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The Presidential Fitness Test is coming back. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Thursday afternoon reinstating the national fitness assessment implemented in public schools from 1956 until 2013, a White House official told NBC News. The role of administering the test will fall to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been vocal …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday plans to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren, a program created in 1966 to help interest young people in following healthy, active lifestyles. Children had to run and perform situps, pullups or pushups and a sit-and-reach test, but the program changed in 2012 during the Obama administration to focus more …

The logo of Best Buy and Ikea on shopping carts. Getty Images Best Buy said Thursday it will test mini-showrooms in some of its stores featuring Ikea products to show off kitchen design elements from the home retailer beside home appliances from the electronics store. Beginning this fall, the program will debut in 10 Best Buy stores across Florida and …

New HIV vaccines have shown promise in studies with lab animals and human volunteers, pointing to a potential way of preventing the lifelong viral disease. These experimental vaccines are built upon mRNA technology and several triggered potent immune responses in these early tests, while also causing few side effects. Scientists described the new vaccines in a pair of studies published …

President Donald Trump’s global tariff regime heads to court Thursday in a fight for its survival. Starting at 10 a.m. ET, a panel of 11 judges in New York will hear about 45 minutes of arguments each from the Trump administration and two small businesses that say many of his import duties are illegal. Trump’s sweeping tariffs are set to …

As far back as 2018, then-England coach Trevor Bayliss was pleading with Stokes to look after himself, particularly when it came to his maniacal training habits. Now, as a 34-year-old, Stokes has toned down the training, still there is nothing that can hold him back in the heat of battle. Is half a Ben Stokes all of the time better …

World Athletics introduces SRY gene test for athletes wishing to compete in the female category  worldathletics.org Women face gene testing for track & field worlds  ESPN World Athletics introduces gene test for female category  BBC World Athletics mandates gene tests for female category eligibility  theguardian.com World Athletics mandates genetic testing for female athletes to determine biological sex  USA Today Source link

‘The Naked Gun’ hits the target, which might test your gag reflex  The Washington Post ‘The Naked Gun’ Review: Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson Let Loose in a Hilarious Update of the 1988 Comedy  People.com ‘The Naked Gun’ Review: Akiva Schaffer’s Hilarious Police Spoof Is the Funniest American Movie in Years  IndieWire Liam Neeson on Why ‘The Naked Gun’ Reboot Is Needed: ‘Because …

Former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Dominick Reyes returns in the UFC Perth headliner against a fellow KO artist. UFC lightweight contender Dan Hooker was briefly linked to a potential main event booking for the UFC’s return to Perth, Australia on September 27th. But amid Hooker’s tense recent dealings with the promotion, the UFC has opted to go in another …

Mosquito samples test positive for West Nile Virus in two Montgomery Co. cities; spraying scheduled  WHIO-TV Precautionary mosquito spraying in Montgomery County this week  WDTN.com News Flash • County Health Dept. to spray adult mosquitoes  Bucks County, PA (.gov) Mosquitos in Bucks County test positive for West Nile  thereporteronline Is mosquito spray harmful to humans? What to know about Bucks County’s program.  PhillyBurbs Source link