Day: October 6, 2024

Absentee voting kicks off in Maine

2:30 pm October 6, 2024

Absentee voting in Maine is getting underway, with the state’s four Electoral College votes up for grabs and a number of other national, statewide and local races on the ballot. Maine is one of two states in the U.S. — the other is Nebraska — that does not use a winner-take-all system for all its […]

Consumers in US could face cold-cut crisis as virus ravages pig farms in Italy

2:30 pm October 6, 2024

Consumers could soon be facing a culinary cataclysm: a cold-cut crisis. Officials in Italy have slaughtered 90,000 pigs over the last two months as African swine fever sweeps over the European nation famed for its food culture, as well as an array of savory pork products that are popular across the United States. Food industry […]

Hillary Clinton says social media companies need to moderate content or ‘we lose total control’

2:11 pm October 6, 2024

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday that social media companies must moderate content on their platforms or else “we lose total control.” Clinton told CNN host Michael Smerconish that while there have been some steps taken at the state level to regulate social media, she wants to see more done by the federal […]

Lack of sleep during pregnancy could impact baby’s development, study reveals

2:00 pm October 6, 2024

Sleep is crucial, especially for pregnant women. Inadequate sleep during pregnancy can have many negative effects, including neurodevelopmental delays for the child, according to a new study. The research, which was published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, examined the effects of short sleep duration (SSD) — defined as sleeping fewer […]

Judge rules Missouri sex offenders no longer need to post warning signs outside their homes on Halloween

12:38 pm October 6, 2024

Missouri’s sex offenders no longer must place “no candy” warning signs outside their homes on Halloween, a federal judge ruled, arguing that part of the state’s law is unconstitutional. A state law enacted in 2008 prohibited registered sex offenders from going outside to interact with children and from having outside lights on, and they are […]