"Thousands of toxins from food packaging found in humans."

Views expressed in this World and U.S. News roundup are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 27 September 2024, 2055 UTC.

Content and Source:  Email subscription via https://feedly.com.   https://feedly.com/i/subscription/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fworld%2Fusa%2Frss

Please scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today.

Russ Roberts (https://trendsingeopolitics.blogspot.com).

US news | The Guardian

126K followers279 articles per week#news#politics

175

Most popular

Thousands of toxins from food packaging found in humans – research

200+by Tom Perkins / 9h

Metals and PFAS linked to serious health issues are among compounds found, highlighting need for further scrutiny More than 3,600 chemicals approved for food contact in packaging, kitchenware or food processing equipment have been found in humans, new peer-reviewed research has found, highlighting a little-regulated exposure risk to toxic substances. The chemicals have been found in human blood,

Hail Zuckus Maximus! The master of the metaverse is finally sorry … for ever being sorry | Marina Hyde

100+by Marina Hyde / 9h

Mark Zuckerberg is embracing both AI and full-on imperial monomania. As for petty gripes about elections and teen mental health, so what? The good news is that Mark Zuckerberg has become bored of looking like an answer to the AI prompt “efit of a teen villain”. The bad? While the Meta overlord has grown out the Caesar hairstyle that has sustained him since 2016, he is now leaning in to open imper

Tennessee scrambles to airlift dozens from hospital roof amid Helene floods

Hurricane Helene floods Tennessee hospital

•

21by Anna Betts and Richard Luscombe / 58min

Rescue operation under way at Unicoi hospital in Erwin after flash flooding from deadly hurricane overwhelms area More than 50 hospital patients and staff were in the process of being airlifted from the roof of the building in Tennessee on Friday afternoon in a dramatic rescue operation after flash flooding overwhelmed the area. An urgent evacuation was launched as the storm effects of Hurricane

Today

Zelenskyy interjects as Trump says he has 'good relationship' with Putin before meeting – video

by Guardian Staff / 45min

Former president Donald Trump said he had a 'good relationship' with Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday ahead of his meeting with Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy, who stood alongside Trump, then intervened, saying, 'I hope we have more good relations with us,' gesturing between him and Trump Trump and Zelenskyy meet for high-stakes talks in New York US politics live Con

Vance to talk at tour hosted by ‘prophet’ who thinks Harris practices witchcraft

Vance attends event with Wallnau

•

50by Alice Herman / 2h

Trump’s running mate will speak at Lance Wallnau’s event in campaign’s latest link to extremist Christian right JD Vance will speak at an event on Saturday hosted by the self-styled prophet and political extremist Lance Wallnau, who has claimed Kamala Harris practices witchcraft and has written that the US is headed toward bloody internal conflict. The campaign announced earlier this week that th

Canada’s Christine Sinclair announces she will retire at end of NWSL season

Christine Sinclair announces retirement

•

by Reuters / 2h

World’s top international goal scorer says she’s retiring Sinclair retired from Canada women’s team last year Canada’s Christine Sinclair, the world’s top international goal scorer among both women and men, said on Friday she will retire from professional soccer at the end of the 2024 NWSL season in November. Sinclair, whose 190 international goals is the most among both men and women, retired fr

Hurricane Helene batters south-eastern US – in pictures

Maggie Smith dies aged 89

•

40by Compiled by Briana Ellis-Gibbs / 3h

Category 4 storm made landfall in Florida late on Thursday before weakening and moving through Georgia and the Carolinas Continue reading...

Stock markets hit record highs after news of a fall in US inflation

by Phillip InmanJulia Kollewe / 3h

S&P 500 index of major US companies registers near 100% gain on year ago amid expectation of interest rate cuts A fall in US inflation expected to pave the way for further cuts in interest rates pushed stock markets to record highs on Friday. Ending a week of gains that began when the Chinese authorities approved a huge economic stimulus package, the S&P 500 index of major US companies soared abo

‘I was scared as hell’: Florida residents dig out after Helene landfall

Residents urged to write ID details

•

by Antony White in Perry, Florida / 3h

For those that ignored dire evacuation orders, a day of clean-up follows a night of traumatic fear The warnings about Hurricane Helene were dire and for the residents of Taylor county on the Gulf coast of Florida they were necessary. “A mandatory evacuation for Taylor county residents has been ordered,” came the first message from local and state authorities. Continue reading...

