the US government’s strong backing for Israel’s far-right government, is planning to spend an astounding $100 million through its super PAC, the United Democracy Project, this year. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee was an unusual group that spent the most time outside of the Democratic primary in 2022. AIPAC, the Republican mega-donor-backed organization committed to upholding the US government’s strong backing for Israel’s far-right government, is planning to spend…

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The man at the party who makes you realize that you haven’t truly lived is Nicholas Kristof. The world has been Kristof’s oyster as you drive from point A to point B and live a routine nine-to-five life. The New York Times columnist, a real global citizen who craves adventure, can distinguish himself as such by showing off his stories from Asia and Africa on a fully stamped passport and embarrassing everyone. Even worse, he uses unusual datelines as trump cards to support his neoliberalism masquerading as progressive thinking: US imperialism can be beneficial (2/1/02), sweatshops benefit workers (1/14/09), and…

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Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Rolling Stone (6/10/24) This week on CounterSpin: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote dozens of pages justifying his decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, stating the Constitution does not confer the right to determine whether or when to give birth. None of those pages mention his intention to make the United States “a place of godliness,” or his belief that there can be no compromise on such concerns, because “one side or the other is going to win.” Yet those are thoughts Alito freely expressed with a woman he thought was just a stranger at a public event.…

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One hundred years ago this month, I was reminded by Portside’s “This Week in People’s History” feature (5/29/23), a constitutional amendment passed both houses of Congress, with large majorities, and went to the states for ratification. It remains a proposal, not a law, to this day, because the necessary three-quarters of states didn’t accept it. The proposal is the Child Labor Amendment, giving Congress authority to regulate “labor of persons under 18 years of age.” Efforts to protect children from dangerous work continued anyway, of course, and the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act included prohibitions on children under 14 working in…

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Las Vegas will soon get another European route this fall. Starting Oct. 25, Irish carrier Aer Lingus will launch 3x weekly service between Dublin and Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, announced Tuesday. The airline will fly its widebody Airbus A330-300 aircraft, the largest in its fleet, which can seat up to 317 passengers. Aer Lingus will operate the seasonal service through April 29, 2025, with the following schedule: Las Vegas (LAS) to Dublin (DUB): 7:35 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. (+1) Dublin (DUB) to Las Vegas (LAS): 3:20 p.m. to 5:50 p.m. To celebrate the new flight, Aer Lingus is…

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Travelbeta, Nigeria’s stellar online travel company, is delighted to announce Afrobeats superstar Davido as its first official brand ambassador. Travelbeta, Nigeria’s stellar online travel company, is delighted to announce Afrobeats superstar Davido as its first official brand ambassador. Davido will henceforth represent the brand’s image as well as feature in most, if not all, of Travelbeta’s marketing campaigns. Davido, being an international artist with a massive fan base worldwide, fits perfectly with Travelbeta’s innovative approach toward travel. His brand as an artist will reflect positively on the company’s image. The newly forged relationship with Davido is in line with Travelbeta’s lifelong mission to provide seamless travel experience…

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Welcome to my first column on the renowned dailysportscar website (Aw shucks – Ed!). Hopefully you’ll enjoy reading about my racing activities during the year. I got my 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship campaign underway in Qatar in early March. I was making my debut for Hertz Team JOTA, racing a Porsche 963 Hypercar for the very first time in the near 1,200-mile, 10 hour race, sharing driving duties of the #12 Porsche with Will Stevens and Norman Nato. I’d clocked my first miles in the Porsche around the Losail International Circuit north of Doha earlier this year in…

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