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Federal and state health officials are investigating 13 cases in 10 states of infant botulism linked to baby formula that was being recalled, authorities said Saturday. ByHeart Inc. agreed to begin recalling two lots of the company’s Whole Nutrition Infant Formula, the Food and Drug Administration said in a statement. All 13 infants were hospitalized after consuming formula from two …

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the U.S. on Saturday for ahead of his landmark meeting with President Trump, his country’s state news agency reported, a day after Washington removed him from a terrorism blacklist. Al-Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, is due to meet Mr. Trump at the White House on Monday. It’s …

Six Americans have died and more than 20 others have been sickened in a growing listeria outbreak linked to prepackaged pasta meals.   It is upsetting, but not surprising. I worked on food safety at the Food and Drug Administration for many years. The U.S. has one of the safest food systems in the world, but too many Americans fall ill …

Is the U.S. jobs market tanking? Here’s what the latest clues say.  MarketWatch The Job Market Is Cooling but Not Collapsing, According to Private Data  The New York Times What One Bleak Data Point Tells Us About the Labor Market  The Wall Street Journal The U.S. job market is slowing, not collapsing  Axios The Job Market Shows Few Signs of Stress, Based on the …

Venezuelans begin fleeing U.S. as protections end and threat of war looms  The Washington Post Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, many in South Florida, lose TPS after today  Miami Herald Over 250,000 Venezuelans in U.S., including thousands in South Florida, to lose Temporary Protected Status  CBS News ‘A little betrayed’: Trump ending TPS for Venezuelans Friday leaves Miami nurse running out of time  WPLG …

Trump says U.S. officials will not attend G-20 summit in South Africa  The Washington Post Trump says no US government official will attend G20 summit in South Africa  Reuters US officials to boycott G20 summit in South Africa, Trump says  Politico Trump says US will skip G20 in South Africa  The Hill State Dept says G20 boycott tied to South Africa’s ‘government-sponsored discrimination’ against …

Wendy’s is set to close hundreds of locations across the United States. According to CNN, Ken Cook, interim CEO for the fast-food chain, announced Friday that a “mid single-digit percentage” of Wendy’s approximately 6,000 US locations could close, which equals about 200 to 350 restaurants. The closures will begin this year and continue through 2026, but specific locations were not …

Flights canceled at 40 U.S. airports: Follow live updates as FAA cuts to air traffic take effect amid government shutdown  Yahoo Airlines cancel more than 700 U.S. flights as FAA-ordered shutdown cuts begin  CNBC What to know about the flight cancellations at US airports caused by the government shutdown  AP News Flights canceled nationwide; Supreme Court issues SNAP order  NBC4 Washington Frontier’s CEO on …

President Trump on Friday accused foreign-owned meat packers of driving up the price of beef in the U.S. and asked the Department of Justice to open an investigation. The president announced the move on social media days after his party suffered losses in key elections in which the winning Democratic candidates focused relentlessly on the public’s concerns about the cost …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday accused foreign-owned meat packers of driving up the price of beef in the U.S. and asked the Department of Justice to open an investigation. The Republican president announced the move on social media days after his party suffered losses in key elections in which the winning Democratic candidates focused relentlessly on the public’s concerns about the cost of …