Justice department charges Iranian operatives in Trump campaign hack

Trump campaign suffers ongoing hacks

•

29by Guardian staff and agency / 3h

Hackers were trying to undermine Trump’s campaign as Republican nominee for president, says Merrick Garland The US justice department unsealed criminal charges on Friday against three Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and disseminating stolen information to media organizations. The US attorney general, Merrick Garland, said on Friday afternoon that hacke

It’s not just Trump v Harris: America’s men and women are also locked in battle now | Jonathan Freedland

52by Jonathan Freedland / 4h

There are clear reasons why women are running from Trump, but men are flocking to him – and it’s vital to understand why I hesitate to give JD Vance any ideas, but if American women were denied the vote, Donald Trump would be restored to the White House in a landslide. Similarly, if men were removed from the franchise, Kamala Harris would be swept into the Oval Office in an even bigger earthquake

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell denies nod to neo-Nazis in new ad campaign

Lindell faces backlash over pricing

•

32by Lauren Aratani / 4h

Trump booster’s company promotion offers pillows for $14.88, which some see as a reference to a white supremacist slogan The MyPillow company and its founder, Mike Lindell, a far-right influencer and acolyte of Donald Trump, are continuing to run a promotion despite criticism that it utilizes numerical symbols associated with neo-Nazism. The company has been touting a promotion for a pillow with

What’s next for internet darling Moo Deng? | Fiona Katauskas

by Fiona Katauskas / 5h

Sometimes you’ve got to make the most of your 15 minutes of fame See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...

‘She’s our vision of the future’: Black Nevadans rallying for Harris hope to make history

41by Dan Hernandez in Las Vegas / 5h

Voters in the swing state are fired up at the idea of electing the US’s first Black Indian American female president Las Vegas’s historic Westside has long been celebrated for its Black community’s entrepreneurship, activism and resilience. The neighborhood became “historic” when America’s first racially integrated casino , the Moulin Rouge, opened in 1955, employing Black card dealers and chorus

US parents: what are the biggest challenges facing you and your children?

by Guardian community team / 5h

We would like to hear about the hardest parts of making sure your kids are happy and healthy America is a nation of remarkable wealth and resources. Per capita investments in education and health care are among the highest in the world. And yet across the US, millions of American children are denied the opportunity to thrive. Recent data shows sky high records of child poverty, with children of i

Digested week: sausage surrealism and a bowlful of Doom Loops | Emma Brockes

by Emma Brockes / 6h

Plus, a Brooklyn prison odd-couple comedy, an accent challenge for two Australians, and alpaca cuts hit the US There have been worse gaffes in politics – Joe Biden referring to Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “President Putin” at the Nato summit in July springs to mind – but Keir Starmer’s assertion on Monday that Hamas needs to release the “sausages” was one of the more pleasing recent slips, adding a to

New York greenlights rat birth control to curb city’s infestation

33by Guardian staff / 6h

Program signals possible change of strategy in the eternal war between New Yorkers and their least favorite neighbors New York ’s seemingly eternal battle against its rodent population has taken a new twist after the city council approved pilot schemes to deploy rat contraceptives in a new effort to curb their booming population. The Thursday-night vote means that in the next few months pilot pro

New York mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty to federal corruption charges

Eric Adams indicted for bribery

•

by Guardian staff and agency / 7h

Beleaguered mayor in court as prosecutors allege Adams, 64, ‘sought and accepted improper valuable benefits’ US politics live – latest updates Eric Adams , the embattled Democratic mayor of New York City, who was indicted on federal criminal charges in an unprecedented scene for a sitting mayor of the city, pleaded not guilty in court in Manhattan early on Friday afternoon. The mayor arrived at c

Arizona county sheriffs say they will not enforce immigration measure if passed

85by Justo Robles in Ajo, Arizona / 7h

On the ballot in November is a measure that will make it a state crime for migrants to cross into the US unofficially Sheriffs in four Arizona counties that sit along the border with Mexico have warned that if voters in November pass a measure to make it a state crime for migrants to cross into the US unofficially, they will have face problems enforcing the new law. Criticisms range from the law

