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Thursday, July 6, 2023

'Forever chemicals' in the tap water

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Thu Jul 6 2023
 

Laura L. Davis | Audience Editor

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Nearly half the nation's tap water contains "forever chemicals." And The Eagles are waving goodbye with a farewell tour.

👋 Hello there! Laura Davis here. Ready for Thursday's news? It's time.

But first, it's Grimace-mania! ðŸŸĢ The purple McDonald's character has taken over the internet the past few weeks, and online sellers are cashing in on the hype. Yes, $720 for a stuffed Grimace toy.

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'Forever chemicals' contaminate nearly half of US tap water

Nearly half of the tap water in the United States is estimated to contain at least one type of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance, or PFAS, a national study from the U.S. Geological Survey shows. The group of chemicals, commonly used in consumer products like nonstick cookware and linings of fast-food boxes, have been linked to illnesses like cancer, low birth weight and thyroid disease. There are more than 12,000 types of PFAS, which are often called "forever chemicals" because of their persistence in the environment and potential for toxicity. A look at who is most at risk.

Donald Trump's 'body man' pleads not guilty in documents case

Waltine "Walt" Nauta, the aide charged alongside Donald Trump with mishandling classified documents, pleaded not guilty Thursday to his suspected role in helping the former president conceal dozens of boxes prosecutors say contain some of the nation's secrets. The search warrant for Trump's Mar-a-Lago property describes a person, identified as Witness 5, moving dozens of boxes in May and June last year from a room where federal prosecutors say Trump kept the boxes. Witness 5 is believed to be Nauta. Here's what we know.

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Prosecutors say President Donald Trump's valet Walt Nauta moved boxes from a storage room to Trump's residence for him to review and later lied to investigators about the movement.

Alex Brandon, AP

What everyone's talking about

•Fans call out Google for mixing up a photo of Master P. and Luther Vandross.
• Biden has turned his age into a punchline. But are voters laughing?
•'You a mom': Keke Palmer's boyfriend criticizes her sexy outfit.
•Robert De Niro's grandson Leandro died from 'fentanyl laced pills.'
•Old pet cemetery in Michigan is a prestigious resting place for military, police dogs.

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Alzheimer's drug gets FDA's stamp of approval

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the drug lecanemab for people with early Alzheimer's disease, making it easier for older adults to get the first drug proven to slow memory and thinking problems. Lecanemab works by clearing beta amyloid, a protein the accumulates in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, and is the first drug of its kind to gain full FDA approval. The approval is expected to trigger Medicare coverage for adults over 65 who have been unable to afford the $26,500-a-year drug. What to know.

Man reported missing was living with mom, police say

Rudy Farias, the Texas man who made headlines for being found alive more than eight years after he was reported missing, was living with his mother the whole time, Houston police said Thursday. According to officials, Farias was reported missing by his mother in 2015 but returned the next day. Over the next eight years, police received tips and leads that indicated Farias was not missing, and Farias even had encounters with officers but used fake names and dates of birth, police said. The investigation is ongoing. Here's what we know.

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Rudy Farias was reported missing in 2015, but Houston police say he has been living with his mother for the subsequent eight years.

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

The Eagles announce farewell tour

"The time has come for us to close the circle." The Eagles will embark on their own long road out of Eden this fall for a farewell tour expected to last into 2025. Dubbed The Long Goodbye, the Eagles' final shows will kick off Sept. 7 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Only an initial round of 13 dates has been announced, but the band noted that they'd play as many shows in each market as the audience demands, even if it means returning to certain cities. Along for the jaunt will be contemporaries Steely Dan. All the details .
Eagles By Ron Koch

Eagles members Vince Gill, Timothy B. Schmit, Don Henley, Deacon Frey and Joe Walsh during a "Hotel California" concert in Las Vegas in October 2019.

Ron Koch

A break from the news

•ðŸŠķ What kind of bird is that? These are the 5 species most likely to visit your feeder.
•ðŸ˜‰ Are you bad at flirting? Try 'the triangle method.'
•ðŸ›ģ Don't be dissuaded: Days at sea can be the best part of a cruise.
•ðŸ— It's National Fried Chicken Day! Chow down with these discounts.

Laura L. Davis is an Audience Editor at USA TODAY. Send her an email at laura@usatoday.com. Support quality journalism like this? Subscribe to USA TODAY here. This is a compilation of stories from across the USA TODAY Network.
Emergency service workers gather outside damaged buildings as search for victims continues following a Russian missile attack in Lviv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 6, 2023.

Ukraine must turn back the Russian invasion if the U.S. wants to avoid going to war against Russia, former vice president Mike Pence says.

