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Luigi Mangione’s 3D-printed gun and the problem of untraceable firearms

On Monday, after a five-day search to find the man who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, police arrested a suspect, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, and charged him with murder. When asked to provide identification, investigators say that Mangione — a former high school valedictorian and software engineer from a prominent family […]

The Supreme Court wades into the Israel-Palestine conflict

The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it will get involved in a longstanding dispute between the families of Americans killed in Israel and the government of some parts of Palestine in a case called Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization. Realistically, whatever the justices decide, they are unlikely to have much of an impact on […]

Put down that cough medicine

With the arrival of cooler weather, the season of hacking and sniffling is here. Once again, haggard-looking people roam the aisles of American pharmacies, clutching tissues and looking for relief — and often coming up empty-handed. Last year, the FDA recommended that phenylephrine, a decongestant in many popular cold medicines that’s been proven to be […]

The slippery appeal of RFK Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement

Anybody can be a part of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again campaign.  On his MAHA website, shoppers can buy shirts identifying themselves as a surfer, snowboarder, skier, sailor, marine, soldier, veteran, chiropractor, artist, fisherman, diver, nurse, doctor, pharmacist, paramedic, engineer, trucker, therapist, lawyer, teacher, millennial, Gen Z, Gen X, Boomer, mom, warrior […]

Jay-Z was named in a Diddy lawsuit. Will other celebrities be next?

One question that’s loomed over the disturbing allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs is the culpability of his famous friends. Will anyone else be exposed during his upcoming trial or named in the growing pile of civil lawsuits against him? In the months since the hip-hop mogul was federally charged with sex trafficking and racketeering in […]