Calif town enacts near total smoking ban in public spaces
Calabasas implements one of the nation s strictest tobacco bans prohibiting smoking in public places where secondhand smoke may reach others. Ordinance also covers indoor and outdoor businesses parks outdoor cafes and apartment building common areas.
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Calabasas
Calif
Los Angeles
Dennis Washburn
California
Border compromise amid Gaza shortages in Rafah
Severe shortages of bread milk and other foods in Gaza trigger an emergency meeting in Rafah as U S officials broker a border compromise with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators. Ambassador Richard Jones says cargo traffic could resume as early as today.
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Unsafe Imports Enter U S Stores in Queens and Elsewhere
An herbal medicine from India labeled for flu and bodyache contained 2190 times the safe mercury limit, seized by NYC health officials. The report notes other risky imported products and gaps in screening for undocumented cargo, with only about 75000 shipments tested annually.
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Environmental Disease Prevention Division
New York City Health Department
India
New York
Queens
Institute of Medicine of the
National Academies
New York City
Food and Drug Administration
USS
Brooklyn
U.S
Venezuelans pose nude for art in Caracas mosaic
More than 1 500 people gathered on a main avenue before the Simon Bolivar statue in Caracas to form a human mosaic for photographer Spencer Tunick. Participants endured a two hour session posing in various positions while Tunick directed with a megaphone.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Spencer Tunick
Simon Bolivar
Tunick
Brooklyn
N.Y
Cherry claims draw FDA warning in cherry health clash
Olivene Robbins, 69, says tart cherry juice eased her gout in Hickory North Carolina. The FDA has ordered 29 companies to stop unproven disease claims about cherry products, while industry pushes health benefit research and testimonials.
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Bob Underwood
Flavonoid Sciences
Traverse City
Mich
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Olivene Robbins
Hickory
N.C
Robbins
Food and Drug Administration
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Pirate radio disrupts Miami pilots calls from Da Streetz
FAA reports pirate hip hop broadcasts on two frequencies near a Miami warehouse disrupting air traffic control. Officers seized three computers and a CD player but found no DJ. pilots switch frequencies to communicate. FAA notes about 30 similar investigations in the past decade.
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Miami
Miami International Airport
Kathleen Bergen
Federal Aviation Administration
Bergen
FAA
States seek to lower high school dropout rates
Indiana passes a dropout age bill allowing students under 18 to leave only for health financial or legal reasons. New Hampshire moves to raise dropout age to 18. Educators note dropouts face higher chances of prison or need for public assistance, while enforcement remains challenging and mixed across states.
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Indianapolis
Stephan Howell
Howell
Alliance For Excellent Education
Washington
Indiana
New Hampshire
Senate
Jay Smink
Clemson University
Education Commission of the States
Smink
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Iowa
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