In an exclusive bonus episode for our paid subscribers, David Sirota sits down with The Houston Chronicle’s Neena Satijah and Keri Blakinger to discuss Kerr County, Texas’s unsuccessful eight-year-long fight to fund a flood warning system that might have saved lives during the area’s July 4 disaster. Listen to the full episode below, exclusively for The Lever’s paid subscribers. This …
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It’s been nearly two weeks since a verdict was delivered in the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs. The 55-year-old rapper ultimately received a mixed verdict, which saw him found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution but not guilty on a count of racketeering and sex-trafficking each. After the mixed verdict was delivered, Combs was denied bail, …
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The first warning of impending disaster some Texas Hill Country residents received came in the form of rushing water, strange noises from passing debris and the screams of victims swept down a raging river. The usually serene bend of the Guadalupe River in Kerr County rapidly transformed into a torrent of destruction in the early hours of July 4. The …
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A bakery mix-up has sparked a major recall after hidden hazelnuts were found in bread sold across the US grocery stores. The officials issued an alert after Lewis Bake Shop Artisan Style half-loaf bread based in Indiana, was found to contain undeclared hazelnuts. Hazelnuts are a common allergen that can trigger severe, sometimes life-threatening reactions like anaphylaxis in people with …
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Image by Roberto Pfeil / picture alliance via Getty / Futurism As weight loss jabs like Ozempic and Wegovy become ever more popular, doctors are growing increasingly concerned about their gnarly side effects. As Germany’s Deutsche Welle notes, people who take glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist/receptors, the class of drugs that the popular shots fall under, have reported everything from stomach …
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