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(Reuters) -Walmart said on Wednesday it would remove synthetic dyes from its U.S. private-label foods, including the Great Value and bettergoods brands, by January 2027, joining several other companies amid pressure from the Trump administration.Major packaged food makers, including PepsiCo, Campbell’s and Conagra Brands, have made similar announcements in recent months, in response to the administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” initiative.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has cracked down on ultra-processed food and chemical additives, saying they have led to a national crisis of childhood obesity, diabetes, cancer, mental health disorders, allergies and neurodevelopmental conditions like autism.Walmart, the world’s largest…
New York City regulators have extended Waymo’s autonomous vehicle testing permit through the end of the year, the company said Wednesday. The permit was initially granted in August to allow Waymo to test its robotaxis in the city until the end of September. The terms of the extended permit are the same: Waymo can deploy up to eight of its Jaguar I-Pace vehicles in Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn with a human safety operator behind the wheel. A spokesperson for Waymo said the permit makes the company’s drivers exempt from New York’s rules mandating they keep one hand on the wheel at all times. Waymo’s permit extension signals that it is inching toward being the first AV company to launch a robotaxi…
By Cassandra GarrisonMEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico saw a nearly 32% increase in confirmed cases of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite in September, according to government data, as a concentration of cases moves north.Mexico recorded 6,703 cases of animals infested with New World screwworm between August 17 and September 13, compared to 5,086 confirmed cases during the previous period.The latest report by sanitation agency Senasica, which was published on September 26 and seen by Reuters on Wednesday, shows the outbreak is becoming more concentrated as it moves northward through Mexico.The spread of screwworm as it moves closer to the U.S. border has…
NEW YORK (AP) — Left out of the starting lineup for the New York Yankees’ playoff opener, Jazz Chisholm Jr. was understandably unhappy.Any accomplished player would be. Chisholm just has a different way of blowing off steam.“I played `MLB: The Show’ and mercy-ruled someone,” he said. “That’s how I get my stress off.”Back at second base Wednesday night, Chisholm played a huge part in saving the Yankees’ season as they beat the rival Boston Red Sox 4-3 in Game 2 of their AL Wild Card Series.And this one was no video game.“Anything to help us win,” Chisholm said. “All that…
CLEVELAND (AP) — Rocctober has returned to Cleveland.Brayan Rocchio came up with another clutch hit in the postseason with the go-ahead homer in the eighth inning as the Guardians evened their AL Wild Card Series against the Detroit Tigers with a 6-1 victory in Game 2 on Wednesday.“It was huge, an 0-2 count and he was ready to fire,” manager Stephen Vogt said of Rocchio’s blast. “It was a frustrating day offensively for us. Two hits leading into the 8th. For our guys to explode and get separation felt good.”Bo Naylor also went deep in the eighth as the Guardians…
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Johnson’s career took him from the White House to newspaper publisher jobs in Dallas and Los Angeles to president of CNN. While that left him able to swap stories about two influential figures — Lyndon B. Johnson and Ted Turner — that’s not the real reason he wrote his memoir.Instead, it’s to tell how his accomplishments came despite suffering through a depression so severe he contemplated suicide, in the hope that others will seek help when in need.“I want to convey that depression is a treatable illness,” Johnson, 84, said in an interview. “You do…
Microsoft employees are worried customers can’t keep all of its Copilot products straight, but the company has a plan to address the confusion, according to audio from an internal meeting reviewed by Business Insider.In a recent all-employee town hall, a Microsoft employee asked how the company plans to make the fact that it has multiple Copilot apps less confusing to users.Microsoft has two different Copilot apps in mobile app stores. One consumer version built by Microsoft AI and another that’s a rebranded Microsoft Office app called Copilot. They both open to a similar-looking chat experience, the employee said, and the…
Walmart announced Wednesday that it would remove synthetic dyes and 30 other ingredients, including artificial sweeteners and preservatives, from its private-label food brands by 2027.The retailer said the change would affect around 1,000 products, including salty snacks, baked goods, power drinks, salad dressings and frosting. Customers can expected to see some of the reformulated products on shelves in the coming months. Walmart told the Associated Press that the changes primarily affect Great Value, the company’s largest private-label food brand.Walmart, which serves over 250 million customers a week globally, billed the change as a means to address changing consumer preferences. “Our…
When Donnell Beverly Jr. decided to launch end-of-life planning startup Eazewell after the loss of both of his parents, he knew exactly who to call to help launch the business: longtime friend, and nine-time NBA All-Star, Russell Westbrook. “The main thesis with Russ across every business that he touches is how do we impact people?” Beverly Jr. [pictured above] told TechCrunch. “He’s been very vocal about that throughout his career. I always say we really took personal pain and then created a platform to really help people.” Westbrook was in. Four-time NBA All-Star Kemba Walker also joined, and the trio launched Eazewell. Eazewell is an AI-driven platform that helps families navigate and automate the administrative aspects…
By Olivia Le Poidevin and Cecile MantovaniGENEVA (Reuters) -Swiss drugmakers could strike their own deals with the U.S. after President Donald Trump’s push to lower prescription drug prices led to an accord with Pfizer in exchange for tariff relief, a major Swiss chemical and pharmaceutical industry association said on Wednesday. Pfizer and Trump said on Tuesday they had reached a deal in which the U.S. company would lower prescription drug prices in the federal Medicaid programme to match those it charges in other developed countries and offer similar pricing on all new drugs launched in the U.S.In July, Trump sent…