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General Mills cuts outlook as snack and pet food sales dip
General Mills predicts lower sales, profit as snacking demand slows

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota: General Mills has lowered its annual sales and profit forecasts, citing weakening demand for salty snacks and...

Delta Jet's wing strikes runway during rough landing at LaGuardia
Delta plane wing hits runway while landing at NYC's LaGuardia

NEW YORK CITY, New York: A Delta Air Lines plane's wing hit the runway at LaGuardia Airport during a rough landing over the weekend....

Angels release former No. 1 overall pick Mickey Moniak
Angels release former No. 1 overall pick Mickey Moniak

(Photo credit: Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images) The Los Angeles Angels surprisingly released outfielder Mickey Moniak on Tuesday. Moniak...

Marlins 3B Connor Norby (oblique strain) out 4 weeks
Marlins 3B Connor Norby (oblique strain) out 4 weeks

(Photo credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images) Miami Marlins third baseman Connor Norby will be out four weeks with a Grade 1 left oblique...

Karlo Matkovic, Pelicans coast to victory vs. Sixers
Karlo Matkovic, Pelicans coast to victory vs. Sixers

(Photo credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images) Rookie Karlo Matkovic matched his career high of 19 points to lead a balanced scoring effort...

Report: Yankees sign RHP Jake Woodford to minor league deal
Report: Yankees sign RHP Jake Woodford to minor league deal

(Photo credit: Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images) The New York Yankees signed pitcher Jake Woodford to a minor league contract, MLB Trade...

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Lawmakers push for fewer military flights in Washington D.C. area
Democrats urge cut in Washington D.C. military flights after crash

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Ten Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have asked the Pentagon to reduce military training...

Delta crash-landing probe finds dangerous descent before touchdown
Delta plane that flipped over in February showed high rate of descent

TORONTO, Canada: An initial investigation into last month's dramatic Delta Air Lines crash-landing in Toronto has revealed that the...

New York court blocks law allowing over 800,000 non-citizens to vote
New York City law allowing non-citizens to vote struck down by court

NEW YORK CITY, New York: New York State's highest court has struck down a law this week that would have allowed over 800,000 legal...

40 times more people killed in Gaza than in the 7 October attack
Gazan death toll now forty times that of 7 October 2023

The death toll in Gaza on the weekend has passed 50,000, local health authorities have reported. What started the carnage was the Hamas-led...

USDA pledges $100 million for bird flu research, vaccine development
USDA to invest up to $100 million in projects to combat bird flu

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced plans to invest up to US$100 million in research to develop...

US HHS orders removal of gun violence public health advisory
US HHS drops advisory labeling gun violence a public health crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has removed a 2024 advisory from its website that called gun...