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Saturday, January 27, 2024

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A snappy roundup of the week's top stories.

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The Short List

Sat Jan 27 2024

 

John Riley Audience Editor

The Republican presidential contest may be about to get down and dirty. Working into your 70s may not be in the cards for you. And a genealogical test reveals a scary health situation for one unsuspecting woman.

👋What's up, Short List friends? I'm John, and these are some of the top stories from USA TODAY this week. Let's continue, shall we?

Nikki Haley braces for home-state dirty tricks in Trump fight

🔵Nikki Haley, now the sole remaining challenger to Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, likely will face a tsunami of political slime before the primary in her home state of South Carolina, analysts say. The Palmetto State has a history of campaign outrages, some attributed to the late Lee Atwater, who worked for President George H.W. Bush in the 1980s. Read more

Think you'll work past 70? Good luck.

💵Americans are living healthier and longer. Many of us have jobs that aren't physically demanding. What's to stop us from working until we're 70 or even 80? A lot, as it turns out. The average American retires at an age that might surprise you. Read more

Women discover 200 siblings from same sperm donor

⚕️Using a genealogical service has the potential to reveal some shocking secrets, After getting her 23andMe test results, Jaclyn Frosolone, 24, learned she was conceived via anonymous sperm donation − and shares a donor father with at least 200 siblings. What's more, many of those siblings share with her the same serious health issues. Read more

NFL conference championships: Get ready for the big games🏈

Who will win?: Our experts make their selections
AFC title preview: It's not just Lamar Jackson vs. Patrick Mahomes
NFC title preview: How do Lions stop Christian McCaffrey and other burning questions

Scroll down: There are more great stories below.👇 See you next week.

Kathy Kleiner Rubin was attacked by Ted Bundy when he broke into a sorority house at Florida State University in 1978. Here, she is pictured in 1977.

In 1978, Kathy Kleiner Rubin survived serial killer Ted Bundy. And those closest to her didn't know what to say. Some comments helped but others hurt.

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Pizza Hut, hiring 280. The pizza restaurant and delivery chain is adding jobs in the Phoenix area. More info: jobs.pizzahut.com.
 

Pizza Hut is facing a global boycott. Here's why.

Pizza Hut faces consumer boycotts sparked by social media posts this week. It's the latest controversy to affect the chain. Here's what to know.

May 23, 2023: Sargassum algae piles up along the shore at a beach in Cancun, Quintana Roo State, Mexico.
 

Smelly seaweed could ruin your spring beach getaway. What to know.

The Atlantic's sargassum seaweed swath reached a record size for December but it's too soon to tell what that will mean for Gulf of Mexico beaches.

Big-headed ants kill native Crematogaster spp ants and eat their eggs, larvae, and pupae. Unlike Crematogaster spp, however, big-headed ants live underground, and do not defend trees against elephants and other herbivores.
 

How tiny, invasive ants spewed chaos that killed a bunch of buffalo

The story of how tiny ants managed to push lions to kill more African buffalo shows what can happen when an invasive species arrives.

A photo provided by the Hawkins family shows their smoky vehicle moments before an explosion occurred on Nov. 5, 2023.
 

'It could happen to them': Family seeks change after Pacifica EV catches fire at home

A Missouri couple's 2018 Pacifica electric minivan caught fire while plugged in the garage, two months after being "serviced" for a fire-risk recall.

Tessa Tookes with her fiancé Joey Kirchner. The couple is getting married later this year.
 

A Black bride was upcharged for her wedding dress. Her fiancé's response went viral.

Tessa Tookes said it's not her responsibility to defend her skin color. She's right. Yet that's what happened when she went wedding dress shopping.

Icon's Thrill Island features the Category 6 water park, which the line is billing as the largest at sea.
 

Inside Royal Caribbean's record-breaking new cruise ship

Royal Caribbean's highly-anticipated new ship, Icon of the Seas, launches this weekend. Here's what guests can expect.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro looks on as A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil last February before the groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter. PETA is hoping to replace the 137-year-old tradition with a giant gold coin flip.
 

PETA wants to replace Groundhog Day's Punxsutawney Phil. But with what?

Punxsutawney Phil has a questionable track record of predicting the weather, but that's not why PETA wants to replace him with a coin toss.

Heavily flooded Café Roi dining facility.
 

Waves damage Army base in Marshall Islands: Watch as they crash

Dramatic video footage shows a large wave striking the Army's dining hall on Roi-Namur Island, breaking down doors and knocking people down.

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