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What we know about the health risks of ultraprocessed foods

Sure, they're tasty, but packaged snacks and meals can be packed with sugar, salt and a list of unpronounceable ingredients. So what are they doing to your health? Scientists are trying to find out.

Detroit again delays vote on $7 million ShotSpotter contract

Detroiters still don’t know if the city will expand gunshot-detection technology through more neighborhoods.

This cross-section of a rat brain shows tissue from a human brain organoid fluorescing in light green. Scientists say these implanted clusters of human neurons could aid the study of brain disorders.

Human cells in a rat's brain could shed light on autism and ADHD

Scientists have devised a new model for studying disorders like autism spectrum disorder and ADHD. It uses clusters of human brain cells grown inside the brain of a rat.

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame of Ghana is the new chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities — the first African woman in that post. Asked to define disability, she says: "It is not the presence of the impairment, but it is the social and attitudinal barriers that are hindering our performance."

She's a U.N. disability advocate who won't see her own blindness as a disability

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame could not imagine "what the future had in store" when she began to lose her vision at age 10. "Is this the end for you?" some asked. She faced sorrow but ultimately triumphed.

In this handout photo provided by Photo host Agency RIA Novosti, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pose for a photo during a meeting with a delegation of African leaders and senior officials in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, June 17, 2023.

Ukraine war is hurting Africa, South African President Ramaphosa tells Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday met with a group of leaders of African countries who traveled to Russia on a self-styled "peace mission" the day after they went to Ukraine.

A pedestrian walks with an umbrella near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco during a shower on Wednesday. Strong storms are expected to bring substantial rain to the Western U.S. within the next week.

Strong storms are heading toward drought-parched California

Expected heavy rainfall could ease wildfire threats in some regions but could also cause mudslides in areas cleared by wildfire.

Report shows declining road conditions in Michigan.

Report: Michigan's infrastructure is failing, state should spend $4 billion more a year

During his January 2016 State of the State address, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder apologized to the people of Flint for the water crisis in that city, saying…

Chelsea Freels, a 17-year-old outside her home in Richmond Heights, Mo., on April 20, 2023. Freels, who is transgender, says she feels targeted by policies restricting gender-affirming care coming from Jefferson City, the state capital.

Missouri to restrict gender-affirming care for trans adults this week

Missouri AG Andrew Bailey has issued a rule that severely limits adults and youth from receiving gender-affirming care. The rule, the first of its kind, is scheduled to take effect Thursday.

Visual artist Paul Lewin created this work for Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon's musical setting of <em>Parable of the Sower</em>.

Octavia Butler wrote a 'Parable' that became a prophecy — now it's also an opera

Octavia Butler's novel Parable of the Sower — depicting a dystopian U.S. in 2024 — was published 30 years ago. Toshi Reagon's new musical retelling explores the web of past, present and future.

Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro in <em>Air.</em>

No substance, just 'Air'

Ben Affleck directs a movie that tries (and fails) to squeeze dramatic tension out of the origins of the Air Jordan. Matt Damon and Viola Davis star in this soulless dramatization.

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