US politics live updates: Trump meets with Zelenskyy in New York

Trump may meet Zelenskiy next week

•

85by Anna Betts / 7h

Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian president at Trump Tower The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy , said that he and former president Donald Trump have a “common view that the war in Ukraine has to be stopped” and that it was important to meet with both US presidential candidates. Zelenskyy’s meeting with Trump at Trump Tower in New York comes a day after the Ukrainian leader met with the D

US judge demoted after detaining teenage girl during field trip to courtroom

Judge demoted to traffic court

•

92by Lauren Aratani / 7h

Judge faces lawsuit after forcing student to put on jail garments and handcuffs and enter isolated holding cell A Detroit judge who briefly detained a teenage girl who fell asleep in his courtroom during a school field trip to learn about the justice system was demoted to presiding over traffic court as he faces a federal lawsuit. Judge Kenneth King was moved to the state court’s traffic division

Shohei Ohtani heads to first postseason after LA Dodgers clinch NL West title

Ohtani leads Dodgers toward division title

•

by Agencies / 8h

Dodgers rally past Padres 7-2 to clinch division title Ohtani into playoffs for first time in seven MLB seasons Shohei Ohtani is headed to the postseason for the first time in his career after the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West on Thursday night by scoring five runs in the seventh inning in a 7-2 win over the second-place San Diego Padres. The Japanese superstar spent his first six MLB seaso

This is the beginning of Eric Adams’ fall from power as New York mayor | Ross Barkan

AOC calls for Adams to resign

•

by Ross Barkan / 8h

Adams is bombastic, eccentric and allegedly ethically relaxed. This indictment does not come as a surprise For the first time in the modern history of New York City , a sitting mayor has been indicted. Eric Adams will now know the fate of Donald Trump – to be indicted and possibly convicted in a Manhattan courtroom. Damian Williams, the US attorney for the southern district, has unsealed a 57-pag

Activists ‘fight against censorship’ in the largest US book bans: prisons

24by Olivia Empson / 8h

Tens of thousands of titles, from dictionaries to Leonardo, are restricted across prisons – and its impact is palpable In recent years the issue of book bans has become a major story in the US, often driven by socially conservative pressure groups, but nowhere has the impact of bans been felt more acutely than in America’s enormous prison population, activists and campaigners say. Books can serve

Hurricane Helene: multiple people killed as deadly storm hits south-eastern US

Caribbean disturbance may develop soon

•

31by Ramon Antonio Vargas, Richard Luscombe and agencies / 8h

Storm made landfall in Florida Thursday and has caused deaths, damage and about 4m power outages in multiple states Hurricane Helene – live updates Helene has reportedly killed at least 10 people and inflicted more than 4m power outages across the south-eastern US after crashing ashore in north-western Florida late on Thursday as a potent category 4 hurricane, according to officials. The storm –

Drop boxes and delays: under-fire election office ends up pleasing no one

21by Sam Levine / 9h

Conservatives say voter registration processing is too slow, while voting rights groups are livid over drop box removals A battleground Pennsylvania county with a history of election errors is facing heavy criticism from activists on both sides of the political spectrum over the way it is running its presidential vote in 2024. Conservative activists, who have dominated recent election board meeti

Footage shows swamped neighbourhoods as Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida – video

Hurricane Helene strikes Florida's Big Bend

•

10h

Hurricane Helene made landfall along the Florida coast on Thursday night as a powerful and potentially disastrous category 4 storm, bringing chaos to a wide swathe of the Gulf coast and threatening high winds, storm surges and drenching rainfall. Helene was located about 70km east-southeast of Tallahassee, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 225km/h, the Miami-based UA National Hurricane Cen

The US cannot allow Israel to turn southern Lebanon into a second Gaza | Mohamad Bazzi

Israel airstrikes kill 558 civilians

•

77by Mohamad Bazzi / 10h

This crisis is a humanitarian disaster that may destabilize the whole region. Does Biden have any ‘red lines’ left? Just after daybreak on Monday, dozens of US-made warplanes began raining bombs and missiles on Lebanon, killing more than 550 people and injuring 1,800 in the hours that followed. By day’s end, Israel had carried out one of the most intense aerial bombardments in modern history. The

The real victims of Olivia Nuzzi’s affair with RFK Jr are other female journalists | Moira Donegan

Olivia Nuzzi on leave after RFK Jr. relationship

•

by Moira Donegan / 10h

This fling may have been consensual – but let’s spare a thought for all the other women in media tainted by unfair association Anyone who is not a moralist or kidding themselves will admit that a good piece of gossip is one of life’s greatest pleasures. Gossip exposes the false sanctimony of the powerful: it reveals the smug and self-righteous to be grubby, selfish and embarrassing – just like th

