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How did ultra-processed foods become a delivery system for plastic fragments now embedding themselves in the human brain?

SB 281 requires courts to give an immigration advisement before a guilty plea or a no-contest plea. The court must advise the ...

In 2025, Ziploc became the subject of a class-action lawsuit alleging that it made false promises by stating that its product ...

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Iowa’s SNAP payment error rate — including overpayments and underpayments — was 6.14% in fiscal year 2024. Sample, the HHS ...

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A Virginia Tech study shows that ultra-processed foods may influence adolescents differently from slightly older young adults. Participants aged 18 to 21 ate more at a buffet and snacked even when not ...