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The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday withdrew an earlier positive test that had tied Taylor Farms’ lettuce to the cyclospora outbreak, even as health officials said the supplier remains a focus of their investigation. The false positive doesn’t change the scope of the current recall, but it could prevent it from expanding. The FDA had said Saturday that it had found a positive test linking cyclospora to Taylor Farms’ lettuce that wasn’t part of the current recall, suggesting it could widen. By Sunday evening, the agency said it had re-examined the sample and determined the result was a false…

The former head of Italian motorway operator Autostrade per l’Italia was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Thursday [July 16] for his role in a disaster that killed 43 people when a bridge collapsed near the city of Genoa in 2018. Giovanni Castellucci was among 32 people convicted over the collapse of the Morandi bridge which sent vehicles plunging onto warehouses and a riverbed beneath the flyover during a summer storm. Michele Donferri Mitelli, another former senior Autostrade manager, got 11 years. A further 25 defendants were either acquitted or cleared because of the statute of limitations. Egle Possetti,…

Despite growing concerns about private-equity-backed ventures and the use of artificial intelligence, an Atlanta-based firm said it has launched an AI-enabled platform designed to help insurance brokerage partners grow at faster rates. American Growth Insurance (known as AGI) announced last week that it is led by CEO Brian Morgan, who was previously the chief revenue officer at Keystone Agency Partners, an independent agency network. Morgan has more than 30 years’ experience building brokerages, the company said in a news release. AGI is backed by almost $70 million in funding from Rockbridge Growth Equity and by Atomic, a venture capital firm.…

The Houthis, an Iran-backed Yemeni group, said they would impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia, putting at risk the flow of millions of barrels that the kingdom exports via the Red Sea. The blockade is in response to what the group says is Saudi Arabia’s siege on the Yemeni capital, Sana’a. The ban on Saudi ships would be effective immediately, the group’s spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a video published on his X account on Monday. Saudi energy officials were not immediately available for comment. Read more: Iran and US Widen Attacks, Raising Fears for Gulf Shipping and Water…

After deadly floods killed more than 100 people in Texas’ Hill Country last July, officials vowed major changes in hopes of preventing the failures that contributed to the high death toll. They promised better flood warning systems, tighter safety rules for children’s camps and improvements to the state’s water infrastructure. That work was far from done when a new round of storms began pummeling the state this week, triggering catastrophic flash floods in some of the same areas devastated in 2025. At least two people died. Hundreds needed rescue. But residents in some hard-hit areas said a year of preparation…

Utah revoked another campus license on Friday for the boarding school where Paris Hilton said she was abused as a teenager, marking a major victory in the hotel heiress’ yearslong effort to get the school shut down. The Utah Department of Health and Human Services’ decision cites a multitude of noncompliance citations in 2026 for the Provo Canyon School’s Provo campus, including not protecting “a client from potential harm or acts of violence,” and “using cruel and unnecessary practice on a child.” More than a dozen of the citations were noted on Friday. “No child should be hurt in a…

Sunday July 19 was the deadline for most New Jersey’s electric bicycle owners to register their e-bikes and obtain liability insurance required under a new law. New Jersey’s new e-bike law classifies all e-bikes principally garaged in the state as motorized bicycles. Riders must be at least 15 years old and hold either a driver’s license or obtain a motorized bicycle license. Motorized bikes must be registered with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. Low speed e-bikes must be registered but do not need to be insured. However, owners of motorized bicycles that travel 20 mph or faster, must not…

Microplastics are a big environmental issue. They’ve been found in oceans, drinking water, seafood, the air we breathe, and increasingly throughout the human body, from the placenta to the brain. A new study by researchers in Italy, published in the European Heart Journal, adds another organ to that growing list: the heart’s own blood supply. But while the discovery of microplastics in coronary blood is concerning, the most intriguing finding may not be the plastics themselves. It is how they may be getting there. Researchers found that people who smoke were six times more likely to have detectable micro- and…

It is the latest in a string of attacks on oil and gas tankers since the United States and Iran escalated strikes across the Middle East on July 7 over control of the key conduit for a fifth of global oil supplies before their war. “Vanguard is aware that the Malta-flagged tanker Kavomaleas caught fire while transiting the Strait of Hormuz … at approximately 1924 UTC,” British maritime risk management group Vanguard said. Read more: Iran and US Widen Attacks, Raising Fears for Gulf Shipping and Water Supplies The cause of the fire was unknown and the crew status was…

U.S. forces hit Iran for a ninth consecutive day on Monday as concerns grew over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran said two oil tankers had exploded and been immobilized. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Monday they had targeted U.S. aircraft at Jordan’s Aqaba airport with ballistic missiles, as well as U.S. military assets and equipment at Kuwait’s Al-Adiri camp and Ali Al Salem Air Base, and in Syria. Sirens sounded in Bahrain on Monday morning, the country’s interior ministry said, while the Kuwaiti army said it was intercepting hostile drones in an Iranian attack. Read…