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Greece's new 6-day workweek law takes effect, bucking a trend
MPR News· 19 hours agoGreece enacted a new employment law this week that lays out a six-day workweek — at a time when dozens of other countries are increasingly seeing positive results from experiments with four-day ...
Miki Sudo sets record for hot dog eating and Patrick Bertoletti wins men’s contest
MPR News· 1 day agoPatrick Bertoletti of Chicago gobbled down 58 hot dogs to win his first men's title Thursday at the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest and taking advantage of the event's ...
Can Biden come back from a bad debate the way Reagan did in 1984?
MPR News· 7 days agoAfter President Biden’s surprisingly weak debate performance this week, some defenders have pointed to other incumbents who stumbled in their first debate but recovered to win reelection. Presidents ...
Travelers beware: It’s a big year for dengue
MPR News· 7 days agoIt’s already a record-breaking year for dengue infections in Central and South America, with almost 10 million cases diagnosed so far. Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ...
The Republicans who want to be Trump’s VP were once harsh critics with key policy differences
Toronto Star· 5 days agoIt’s not unheard of for a running mate to move beyond past disagreements with a presidential...
‘I’m not leaving,’ Biden says in a fundraising email
MPR News· 2 days agoPresident Joe Biden said in a fundraising email Wednesday that “he’s not leaving” as speculation about his future as the Democratic nominee continues to grow. The email follows a meeting with ...
2 of Netflix's newest releases both have 100% critic scores
BGR· 2 days agoIt doesn’t always happen, but every now and then, Netflix releases a new title that earns...
To save spotted owls, officials plan to kill a half-million of another owl species
MPR News· 1 day agoTo save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost ...
USA Today Editor-In-Chief Terence Samuel Departs After One Year
Deadline via Yahoo Canada News· 4 days agoTerence Samuel, the editor in chief of USA Today, has departed after just one year. Caren Bohan, the...
Rapamycin may slow aging. Here's one way the drug will be tested
MPR News· 5 days agoA few years back, Matt Kaeberlein was diagnosed with a frozen shoulder. Feeling frustrated, he decided to try rapamycin. In recent years, some high-profile longevity scientists have started ...