I grew up in the shadow of the Slovenian Alps, but their serene beauty only calls to me now | Ana Schnabl

100+by Ana Schnabl / 10h

Hiking my first mountain as a broke student was a revelation, one that has often helped me face up to personal struggles I live in northern Slovenia, in the medieval town of Kamnik . This town lends its name to one of the three Alpine ranges that overlook the territory of Slovenia, the Kamnik-Savinja Alps. They might not have the country’s highest peaks, but they are nevertheless imposing. For my

‘The US lost its shame muscle’: why sex no longer scandalizes in politics

100+by Arwa Mahdawi / 10h

While Trump’s affair with Stormy Daniels made headlines, scandals like this don’t move the needle for US voters Earlier this year, at Donald Trump ’s hush-money trial , adult film star Stormy Daniels told jurors how at age 27, she met a 60-year-old Trump, whose wife had only recently given birth to their son, for what she thought was dinner. She arrived to find him in satin pyjamas and, during an

At least three killed as Hurricane Helene makes landfall | First Thing

by Jem Bartholomew / 10h

Hurricane Helene is expected to bring life-threatening storm surges as high as 20ft. Plus, Eric Adams charged Good morning. Hurricane Helene made landfall as a category 4 hurricane in the Florida Big Bend region around 11.10pm ET on Thursday, one of the strongest hurricanes on record to hit Florida. The storm weakened to a category 1 overnight. How dangerous is a storm surge? As a hurricane appro

Yesterday

Helene weakens to tropical storm after at least three dead in Florida and Georgia – live updates

Caribbean disturbance may develop soon

•

100+by Lili Bayer / 12h

Storm continues to move inland over central Georgia as life-threatening winds and rains continue Tell us: have you been affected by Hurricane Helene? The National Hurricane Center has said Helene is now a tropical storm as it moves farther inland over Georgia. It noted that “life-threatening storm surge, winds, and heavy rains continue.” In a 4am update, the National Hurricane Center said “Helene

Revealed: the US government-funded ‘private social network’ attacking pesticide critics

400+by Carey Gillam, Margot Gibbs and Elena DeBre / 15h

Network includes derogatory profiles of figures such as UN experts and food writer Michael Pollan, and is part of an effort to downplay pesticide dangers, records suggest In 2017, two United Nations experts called for a treaty to strictly regulate dangerous pesticides, which they said were a “global human rights concern”, citing scientific research showing pesticides can cause cancers, Parkinson’

Dallas Cowboys limit tepid New York Giants to five field goals in 20-15 win

Cowboys defeat Giants 20-15

•

by Associated Press / 16h

Cowboys win 20-15 over Giants in NFC East clash Dallas win for 14th time in 15 games against New York Dak Prescott threw one of his two touchdown passes to CeeDee Lamb and the Dallas Cowboys taunted the Giants yet again, winning 20-15 on Thursday night for their seventh straight victory over New York and 14th in 15 games. Prescott, who has won his last 13 starts against the Giants, hit running ba

Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida as powerful category 4 storm

Caribbean disturbance may develop soon

•

100+by Guardian staff and agencies / 17h

Surge could rise to as much as 20ft in some spots after huge storm strengthened as it careened across Gulf of Mexico Tropical Storm Helene – latest updates Hurricane Helene made landfall along the Florida coast on Thursday night as a powerful and potentially disastrous category 4 storm, bringing chaos to a wide swathe of the Gulf coast and threatening high winds, storm surges and drenching rainfa

Everyone loses as the Athletics leave Oakland Coliseum for good with a win

A's farewell games in Oakland

•

99by David Lengel at Oakland Coliseum / 17h

After a final win before a sellout crowd, the Oakland A’s are finally moving to Las Vegas as baseball’s inexplicable lose-lose deal continues to move forward A’s fans lingered long after the third out of their 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers, soaking up every last minute inside the massive concrete Oakland Coliseum one final time. Now the club, one of Major League Baseball’s most storied franchise

