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Driving simulator exposes early Parkinson’s impairments that routine tests fail to detect
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: A cutting-edge simulator reveals the hidden driving challenges of Parkinson’s disease, uncovering deficits that routine cognitive tests overlook and highlighting the need for more realistic road-readiness assessments. Driving simulator setup used in the experiments, consisting of…
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Trump’s FEMA council to recommend dramatic downsizing and overhaul – but not elimination – of the agency
A task force created by President Donald Trump plans to recommend the most sweeping overhaul of FEMA in decades, dramatically reducing the federal agency’s role in disaster response by cutting its workforce in half and rolling out a new block grant system designed to get aid to communities faster and with less bureaucratic hassle. The recommendations from the FEMA Review…
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Scary Christmas: 13 Holiday Horror Movies
While Christmas is typically the time to snuggle up with friends and family to watch the same corny, nostalgic favorites we return to every year, for filmmakers the holiday season is a surprisingly fertile ground for a very different form of entertainment: horror films. There are literally dozens of Christmas horror films currently in existence, and seemingly more every year.…
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“Snitch” Who Reported Bonnie Blue To Cops Reveals Why They Did It
After nearly a week since British adult content creator Bonnie Blue’s headline-making arrest in Bali, an alleged informant who reported her has finally broken their silence. Bonnie, whose real name is Tia Billinger, was taken into police custody on December 5 following a raid at a private villa in Mengwi District, after multiple local complaints. Highlights An anonymous individual who…
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Polling for first phase of Telangana gram panchayat elections tomorrow
Hyderabad: The stage is set for the first phase of gram panchayat elections in Telangana on Thursday. State Election Commissioner Rani Kumudini said that all arrangements have been made for peaceful and free and fair elections. More than 56 lakh voters are eligible to cast their votes for 3,800 gram panchayats and 37,440 wards spread over 189 mandals. The polling…
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Vanguard Opens Crypto ETF Access For 50M+ Clients — Here’s Why It Matters
Key takeaways Vanguard’s decision to open access to spot crypto ETFs marks a major shift from its earlier anti-crypto stance and gives more than 50 million clients a regulated path to gain exposure to digital assets. The firm will allow trading of approved third-party ETFs tied to BTC, ETH, XRP and SOL while avoiding memecoins or unregulated tokens and choosing…
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1-year-old completes 100 meter swim, enters India’s Book of Records
Mumbai: In Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri, a one-year-old has set the record of the youngest child to swim 100 meters, securing a place in the India Book of Records. The young swimmer Veda Paresh’s achievement was publicised in an Instagram post, which shows the official mail from the Book of Records. The email stated that Veda completed 100 meters, which equates to…
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The GOP’s health care woes: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, a newsletter that brings you the NBC news Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, our Capitol Hill team reports on how congressional Republicans appear no closer to finding consensus on a health care deal. Plus, Andrea Mitchell…
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Why ultra-processed foods make teens eat more when they aren’t hungry
Rates of excess weight are climbing among young people in the United States. An analysis published in The Lancet predicts that by 2050, about one in three Americans between 15 and 24 years old will meet the criteria for obesity, putting them at higher risk for serious health problems. Many influences contribute to this trend, including genetics and low levels…
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10 Movies About Why Monopolies Are Bad, for No Particular Reason
Start spreading the news, the movie industry’s in trouble today. Or maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life. Reject paraphrasing Frank Sinatra, and embrace quoting Casablanca, which just so happens to be a Warner Bros. production, and if you’ve been following the news that’s being spread, you might’ve heard about a certain…
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