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Hegseth draws Canadian backlash over post mocking obese military cadet
Hegseth posted the photo with the caption “this is real” alongside a Canadian flag emoji. The image showed a young cadet receiving an award from her obese instructor.
US, Japan mark end of nearly 80-year US Navy presence in Yokohama
About 200 government officials and other guests gathered at Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers to commemorate the return of the 106-acre Naval Housing Annex Negishi to Japan.
US, Japan, Australia test AI and ‘kill web’ during Yama Sakura exercise
U.S., Japanese and Australian ground forces are testing artificial intelligence, integrated sensors and other emerging technologies in a multinational command-post exercise.
When Food-Safety Enforcement Reaches the Boardroom: Director Liability Under the FSS Act
Summary: Heightened food-safety enforcement is bringing renewed attention to the personal exposure of directors and senior management. A series of High Court decisions in 2026 illustrates the boundaries of liability under Section 66 of the Food Safety and Standards...
Air Force C-130Js deliver aid to Nepal as flood’s death toll tops 1,100
Two U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules delivered disaster-recovery equipment and medical supplies to Nepal this week as the United States steps up support following catastrophic floods that have killed more than 1,100 people.
The Cyclospora Season Closed Monday With 18,445 Confirmed Illnesses and a Fifty-State Count of 33,235. CDC’s Attributes One Illness in Three to the Lettuce.
The federal Cyclospora outbreak linked to Taylor Farms de Mexico iceberg lettuce stands today where it stood a week ago: 11,458 laboratory-confirmed illnesses, at least 495 hospitalizations and two deaths across twenty states, with onsets from June 14...
Three Federal Outbreak Pages, One Evening: CDC Is Working 40, FDA Lists 19, USDA Lists None
Every Wednesday I read three government pages in a row. Tonight they told three different stories, and the difference between them is the most useful thing on any of them.The CDC page: fortyCDC updated its current outbreaks page today. The agency does not...
Shoppers Are Walking Past the Produce Aisle. Telling Them We Have the Safest Food Supply in the World Will Not Bring Them Back.
Consumers are buying less fresh produce this summer, and they are doing it because of what they have read, not because they are confused. Salad-kit purchases, lettuce prices, restaurant traffic and produce shipments all fell after the Cyclospora outbreak...
Listen to this post, minus the robot
LXB Voice has used Polly’s standard text-to-speech engine since 2022. It now uses the neural engine on every install where Voice is turned on.The two engines work differently. Standard voices use concatenative synthesis, which stitches together phonemes of...