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U.K. police arrest 2 in connection with weekend arson attack on synagogue
LONDON — British police said Monday they arrested two teenagers in connection with an arson attack on a synagogue in northwest London over the weekend, as Jewish leaders express concern about a wave of incidents targeting their community. Deputy Commissioner Matt Jukes of London’s Metropolitan Police Service said officers arrested two young men, aged 19 and 17,…
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How a Nazi rocket shaped America’s path to the moon—and beyond
HUTCHINSON — Stare into the open hatch of Odyssey, the scarred Apollo 13 command module in which three American astronauts made their improbable return to Earth from a seemingly jinxed lunar mission, and ponder the fragility and strength of humanity. Recently I did just that, and whispered thanks to the universe for bringing back another…
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Mystery of NJ neighborhood with ‘crazy high percentage’ of people with cancer — including 28 on one street
When one former Keyport, NJ, resident started keeping tabs of all the cancer diagnoses on and around his childhood street, the numbers were “freaking snowballing.” In recent interviews with NJ.com, Rusty Morris, 46, recounted how he’d collected the names of so many neighbors that he eventually created a map, marking the houses with red X’s…
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Rat poison found in some baby food jars in Central Europe leads to recall
PRAGUE — Countries across Central Europe pulled baby food off the shelves Monday after rat poison was discovered in some jars of the HiPP brand over the weekend. Austria’s health minister told parents, kindergartens and day care centers to use utmost caution when feeding young children HiPP. The company recalled some of its baby food jars because…
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Critics pounce on Kash Patel’s ‘dumb’ lawsuit that could backfire on him
FBI Director Kash Patel made good on his threat to sue The Atlantic over a report about his alleged excessive drinking, but not everyone was convinced that was a wise decision. The complaint filed Monday alleges The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC and its staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick published “an article replete with false and obviously…
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Are You Losing Muscle? Here’s How to Get It Back
—Getty Images Muscle strength is crucial for good health, particularly as you get older. But muscle naturally deteriorates with age, and as people in the U.S. live longer, doctors are increasingly aware of issues related to the gradual loss of muscle function, called sarcopenia. The condition tends to accelerate after age 60, leading to a…
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Cheap batteries are taking over the world’s power grids
Around the world, a wave of mega installations of batteries are lining up to be connected to the grid this year — from solar hubs in Texas to grasslands in Inner Mongolia and the site of a former coal plant north of Sydney. Falling costs and soaring energy demand from data centers had already set…
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Trump’s war against pope sours Catholics nationwide: ‘Who would do something like that?’
President Donald Trump’s ongoing feud with Pope Leo XIV – along with his sharing of an image on social media depicting him as a Jesus Christ-like figure – has soured Catholics nationwide, many of whom say that Trump’s quarrel with the head of the Catholic Church was beyond defensible. “The reactions were definitely like, you…
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Rebel Wilson slammed as a ‘bully’ in defamation court battle
Rebel Wilson was slammed as a “bully” in her defamation court battle with “The Deb” actress Charlotte MacInnes. On Monday, the “Pitch Perfect” actress arrived at a Sydney courthouse to face MacIness, who had accused Wilson of damaging her character when alleging she was sexually harassed by “The Deb” producer, Amanda Ghost, and then accusing…
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Tehran Says ‘No Decision Yet’ on Joining Peace Talks as Iranian President Flags Distrust of Washington
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a press conference about the conflict in Iran at the White House on April 6, 2026. —Saul Loeb—Getty Images Iran said Monday that “no decision has been made” on whether its officials will attend a second round of peace talks alongside U.S. envoys in Pakistan after Tehran accused…