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A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee narrowly voted in favor of loosening restrictions on peptides over strong objections from agency career scientists. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Throughout the daylong meeting, FDA scientists detailed a lack of evidence supporting …

We don’t always have the answers, but we have some people on speed dial who do — which is why we present to you our series FYI where we have experts explain if lip balm is actually bad, how often you should wash your hair and more. Underarm hyperpigmentation is …

The former head of school at a Massachusetts boarding and day school has been indicted in connection with sexual abuse allegations against a teacher. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Jeannie Norris, who ran Miss Hall’s School for 16 years, was …

A bipartisan group of lawmakers said they were introducing legislation Thursday aimed at protecting American artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI and Anthropic from Chinese competitors. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The bill, called the Collaboration on Adversarial Threats and Security …

A police officer fatally shot a man who was alleged to have pulled out a knife during a struggle as officers were looking into a report of someone “checking vehicle doors” Wednesday afternoon in Madison, Wisconsin, police said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles …

Jason Alexander is apologizing after Courtney Stodden publicly called out the “Seinfeld” star over a lewd 2012 comedy sketch the two made when Stodden was 17. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Stodden, a media personality and reality TV star, first …

Lettuce is having a rough summer. Cases of cyclosporiasis, the foodborne illness caused by the cyclospora parasite and characterized by severe gastrointestinal symptoms like explosive diarrhea, have been on the rise since early July 2026. Health officials have determined that the illness is caused by infected feces found on produce, …

Republican state Rep. Alexander Kolodin will face Arizona’s Democratic secretary of state, Adrian Fontes, in November’s general election, NBC News projects, after he won the GOP primary. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Kolodin won the Republican nomination over former state …

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put the cost of the Iran war so far at $37.5 billion Tuesday at a contentious hearing where he told lawmakers the Trump administration needs nearly twice that much to continue military operations in the coming months. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access …

The Ukrainian president fired his commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi on Tuesday, bowing to pressure after the removal of popular Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov sparked the fiercest leadership crisis of his presidency. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. President Volodomyr Zelenskyy announced in …