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NO RAW FLOUR
The CDC is once again warning people to avoid consuming raw flour, as the agency investigates a multistate Salmonella outbreak. According to news reports, at least 12 people have reported illness across 11 states, and three of them had to be hospitalized. The agency warned that any unbaked flour can have germs in it, such as Salmonella. It also said you should not eat raw dough or batter, urging Americans to cook their food thoroughly.
DUOLINGO DATING
TV watchers may have seen advertisements for language learning app Duolingo's new dating show — where nobody speaks the same language.If that seems odd, that's because it was one of several April Fools pranks played by U.S. companies over the weekend. Panera Bread also pranked audiences with an ad showing people soaking in a bread bowl hot tub.
The Justice Department has secured a $9 million settlement with Ameris Bank over allegations that it avoided underwriting mortgages in predominately Black and Latino communities in Jacksonville, Florida, and discouraged people there from getting home loans.
Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on Thursday, including in the south where Palestinians were told to take refuge, and the country's defense minister told ground troops to “be ready” to invade, though he didn’t say when.
Addressing the nation from the Oval Office, President Joe Biden has made his case for major U.S. backing of Ukraine and Israel in a time of war.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that inflation remains too high and that bringing it down to the Fed's target level will likely require a slower-growing economy and job market.
According to a new survey from the Federal Reserve, income inequality grew during the pandemic.
Cheddar News checks in with your coast-to-coast weather forecast for Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.
The suspect accused of orchestrating the killing of iconic rapper Tupac Shakur will be arraigned Thursday on a murder charge. Duane Davis is expected to plead not guilty to murder with the use of a deadly weapon.
Authorities say a U.S. marine was killed Wednesday night in an incident at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
A Russian-American journalist working for a U.S. government-funded media company has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a “foreign agent,” her employer said Thursday.
Lawyer Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to reduced charges Thursday over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election in Georgia, becoming the second defendant in the sprawling case to reach a deal with prosecutors.