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7-year-old boy killed, grandfather shot after jet ski dispute in Florida

A grandfather was trying to shield the 7-year-old boy after witnesses say a dispute over "reckless" jet ski driving led to a shootout in Florida.
FILE - A gay Pride rainbow flag flies with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan., on Friday, April 19, 2019. As of June 2023, more than 6,000 United Methodist congregations — a fifth of the U.S. total — have now received permission to leave the denomination amid a schism over theology and the role of LGBTQ people in the nation's second-largest Protestant denomination. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) ORG XMIT: NY487
 

One-fifth of United Methodist congregations have left the denomination

A schism between conservatives and liberals in the United Methodist Church about LGBTQ+ issues resulted in one fifth of congregations leaving.
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How Deion Sanders tore down, then built his first roster at Colorado

Deion Sanders overhauled Colorado's roster to an unprecedented degree in six months. Here is a look at the numbers behind it.
People gather near a crime scene related to missing toddler Wynter Cole Smith, 2, near Olympia Street and Erwin Avenue in Detroit on Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Police later confirmed that the body of the missing toddler was found at the scene.
 

'No good news': Body of Michigan toddler found in Detroit

The body of missing 2-year-old Wynter Cole Smith was found Wednesday on Detroit's east side, an FBI special agent announced.
Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Moms for Liberty meeting in Philadelphia, Friday, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
 

Ron DeSantis is way behind Donald Trump. Here's his comeback plan.

Once the great hope of anti-Trump Republicans, DeSantis has been stuck in neutral while Trump has built poll leads of up to 30 points.
This undated image courtesy of OceanGate Expeditions, shows their Titan submersible beginning a descent. Rescue teams expanded their search underwater on June 20, 2023, as they raced against time to find a Titan deep-diving tourist submersible that went missing near the wreck of the Titanic with five people on board and limited oxygen. All communication was lost with the 21-foot Titan craft during a descent June 18 to the Titanic, which sits at a depth of crushing pressure more than two miles below the surface of the North Atlantic.
 

Titanic sub implosion: OceanGate says it has suspended operations

OceanGate announced it has suspended "all exploration and commercial operations." Five people onboard the company's Titan submersible were killed.
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6-year-old Florida boy dies after being attacked by dog

Both the child and the dog lived in the same home, and police officials said the dog didn't have any prior aggressive incidents.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on the length of the workweek in the United States, with many workers forced to move to part time or otherwise change hours as a result of largely remote work. Some companies -- both in the United States and in other parts of the world -- have already made the choice to move to a four-day workweek. Tech giant Google recently announced plans to consider the idea of a flexible workweek after the pandemic is brought under control, requiring employees to be in the office three days a week and allowing them to work from home the rest of the time. It will take some time before we know what the work week will look like post-pandemic, but no doubt it will likely vary widely from worker to worker, company to company, and sector to sector. It is not, however, just industry and company that determine the length of the workweek. The country where one lives and works plays an important role in how much time people spend at the office. Differences between national labor laws, work culture, industry composition, unemployment, and poverty all affect how much people work, on average, in one country compared to another. In some of the more affluent nations around the world, the average workweek for full-time employees is well under 40 hours, but it is close to 50 hours in others. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data on the typical number of hours worked per week among full-time employees in 43 mostly affluent nations from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. We listed these countries from the shortest typical workweek to the longest. National differences in workplace laws and conventions have a major impact on how much people actually work. In the United States, any time worked over 40 hours per week is considered overtime and must be compensated at a higher rate by law. Other countries vary in their legal full-time workweek length. France, which has one of the shortest average weekly hours worked on this list, in 2000 shortened its workweek from 39 hours to 35. A number of the countries on this list with shorter workweeks also happen to have substantial government-mandated vacation time. These are the countries with the most vacation time . People work to earn a living, and in countries where earning a living wage takes longer, working hours tend to be longer. In Chile and Mexico, which have among the longest average workweeks on this list, average annual wages adjusted for U.S. dollars in 2019 were $26,916 and $17,594. Meanwhile, countries like Denmark and Norway, which have average wages in excess of $50,000, have among the shortest average workweeks. The United States is a notable exception to this rule -- with a high average salary but also a relatively long average workweek. This in part can be attributed to the country's high income inequality -- the high average national income is skewed by high-earning Americans and ignores the millions of struggling Americans -- and also to the country's labor laws and practices that are unique among highly affluent nations. The U.S. is one of the few affluent nations to have no federally mandated paid time off . It is the only country in the OECD , and one of the very few in the world , to offer no paid maternity leave.
 

Why are Americans working less than they were before the pandemic?

Americans are working fewer hours than they did before COVID. Reasons include more flexible schedules and employers' reluctance to lay off employees.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers holds the biennial budget after signing it under the watchful eyes of Hunter Vigue, 10, center, and his brother Otto, 7, right, at the State Capitol in Madison on Wednesday, July 5, 2023. The youth were among a large group that joined the governor during his press conference.
 

Gov. increases public school funding for 400 years using creative veto

In signing the state budget, Gov. Tony Evers used his broad partial veto powers to make permanent annual per-pupil increases for public schools.

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