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Will your work schedule harm your health later in life - study offers clues
The immediate cons of an erratic work schedule are clear-cut: You may be tired all the time or missing out on time with loved ones.
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How Tesla and its Chinese competitor compare, in 4 charts
In 1995, metallurgy graduate Wang Chuanfu founded BYD, a small Chinese company focused on producing rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries more cheaply than Japanese competitors.
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Campus Chronicles - April 3, 2024
Students from the Gifted and Talented program at Sutton Elementary School within HISD recently took part in their campus GT Expo. The event highlighted their various interests and talents, with a particular focus on projects created using upcycled materials. The school extends its gratitude to Ms. Hughes, the GT Coordinator, for her exemplary leadership in organizing the event.
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Preparations made should bird flu make way to Utah dairy cattle
The day after it was reported that a person in Texas became infected with bird flu from dairy cattle, the state of Utah is preparing for any and all possibilities that could come west. Utah is used to similar situations, most recently, losing millions of birds two years ago during a deadly avian flu outbreak.
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Judge schedules Newsmax case over 2020 election lies for September trial
A judge has scheduled a major defamation case against right-wing cable channel Newsmax to go to trial in late September, putting the battle over 2020 election lies front-and-center at the peak of the 2024 campaign.
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US restaurants and chefs that are 2024 James Beard Award finalists
A New Orleans restaurant featuring a modern Senegalese tasting menu and an Ethiopia-born chef who studied psychology before turning to a culinary career are among the restaurants and chefs named as finalists for the coveted James Beard Awards.
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Not just clouds but new weather threat for eclipse viewers to worry about
The highly anticipated total solar eclipse is fast-approaching, but a new wrinkle has appeared in the forecast for Monday’s event.
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Egg prices rise again; outbreak of bird flu could make things worse
Egg prices have now been steadily rising for months, and your omelette could become even more expensive as poultry farms around the country deal with an outbreak of bird flu.
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‘Maybe Texas went too far’ with immigration law, state lawyer tells federal court
An attorney defending Texas’ controversial immigration law told a federal appeals court on Wednesday that state legislators may have gone “too far” when they passed a controversial immigration law last year.
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One of world’s earliest known books expected to fetch more than $2.6m at auction
One of the earliest books in existence is expected to fetch upwards of $2.6m when it goes up for auction later this year.
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Anthony Blinken - another problem with his Boeing plane - went by car
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is the latest person dealing with problems with a Boeing jet.
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Basketball teams ordered to replay final 0.3 seconds of controversial quarter final - losing side refuses
An Irish basketball team says it won’t replay the final 0.3 seconds of a playoff quarterfinal after it ended in controversial fashion, despite being instructed to do so by Basketball Ireland.
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University of Texas at Austin cuts DEI staff; complies with state law
The University of Texas at Austin is eliminating an unknown number of diversity, equity and inclusion staff positions and closing its department focused on access and belonging on campus, university President Jay Hartzell said in a letter addressed to the campus community and sent to CNN on Tuesday.
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Texas immigration controversy rekindles fight over Arizona’s ‘show me your papers’ law
The legal battle over a controversial Texas immigration law could eventually give the Supreme Court a chance to revisit a historic ruling that largely struck down Arizona’s “show me your papers” law and reaffirmed the federal government’s “broad, undoubted power” over immigration.
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Lizzo doesn’t quit music - says done ‘letting negative people win’
Lizzo would like to issue a clarification.
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Israeli attack kills aid workers - consistent with multiple precision strikes, analysis shows
A deadly Israeli attack that killed seven aid workers from the non-profit World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza on Monday appears to have consisted of multiple precision strikes, a CNN analysis of aftermath videos and images found.
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New interview: Travis Kelce - ‘the happiest I’ve ever been’
With three Super Bowl wins, a superstar girlfriend and an upcoming music festival, Travis Kelce is feeling pretty good.
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Europe opens competition probes covering Chinese solar panel makers over subsidies
The European Union has launched investigations into two groups of companies that include Chinese solar panel makers in the latest salvo against what it suspects is unfair competition from China’s vast manufacturing sector.
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Bob Iger prevails in Disney’s boardroom showdown; battle leaves him unscathed
The battle for the future of Disney is about to reach its epic conclusion.
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Severe storms/tornadoes leave path of destruction from Georgia to Illinois
Homes and businesses were damaged, several people were injured and tens of thousands remained in the dark Wednesday after a powerful storm system spawned tornadoes and damaging storms from the South to the Ohio Valley, and blizzard conditions and snow in the Great Lakes.
