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by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. What Happened: The ranking member of a key House subcommittee demanded answers this week from the Environmental Protection Agency about why it has yet to make public a report documenting the health risks posed by a forever chemical found in the water of millions of Americans. In a letter sent to the EPA on Thursday, Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, cited a ProPublica story from last week that quoted government scientists saying the report had been…

Ketika pertama kali saya mendengar nama Phu Quoc, jujur saja, saya tidak tahu di mana letaknya. Ada teman saya yang bilang, “Kalau kamu suka Bali atau Phuket, kamu pasti jatuh cinta sama Phu Quoc.” Dari situlah rasa penasaran saya tumbuh. Akhirnya, saya memutuskan untuk berangkat ke pulau yang katanya jadi permata tersembunyi di selatan Vietnam ini. Dan ternyata, Phu Quoc memang benar-benar layak disebut surga tropis Asia Tenggara yang masih alami dan memukau. Perjalanan Menuju Phu Quoc: Sebuah Petualangan Tropis Perjalanan saya dimulai dari Ho Chi Minh City. Dari sana, saya naik pesawat selama kurang lebih satu jam menuju Bandara…

On paper, I’m a nutrition consultant. But what you don’t know is that wellness used to control my life. It dictated what I ate, how I moved, and even how I measured my worth. Fast-forward a decade, and I’ve realized the very routines meant to keep us grounded can quietly become the problem. For years, I convinced myself I was disciplined. In reality, I was micromanaging my well-being to the point of exhaustion. My “discipline” was really just control in disguise. And slowly, it stripped away my joy. Part personal story, part cautionary tale, this piece is about how I…

GAA Rounders All-Stars 2025: Breaffy, Carrickmacross, Glynn Barntown, Erne Eagles & Galway Rapparees Lead the Way Ahead of Osprey Awards Night By SportsNewsIreland Staff The cream of Irish Rounders will gather at the Osprey Hotel in Naas on Friday, 1st November, as over 220 guests attend the 2025 GAA Rounders All-Stars Awards Night — a black-tie celebration honouring the sport’s top players and clubs from another record-breaking season. After a year that saw the game continue to grow across all four provinces, the Roll of Honour reflects the balance between established heavyweights and emerging forces. Glynn Barntown, Erne Eagles, St…

Billionaire Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and his wife reportedly took home almost $10.7 million of taxable income last year, including about $1.43 million in gambling winnings from Las Vegas.  The Democratic governor and first lady earned more than three times their 2023 income, fueled by the gambling winnings, $4.2 million in capital gains, nearly $3.9 million in dividends and over $800,000 in taxable interest, the Chicago Sun-Times reported, citing the 2024 income tax returns his campaign released Wednesday. ILLINOIS SIGNS TRADE AGREEMENT WITH STATE OF MEXICO A spokesperson for Pritzker’s campaign said he “had winnings and losses from a casino”…

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on H-1B visa petitions, arguing the fee is illegal. The Chamber argues that the fee illegally overrides provisions within the Immigration and Nationality Act that govern the H-1B visa program, including the requirement that fees be based on the costs incurred by the government in processing applications. “The new $100,000 visa fee will make it cost-prohibitive for U.S. employers, especially start-up and small and midsize businesses, to utilize the H-1B program, which was created by Congress expressly to ensure that American businesses of all…

Mortgage rates fell for the second week in a row, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage decreased to 6.27% from last week’s reading of 6.3%.  The average rate on a 30-year loan was 6.44% a year ago. “Importantly, homeowners have noticed these consistently lower rates, driving an uptick in refinance activity,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. “Combined with increased housing inventory and slower house price growth, these rates also are creating a more favorable environment for those looking to…

OnePlus has finally shown off its take on Android 16. OxygenOS 16, first shipping on the upcoming OnePlus 15, combines the new customization options of Android, with smoother animations and a take on AI that seems directly lifted from Nothing OS. The centerpiece of OxygenOS 16 is a deeper integration between OnePlus’ “Mind Space” app and Google Gemini. Mind Space debuted alongside the Plus Key — the replacement for OnePlus’ classic Alert Slider — on some OnePlus 13 phones earlier this year. Like Nothing’s Essential Space, it captures screenshots and voice memos and automatically sorts them into folders you can refer…

Tesla has added another brazenly stupid new entry to its dubious safety record. The latest update to Tesla’s Full Self-Driving System adds a mode called Mad Max, “which comes with higher speeds and more frequent lane changes” than the system’s Hurry mode. This feature isn’t new; it was part of the Autopilot mode in 2018 that pre-dated FSD. According to Electrek, the re-introduction of Mad Max mode is going exactly as well as you’d expect: “It hasn’t been out for 24 hours, and it has already been spotted rolling stop signs and driving more than 15 mph (24 km/h) over…

by Nicole Foy, photography by Sarahbeth Maney ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned. “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States,” Kavanaugh wrote, “they promptly let the individual go.” But that is far from the reality many citizens have experienced. Americans have been…