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New Jersey works to destroy firefighting foam laced with cancer-linked PFAS:

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Burlington County, New Jersey — Hundreds of New Jersey fire departments are getting rid of foam proven to put out flames. Why? “It was like sitting on a bomb,” Jacobstown Volunteer Fire Chief Robert Gancarz told CBS News. “How am I going to get rid of this?” Jacobstown’s fire station had used a firefighting foam called aqueous film-forming foam, or … Read more

Iran state media details apparent deal in the works with U.S.

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Iran state media details apparent deal in the works with U.S. – CBS News Watch CBS News Stock markets are feeling the whiplash from conflicting signals about progress toward a deal between Iran and the U.S. CBS News’ Ramy Inocencio outlines how the Iranian state media is currently characterizing the deal’s points. Source link

Marine veteran who works to get GIs elected on finding

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Rye Barcott, a Marine veteran who co-founded With Honor, a group that works to elect service members, told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that one of the key takeaways for his new book “Courage Can Save Us” is “to find a route into public service, and that’s one of the goals with this.” Source … Read more

Jan. 6 defendant who said he was ashamed of ‘foolish’ actions now works at Pentagon

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A young man who pleaded guilty in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and apologized for his “foolish” actions during what he said was “without a doubt one of the most embarrassing days in modern American history” now works at the Pentagon. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to … Read more

New Ebola outbreak fuels mounting global alarm as U.S. works to relocate affected Americans

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The outbreak has been identified as a rare type of Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo virus. Spread by bodily fluids, Ebola is highly contagious and often fatal — killing between 30% and 50% of those it infects — and causing symptoms such as fever, rash and vomiting, the organization said. Unlike regular Ebola, Bundibugyo has … Read more

Publishers, author Scott Turow accuse Meta and Mark Zuckerberg of training AI on copyrighted works

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A group of publishers and bestselling novelist Scott Turow are suing Meta and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, alleging that the tech giant used copyrighted material to train Meta’s artificial intelligence technology. The class-action lawsuit, filed in a federal court in New York, was brought by Turow and publishers Cengage, Elsevier, Hachette, Macmillan and McGraw-Hill. The plaintiffs … Read more

New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham explains how the state’s universal childcare program works

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New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham explains how the state’s universal childcare program works – CBS News Watch CBS News New Mexico is facing a challenge to its free universal childcare program, the only one of its kind in the U.S. Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham joins “The Takeout” to break down how it works. Source … Read more