Hurricane Helene intensifies to category 4 storm as it approaches Florida

Caribbean disturbance may develop soon

•

98by Lauren Aratani / 18h

Forecasters warn that storm, one of the most powerful to hit the US this year, could create a ‘nightmare’ Tell us: have you been affected by Hurricane Helene? Hurricane Helene strengthened to a catastrophic category 4 storm as it barreled toward Florida’s Gulf coast, making it one of the most powerful storms to hit the US this year. The storm is expected to make landfall on Thursday night. Foreca

I loved pygmy hippos long before the world fell for Moo Deng | Natasha May

Moo Deng memes take over TikTok

•

39by Natasha May / 19h

They’ve been my favourite since doing work experience at Sydney’s Taronga zoo. I hope the viral moment sweeping the globe turns into an enduring devotion like mine Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anyone who knows me well knows I love pygmy hippos. Up until a few weeks ago, it was somewhat of a novelty answer when the question of my favourite animal came up. That is, u

US Catholic diocese agrees to pay $323m to child sexual abuse survivors

Rockville Centre Diocese settles for $320M

•

100+by Reuters / 20h

Rockville Centre diocese in New York settles with more than 530 victims after proposed deal comes close to failure A Roman Catholic diocese in Long Island, New York, announced a new bankruptcy settlement on Thursday that would pay more than $323m to about 530 sex abuse survivors who alleged they were abused by priests when they were children. The diocese of Rockville Centre, which serves about 1.

Biden and Harris unveil measure to tackle gun violence amid Trump clash

Gun sales blocked to unfit individuals

•

100+by Joan E Greve and Coral Murphy Marcos / 21h

Executive order aims to crack down on conversion devices and 3D guns as Harris and Trump spar on campaign trail Joe Biden and Kamala Harris unveiled a new executive order aimed at tackling gun violence on Thursday, as the vice-president and Donald Trump clash over the issue on the campaign trail. The order establishes a new “emerging firearms threats task force” to crack down on machine-gun conve

Biden signs three-month funding bill to avert US government shutdown

Lawmakers negotiate clean spending bill

•

23by Joan E Greve in Washington / 23h

Stopgap bill, passed by House and Senate with bipartisan majorities, extends funding until December Joe Biden signed a three-month government funding bill on Thursday, averting an imminent shutdown and delaying a fuller conversation about government spending until after the November elections. The stopgap spending bill, known as a continuing resolution or CR, will extend government funding until

Newsmax and Smartmatic settle 2020 US election defamation lawsuit

Smartmatic loses punitive damages claim

•

300+by Sam Levine / 1d

Pair reach agreement days before case, filed after rightwing network aired false voter claims, was due to go to trial The voting machine company Smartmatic and the conservative outlet Newsmax have settled a closely watched defamation lawsuit days before it was set to go to trial in Delaware. A spokesman for the Delaware courts said the case had been settled on Thursday. He did not offer additiona

Biden announces new military aid package for Ukraine – video

Biden announces new Ukraine support

•

1d

The US president, Joe Biden, has announced more than $8bn in military assistance for Ukraine. The aid includes the first shipment of a precision-guided glide bomb called the Joint Standoff Weapon, with a range of up to 81 miles. The Ukrainian president met the US president and the vice-president, Kamala Harris, in Washington US politics live – latest updates Continue reading...

‘A true friend of Turkey’: Eric Adams bribery indictment reveals years of flights and favors

AOC calls for Adams to resign

•

87by George Joseph and Sam Levine / 1d

Prosecutors claim Turkish president showered the New York mayor with illegal donations and luxury stays US federal prosecutors have accused members of the Turkish government of pulling off a years-long influence campaign to cultivate and secure favors from Eric Adams , the mayor of New York City. In an indictment unsealed on Thursday morning, the US attorney of New York’s southern district allege

Rudy Giuliani disbarred in Washington DC over role in Trump election plot

Giuliani disbarred over election claims

•

200+by Robert Tait in Washington / 1d

Ex-New York mayor, who played key role in promoting 2020 election lies, permanently suspended from practising law Rudy Giuliani , the former New York mayor who built a career as an uncompromising crime-fighter, has been permanently disbarred from practising law in Washington DC in a ruling stemming from his role in trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Donald Trump’s favour. The de

US judge considers Rust armorer’s appeal against manslaughter conviction

by Associated Press in Santa Fe / 1d

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, jailed for 18 months, alleges prosecutorial misconduct and seeks to be released A judge heard arguments on whether to dismiss a criminal conviction against a movie armorer in the shooting death