The Pentagon will begin requiring male service members ages 30 and older to get screened for testosterone deficiency, the military announced Wednesday, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for the change over the summer. The Defense Health Agency released a set of clinical guidelines for the tests, which will take place during service members’ regular…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has accused networks linked to Russia and Israel of spreading disinformation around the migration crisis in Ceuta, claiming the two countries were exploiting the issue in retaliation for Madrid’s position on the war in Ukraine and Israel’s actions in the Palestinian Territories. More than 72,000 migrants rushed across the border…
France’s top constitutional authority on Friday struck down a ban on social media access for children under 15, dealing a blow to the legislation championed by President Emmanuel Macron. The Constitutional Council found that Article 1 of the legislation “constitutes an infringement that is neither appropriate, necessary, nor proportionate” to the freedom of expression and…
Last year, Hershey prevailed in a lawsuit that claimed Reese’s featureless Halloween pumpkins were a consumer letdown. Starting this month, the spooky treats will return to store shelves, though without any changes to their smooth, oval shapes. “We know what consumers love,” said Katie DeCapria, senior brand manager for Halloween at Hershey, in a press…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. ICE plans to spend between $10 million and $20 million to purchase “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” for officers and agents by March, according to a notice published Monday by…
In a back room behind a colorful facade in northern Manhattan, drug users are smoking crack while nearby cubicles stand ready for heroin users to wrap tourniquets around their arms and inject themselves with new, sterilized needles. It’s all part of a 5-year-old experiment sanctioned by the city of New York, but not by the…
The Trump administration has effectively shut down most of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s activities, closing the spigot on federal funding estimated to have saved thousands of lives and billions of dollars over the past 27 years by improving medical practice. In a July 15 letter, the small Department of Health and Human…
Foot traffic to popular food and restaurant chains has declined as the outbreak of cyclosporiasis, linked to lettuce from Mexico, grows in scope, and consumers take steps to avoid getting sick. Cases of illness connected to the cyclospora parasite expanded to four more states, bringing the total number of affected states to nine, the U.S. Department…
The Tampa, Charleston and Des Moines airports have signed on to a new program to privatize airport security, the Transportation Security Administration told CBS News. Under the new initiative, called TSA Gold+, TSA would maintain oversight of security standards and operations but would use private contractors for screening instead of federal workers. Gold+ is an…
Two beluga whales settled into their new home — a 2-million-gallon salt water pool — in Texas on Tuesday following an international relocation mission from a shuttered Canadian theme park. The whales, named Bertie Bott and Frankie, traveled more than 1,500 miles from Niagara Falls, Ontario, to SeaWorld San Antonio. The same trip also brought…
