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Lake Tahoe Boaters Died Without Life Jackets, Review Finds  The New York Times 8 people who died in Lake Tahoe boat accident were not wearing life vests, NTSB says  USA Today NTSB issues preliminary report on Tahoe boat capsizing that killed 8  KOLO | 8 News Now New details reveal stark, desperate events leading up to Tahoe boat tragedy  SFGATE 8 People Killed in …

Independents are increasingly souring on Trump, new poll finds  Politico Independents Drive Trump’s Approval to 37% Second-Term Low  Gallup News Trump’s approval tanks amid Epstein fallout – now less than 30% of independent’s approve  The Independent Trump’s net approval hits lowest point of second term in DDHQ average  The Hill Guess Who Was the Only President Less Popular Than Trump Right Now?  Yahoo Home Source …

New research has linked exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, and Type 2 diabetes — a finding that could have implications for military personnel and families who work around or live on installations contaminated by the chemicals. A small study of patients at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City found that individuals with higher levels of PFAS …

If you saw this white and grayish blob sitting on a leaf, what would you think it was? If your first thought was “bird poop,” you’re actually not too far off. But if you look a little more closely, you might start to notice the “poop” looking almost … alive. That’s because it’s actually a caterpillar — a bird poop …

None of the eight people killed in a horrific boating accident in Lake Tahoe in June were wearing life jackets, according to a preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday. The report indicates that the decision on whether to don a life jacket when a pleasant day devolved into a freak storm made a critical difference …

A new study shows people in countries with different obesity rates burn about the same number of calories. PCH-Vector/iStockphoto via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption PCH-Vector/iStockphoto via Getty Images Back in the 1800s, obesity was almost nonexistent in the United States. Over the last century, it’s become common here and in other industrialized nations, though it remains rare among …

A century-old hypothesis that Betelgeuse, the 10th brightest star in our night sky, is orbited by a very close companion star was proved true by a team of astrophysicists led by a scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The research published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters in the paper “Probable Direct Imaging Discovery of the Stellar …

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked its enforcement nationwide. The ruling from a divided panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes after Trump’s plan was also blocked by a federal judge in New Hampshire. It brings …

Women on a widely–used contraceptive jab are three–and–a–half times more likely to suffer a potentially–fatal brain tumour, a study shows. It’s the third major investigation in just over a year to show the jab raises the risk of a meningioma, the most common type of tumour in the brain, in those on it for 12 months or more. Around 10,000 …

Two of Arizona’s most famous landmarks may be linked by cosmic violence: the asteroid that gouged out Meteor Crater may have also caused the formation of an ancient lake in the Grand Canyon. This surprising connection between Arizona’s world-renowned geological features stretches back 56,000 years, to when a 300,000 ton nickel-iron asteroid slammed into the Colorado Plateau with the force …