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Research on fluoride and IQ scores finds that the more fluoride a child is exposed to, the lower he or she tends to score on intelligence tests. LA Times
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Malik's vision is to provide solid, well-oiled businesses — that have been blackballed by most financiers — with financial resources and backing. New York Post
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It really rocked their world. New York Post
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North Koreans have reportedly been banned from eating hotdogs as part of a crackdown on Western culture infiltrating the hermit kingdom. New York Post
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The companies argue in a lawsuit that the process of reviewing the transaction was corrupted by politics. New York Times
VOA VIEW: The outcome will be interesting.
Ukraine has largely been driven out of Kurakhove, a battered but strategic town in the Donbas, Russia said. Kyiv’s forces were pressing a renewed offensive in southern Russia. New York Times
An ongoing winter storm throughout the D.C. area forced the federal government and local government offices to close Monday. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Weather has its problems.
It's the largest prosecution in Justice Department history - with reams of evidence, harrowing videos and hundreds of convictions of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now Donald Trump's return to power has thrown into question the future of the more than 1,500 federal cases brought over the last four years. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Trump will make them go away.
The man responsible for the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day that killed 14 people visited the city twice before and recorded video of the French Quarter with Meta smart glasses, an FBI official said Sunday. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: How did he become sophisticated?
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At a Mass celebrated Sunday at New Orleans' St. Louis Cathedral, just blocks from where a man sped down Bourbon Street in a deadly attack early on New Year's Day, a church leader acknowledged the sense of unease that remains and asked for prayers for victims and their families. Washington Times
Hundreds of thousands of households across southern and eastern U.S. states were without power Monday. CBS
If approved by a federal judge, the agreement means the military would help thousands of veterans seek honorable discharges. CBS
The FBI is investigating the incident as an act of terrorism. CBS
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The sentencing for Trump's felony conviction was originally scheduled for July 11, and is currently set for Friday. CBS
President Biden is taking executive action to protect more than 625 million acres of the American ocean from offshore drilling, the White House announced. CBS
VOA VIEW: Biden is a braising fool.
Trudeau has been battling waning popularity and the specter of U.S. trade tariffs. CNBC
VOA VIEW: Good for Canada and the world.
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An Assumption University student who met the 22-year-old Army soldier was 18 and indicated this on her Tinder profile. Police said about 30 students ambushed the man. FOX News
A Louisiana man has been charged with murdering three people found dead in a homeless encampment, prompting calls for government help to protect the public. FOX News
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill plans to open a full review into the security planning that went into the Sugar Bowl and New Year's Eve, in the wake of a deadly attack. FOX News
Ian Kersting, a 34-year-old Parish prosecutor near New Orleans, was found dead with "apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds" at his office, police said. FOX News
U.S. Customs and Border Protection used social media the first weekend of the new year to remind residents of a phone scam targeting financial information. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Beware and careful.
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Israel Defense Forces were hunting for gunmen who opened fire on vehicles crawling in traffic in a West Bank village, killing three Israelis and injuring eight. UPI
North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile into the East Sea on Monday, South Korea's military said, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Seoul amid a political crisis in the country. UPI
VOA VIEW: NK is looking for trouble.
The suspect in the New Orleans New Year's Day terrorist attack failed to detonate two improvised explosive devices he had planted along the city's famed French Quarter prior to ramming his truck into a crowd. UPI
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Ukraine has launched a military counterattack in the southern Russian Kursk region, a move officials said was designed to stop a Russian offensive. UPI
A joint meeting of Congress, led by Vice President Kamala Harris, certified Donald Trump's 2024 presidential election victory on Monday. UPI
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