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People have been fermenting food for millennia. Here’s why more people are focused on gut health now

More people are focusing on their gut health, as fibermaxxing goes mainstream, colorectal cancer rises among young adults and personalized gut microbiome treatments become increasingly popular. Now, a generation- and culture-spanning way of preserving food is in the spotlight: fermentation. The federal government’s latest dietary guidelines specifically encourage Americans to eat more fermented food. The […]

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What to Stream: ‘Heartstopper Forever,’ ‘Lucky’ and Steve Lacy

A new album from Steve Lacy and the conclusion of the “Heartstopper” series are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: “Lucky,” which stars Anya Taylor-Joy, the game “D-topia” […]

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Sam Neill, New Zealand actor who starred in ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘The Piano,’ dies at 78

WELLINGTON, New Zealand | Sam Neill, the smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose prolific career moved from art films to blockbusters as he dodged velociraptors in “Jurassic Park” and played Holly Hunter’s husband in “The Piano,” has died. He was 78. In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare […]

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Keystone Pipeline system’s operator agrees to pay a $26.9M penalty over a major Kansas oil spill

TOPEKA, Kan. | A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system’s operator to pay a $26.9 million civil penalty over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022 and spend about $40 million more to prevent future accidents. The agreement would resolve allegations from the U.S. Environmental Protection […]

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Trump suggests a standing order to attack Iran if it assassinates him. But Vance would make the call

WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump is suggesting he has left standing orders for the U.S. military to destroy Iran ” at levels they’ve never seen before ” if Tehran follows through on its long-standing threats to kill him. But the U.S. government has no way to create an automatic, preauthorized “dead man’s switch” that would […]

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Zelenskyy seeks more European air defense support for Ukraine at Paris meeting

PARIS | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to Paris on Monday to ask two dozen European leaders for help developing measures against Russia’s ballistic missiles, which have pummeled his country’s power grid in the more than four years since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion. European foreign ministers were also meeting separately in Brussels where they […]

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Darline Graham Nordone, sister of Lindsey Graham, chosen to fulfill remainder of term

CHARLESTON, S.C. | Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, has been named as her late brother’s temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate after his unexpected death over the weekend. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced at a news conference at the Statehouse on Monday that Nordone would serve the remaining months on Graham’s current term, […]

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12 states, including Colorado, say Paramount-Warner merger would ‘extinguish competition’

NEW YORK | Twelve states sued to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday, arguing that the $81 billion merger would “extinguish competition” in Hollywood and lead to fewer choices for consumers across the U.S. “Audiences on every sofa and in every movie (theater) seat would feel the impact of this unlawful merger,” […]

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Colorado primary sees record voter turnout with 35.9% participation

This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Turnout in the recent Colorado primary election, with executive-level offices up for grabs and a competitive congressional primary, was 10 percentage points higher than in 2024. As of Monday, turnout for the June 30 primary was around 35.9% of active voters, compared with 25.5% in […]

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Aurora considers expanding accessory dwelling units to boost housing options

AURORA | The city is considering moving forward with new guidelines to allow more accessory dwelling units and expand housing options. City council is scheduled to discuss the proposed guidelines at its July 13 study session. The changes would allow accessory dwelling units, including internal, attached and detached styles, to be built on most single-family […]