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Could Berkeley’s radical grocery store policy help us eat healthier? Study finds potential  San Francisco Chronicle Source link

WASHINGTON (AP) — A report that U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised will improve the health of America’s children does not call on the government to make significant changes to its food or farming policies, according to a draft document obtained by The Associated Press. The “Make America Healthy Again” strategy report is supposed …

Fed Chair Faces Scrutiny — and Bats — at Major Policy Speech in Mountain Forum  The New York Times BofA’s Hartnett Sees Profit-Taking in Stocks After Jackson Hole  Bloomberg.com Fed Chair Powell to speak Aug 22 amid speculation on rate cuts, replacement  Reuters Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech: The Huge Stakes This Year  Barron’s Barclays says new data unlikely to shift Powell’s hawkish stance  Investing.com Source …

NASA’s Random Policy Process  NASA Watch Op-ed: NASA’s New CLD Strategy Will Lose Mars, LEO to China  payloadspace.com NASA revises plans for commercial space station development  SpaceNews NASA and Congress Wrestle Over the Space Station—and How to Replace It  The Wall Street Journal Trump and Putin agree to end the International Space Station with Europe as a spectator  Atalayar Source link

“We’re really seriously considering not doing COVID vaccines this year,” said Laura Kittross, public health program manager for the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, which coordinates with 18 Western Massachusetts municipalities. Kennedy’s open skepticism of vaccines and his recent decisions that include changing guidelines on who should get COVID vaccines have state officials and public health professionals questioning whether they can …

The groundwork for the Federal Reserve’s worst-case scenario appears to be unfolding. At any given time, there are one or more significant market headwinds threatening to drive the benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.78%), iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI 0.47%), and innovation-inspired Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC 0.98%) lower. For instance, the S&P 500’s Shiller Price-to-Earnings Ratio, which is based on average …

Microsoft is considering a stricter policy on office attendance, and the software giant could implement this as soon as January for some employees, according to people with knowledge of the plans. Implementation dates could vary across Microsoft’s offices, but the company is considering requiring employees at its Redmond, Washington, headquarters to work from the office more often starting in January, …

Maynard James Keenan has never been one to follow trends — and that includes how his audiences experience live music. As the frontman of Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer, he’s long enforced a strict no-filming policy at his shows. In an interview on Clownvis Presley’s Serious Clownversation podcast, Keenan laid out his philosophy behind the policy: “It’s annoying and …

Trump Implies Departing Kugler Agreed With Him on Fed Policy. Her Speeches Suggest Otherwise.  Barron’s White House searches for a new BLS chief with ‘credibility’ and ‘experience’  NBC News Why Fed governor Adriana Kugler’s vacancy matters for Trump  Axios Kugler resigning from Fed, opening door to Trump appointment  Reuters Trump set to name replacements at the Fed and Bureau of Labor Statistics in coming …

Trump admin: Social Security policy set for mid-August now optional  NewsNation Trump Administration Plans to Force Millions More Seniors and People With Disabilities to Travel to Social Security’s Overburdened Field Offices  Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Social Security Rolling Out Major Change in August: What to Know  Newsweek SSA to make planned ID checks for additional phone transactions ‘entirely optional’  Nextgov/FCW Trump administration …