A US company is fined $650,000 for illegally hiring children to clean meat processing plants
A Tennessee-based sanitation company is agreeing to pay more than half a million dollars after a federal investigation found it illegally hired children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities....
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18 food deals for National Nurses Week
A week of food deals is hardly enough to repay health care heroes for all the work they do, but National Nurses Week (May 6-12) is certainly a good starting point.
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Social Security now expected to run short on funds in 2035, one year later than previously projected, Treasury says
A brighter economic outlook has helped push Social Security’s projected trust fund depletion date to a year later. But there’s still urgency for Congress to act.
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Can yogurt reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently said it’s OK for producers of yogurt to make that claim even though it’s based on limited evidence.
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US soldier detained in Russia and accused of stealing, officials say
The soldier, who was stationed in Korea and traveled to Russia on his own, is accused of stealing from a woman.
