Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Growing up in the 1990s and early 2000s just outside of Akron, Ohio, Shane Stahl felt it was taboo to talk about being part of the LGBTQ+ community or about LGBTQ+ experiences. Stahl, 40, who identifies as a gay man, said that although he grew up in an accepting and supporting family, he didn’t …

David Berding/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Some of the nation’s top business and labor leaders voiced alarm in the hours following the presidential debate on Thursday night, as some raised concern about President Joe Biden’s age and others questioned former President Donald Trump’s fitness for office. Prominent figures who already held misgivings about Biden seized on his debate performance and doubt …

RuslanDashinsky/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since the pandemic, concerns over personal health have been at the forefront of consumers’ minds. One of the concerns that took flight was gut health and the microbiome, with a rise in sales for products like probiotics, greens powder, and digestive sodas (like Poppi and Olipop). But conversations around microbiome health aren’t exclusive to just …

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice is preparing to present the Boeing Company a plea deal that would again allow the aerospace giant to avoid a trial over an alleged conspiracy to defraud the United States, according to attorneys for families of victims of two fatal Boeing 737 Max crashes who were briefed on the department’s plans …

ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — The western U.S. is facing a historic heat wave with alerts issued even for coastal cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, and normally cooler places, like Seattle and Portland, Oregon. The heat wave could break all-time records. Las Vegas could hit or even break its all-time hottest temperature of 117 degrees on Sunday. Death …

Andrew Brookes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The stock market defied expectations with a strong performance over the first half of 2024. But the success poses a key question for investors: Is there room for stocks to go even higher? The S&P 500 climbed nearly 15% over the first six months of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed about …

President Joe Biden participates in the CNN Presidential Debate, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. — Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (MADISON, Wis.) — Benjamin Rogall, a 61-year-old retired physician and Democrat, did not watch last week’s presidential debate, but the succeeding eruption of conversations about President Joe Biden’s fitness for office made him want to see the 81-year-old president for himself during …

CDC (NEW YORK) — Beaches in several states across the country have been closed to swimmers over the last few days due to harmful levels of bacteria in the water. In Massachusetts, at least 37 beaches were closed as of Monday afternoon due to “bacterial exceedance,” according to the state’s Department of Public Health (MDPH). Many of the beaches tested …

USDA (NEW YORK) — More than 4,600 pounds of liquid egg products have been pulled from shelves due to “misbranding and undeclared allergens.” Michael Foods Inc. has issued a recall on approximately 4,620 pounds of liquid egg products that contained milk, which is a known allergen but was not declared on the product label, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food …

Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on presidential immunity, former President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Friday asked the judge overseeing his classified documents case to delay the proceedings and reconsider two motions to dismiss the case in light of this week’s immunity ruling. Trump’s lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to pause all the …