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Apr 30 2026HEALTH

Breakfast timing and fasting length: What really matters for your weight?

A big five-year study followed over 7, 000 adults aged 40 to 65 and found that eating breakfast early helps keep weight down. Skipping breakfast or eating late in the afternoon, however, did not help with weight loss and was often linked to worse habits like smoking and drinking alcohol. The key tak

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Apr 29 2026CRYPTO

A musician's crypto loss shows why digital wallets need better protection

Popular blues-rap artist G. Love trusted the wrong app after his computer broke. He searched the Apple App Store for the Ledger wallet software he'd used before, downloaded what looked identical, and entered his 12-word seed phrase to restore access. Seconds later, $430, 000 in Bitcoin and Ethereum

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Apr 28 2026WEATHER

Cold Snap Hits Virginia Wineries Hard

The chill that swept through Virginia last week knocked out a huge chunk of the state’s grape harvest. Temperatures fell to about 24 degrees in Charlottesville, turning a normal winter night into a hard freeze that rattled vineyards from Northern Virginia all the way down to New Kent County. T

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Apr 28 2026SCIENCE

How Talking Helps Babies Learn Sounds in Different Worlds

In many parts of the world, babies grow up hearing a lot or very little talking. Researchers wanted to see if the amount of speech aimed at a child matters for how well babies learn the sounds that make up words. They studied two very different places: a rural highland community in Bolivia where peo

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Apr 27 2026POLITICS

North Dakota Representative Lost in Minnesota Plane Crash

A tragic accident on April 25th claimed the life of a North Dakota state legislator who was traveling in a small aircraft that crashed and burned near Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The pilot also perished, leaving the community to mourn a dedicated public servant. The governor of North Dakota announced

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Apr 27 2026ENVIRONMENT

Biodiversity Protection: What the Numbers Really Show

Research into how well protected areas stop wildlife loss has grown a lot since 2000, but the picture is still unclear. Most studies use matching techniques to compare places with and without protection, focusing mainly on forest loss as the main measure. Only a single paper even used the Biod

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Apr 25 2026SPORTS

Nassau Sports Highlights: Races, Goals, and Community Games

Baldwin’s Brandon Thweatt hit a record time of 14. 18 seconds in the 110‑meter hurdles, winning the final at the New York Relays held on Randall’s Island. He also set a meet record of 14. 03 seconds in the preliminaries. In the 4×100‑meter relay, a Baldwin trio—Gio Duplessy, Tyrell Holder, and Jo

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Apr 25 2026HEALTH

A Second Chance at Life Through Small Choices

At 30 years old, Adam Bird had lost everything—his job, his home, even the ability to walk without pain. His weight had ballooned to over 400 pounds, and blood clots in his legs made every step feel like being stabbed repeatedly. Doctors warned he might never walk normally again and suggested drasti

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Apr 24 2026BUSINESS

How Style and Tennis Are Mixing in a Big Way

When premium clothing brand BOSS steps into tennis, it isn’t just about slapping a logo on shirts. The Italian label has quietly built a tennis empire piece by piece, starting with a grass-court tournament in Stuttgart where players wear BOSS clothes while hitting powerful serves. The Boss Open isn’

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Apr 23 2026FINANCE

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Faces First-Quarter Losses Despite Revenue

A major real estate finance company recently shared its financial results for the first three months of the year, and the numbers weren’t good. Instead of making a profit, the company lost $56. 1 million. That means it spent more money than it earned during this period. On top of that, each share of

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