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WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys general in five Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Donald Trump’s administration after it said it would freeze money for several public benefit programs, citing concerns about fraud in the programs designed to help low-income families.The states — California, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois and New York — called the move an unconstitutional abuse of power. The Trump administration announced earlier this week it was withholding their social safety net funding. The funding went toward three federal programs, two of which focus on lifting families with children out of poverty.New York Attorney General Letitia James, who…
For the past two weeks, X has been flooded with AI-manipulated nude images, created by the Grok AI chatbot. An alarming range of women have been affected by the non-consensual nudes, including prominent models and actresses, as well as news figures, crime victims, and even world leaders. A December 31 research paper from Copyleaks estimated roughly one image was being posted each minute, but later tests found far more. A sample gathered from January 5-6 found 6,700 per hour over the 24-hour period. But while public figures from around the world have decried the choice to release the model without…
A 28-year-old woman who didn’t know she was pregnant was shocked to welcome a baby on Christmas Day.Melanie Smith told ABC News that for years, she didn’t think she could have a child. The author said she was told by a doctor nearly a decade ago that she likely couldn’t carry a child because of irregularities with her uterus.In the early morning hours of Dec. 25, Smith said she experienced stomach pains and initially thought it might be constipation. When the pain didn’t subside, she decided to go to a local hospital in Waukegan, Illinois, with her husband Donovan O’Dell.Doctors…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced updated federal dietary guidelines on Tuesday, though some of the recommendations are being challenged by health experts.The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which are updated every five years, recommended that Americans limit highly processed foods and refined carbohydrates.Some nutrition and diet experts, however, questioned other recommendations, including consuming red meat and full-fat dairy, a reversal of past nutrition guidance.They told ABC News that while red meat and full-fat dairy can be part of a heathy diet, they also can be high in sodium and saturated fats, which can raise the risk…
By his own admission, the company that Andrew Verbinnen cofounded is a vanity project — literally.It’s called HairDAO, and it was born out of a problem he and his business partner, Andrew Bakst, share with roughly two-thirds of men 35 and younger: thinning, receding hair. The cofounders, neither of whom have a background in medical science, were “selfishly obsessed with hair loss,” Verbinnen, who is 30 and has had a hair transplant, tells me. They were also frustrated because there are only two Food and Drug Administration-approved (FDA) treatments for male pattern baldness: finasteride and minoxidil. While the treatments do…
The Tin Can phone, a “landline” designed for kids, is having growing pains.It’s become so popular that its service crashed on Christmas, leaving kids upset that they couldn’t make calls on the gifts they’d just opened under the tree.Tin Can has emailed customers at least three times since the holiday hiccup with updates on fixes in the works.”Call volume on Christmas Day increased more than 100x from the start of the month, which impacted people’s abilities to set up their devices or make calls,” Tin Can founder Chet Kittleson told Business Insider. “Despite spending months and months preparing for it,…
People who stop taking GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss are projected to regain their shed pounds within about 1½ years, a review of existing research has found.The paper also found that former users of a wider list of weight-loss drugs regain weight four times more quickly than those who had used behavioral techniques like dieting or exercise. For sustained health benefits after coming off the drugs, scientists say, it is necessary to make lasting changes to your diet and exercise regime.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The…
Every five years, the U.S. government releases an updated set of recommendations on healthy eating. This document, called the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, has served as the cornerstone of nutrition policy for almost half a century.On Jan. 7, 2026, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture released the 2025-2030 edition of the guidelines. The updated guidelines recommend that people consume more protein and fat, and less ultraprocessed foods.These guidelines are the foundation for governmental nutritional programs – for example, they are used to determine which foods are covered by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or…
By Jonathan StempelJan 8 (Reuters) – Procter & Gamble has begun rolling out new packaging and marketing for Crest children’s toothpaste under an agreement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, after he expressed concern that encouraging excessive fluoride use could harm children.Paxton said Procter & Gamble will ensure that its packaging and marketing for Kid’s Crest “clearly depict the appropriate amount” of toothpaste for children.He said the roll-out began on January 1, and Procter & Gamble must maintain compliance for five years.Procter & Gamble, based in Cincinnati, said it was “fully committed to delivering safe, reliable products that benefit the…
Jan 8 (Reuters) – Eli Lilly said on Thursday a late-stage trial showed its weight-loss drug Zepbound, used with its psoriatic arthritis treatment Taltz, improved arthritis symptoms and drove weight loss better than Taltz alone.Lilly said 31.7% of patients who received Taltz plus Zepbound met the main goal of the study: at least a 50% reduction in psoriatic arthritis disease activity and at least 10% weight loss after 36 weeks. That compared with 0.8% of patients who took Taltz alone and met the same combined outcome.Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic, immune-mediated inflammatory disease linked to psoriasis. It can cause joint…