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Editor's Pick

The Truth About Protein: How to Get Enough - At Every Age

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protein to build muscle, produce hormones, regulate mood and appetite,
and strengthen bones. But how much, and what kind, should you eat
every day?

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Editor's Note: A new technique for establishing protein needs has been
developed, catchily called the indicator amino acid oxidation method.
"It suggests the minimum protein intake for thrive mode, not just to
prevent malnutrition, is about 1g to 1.2g per kilogram of body weight
per day." By this metric, national protein consumption levels don't
look as problematic. "As a woman in my 40s," says Patel, "as my
hormones decrease I will lose muscle mass. The 1g of protein will help
me prevent that, not the 0.75g."

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Meta's New Content Policy Will Harm Vulnerable Users. If It Really
Valued Free Speech, It Would Make These Changes
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Earlier this week, when Meta announced changes to their content
moderation processes, we were hopeful that some of those
changes--which we will address in more detail in this post--would
enable greater freedom of expression on the company's platforms,
something for which we have advocated for ma

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How Authorities Define Fire Containment and Control
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As wildfires spread across Los Angeles, authorities are struggling to
contain the blazes, which the public can track via CAL FIRE, a web
service provided by the states Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection.















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France's top tabloid sparks outrage with photo of grieving Le Pen
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The image appeared to show the far-right figure in tears onboard an
airplane.

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Netanyahu can attend Auschwitz memorial event, Poland's Tusk says
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The Israeli prime minister is subject to an International Criminal
Court arrest warrant for war crimes in Gaza.














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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado arrested after
reappearance at protests
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Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested Thursday
when her convoy was intercepted by security forces as it departed an
anti-government protest in Caracas, according to aides.

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Man arrested on suspicion of starting Los Angeles fire
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Residents in the West Hills region of the city detained a man who was
later arrested by police in connection with the Kenneth Fire, which
grew rapidly overnight. Charles Dinsel, the senior lead officer,
confirmed that a man was caught trying to start a fire.














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A Corporate Anatomy Of Elon Musk
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Business magnate Elon Musk is the richest man in the world, starting
2025 with a net worth of around $425 billion. That dwarfs the net
worth of Amazon.com (AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos, who weighs in at around
$241 billion.

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Netanyahu can attend Auschwitz memorial event, Polands Tusk says
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has guaranteed safe passage for
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to travel to an event to
mark the 80th anniversary of the allied liberation of the
Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, despite the International Criminal
Court arrest warrant issued against him.














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2024 first year to pass 1.5C global warming limit
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The planet has moved a major step closer to warming more than 1.5C,
new data shows, despite world leaders vowing a decade ago they would
try to avoid this.

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Elon Musk praises Alice Weidel's far-right AfD in X chat
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Germany's far-right chancellor candidate was granted an audience with
billionaire Elon Musk -- albeit online and audio only. The meandering
conversation may not have helped Alice Weidel as much as she hoped,
say pundits.














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Day 5: One Change to Eat Healthier All Year
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This is Day 5 of the 5-Day Healthier Eating Challenge. To start at the
beginning, click here. This week, we've thought a lot about our eating
habits: We've tested our knowledge of ultraprocessed foods, examined
them with our senses, made flavor-packed snacks and shopped for
groceries.

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Antarctic scientists drill 2 miles down to reach 1.2 million-year-old
ice
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An international team of scientists announced Thursday they've
successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating
nearly 2 miles (2.8 kilometers) to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they
say is at least 1.2 million years old.














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Industrial Complex Proposal Threatens Some of the World's Clearest
Skies for Astronomy
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The European Southern Observatory is at serious risk of losing the
clear skies above its Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert,
officials said, due to a proposed industrial complex put forward by
the subsidiary of a U.S. power company.

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Meta Secretly Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database, Newly
Unredacted Court Docs Reveal
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Meta just lost a major fight in its ongoing legal battle with a group
of authors suing the company for copyright infringement over how it
trained its artificial intelligence models.














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Violent protests in China after student falls to his death
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The death of a teenage boy sparked violent protests in a city in
north-west China, the BBC has confirmed through verified video. In the
videos shared on social media, protesters can be seen hurling objects
at police and officers beating some demonstrators in Pucheng in
Shaanxi province.

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Why Harlan Coben's Netflix Shows Have Become a Global Addiction
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We may be entering the late decadent stage of the Harlan Coben Netflix
adaptation, to judge by Missing You, the most recent of the hit
miniseries based on Coben novels to be released on the streaming
platform.













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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado kidnapped allies say
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Allies of Venezuela's most influential opposition leader, Maria Corina
Machado, say she has been "kidnapped" from the streets of Caracas by
regime officials after sneaking out of her hideout to lead a major
protest against the authoritarian president, Nicolas Maduro.

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Why tea drinkers live longer
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This ancient beverage does more than hydrate--it's packed with
antioxidants and compounds that boost your health, focus, and
longevity. Tea is one of the world's most popular drinks, second only
to water, and for good reason.

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Mercury stuns in incredibly detailed new images
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The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back some incredibly detailed
images of Mercury's north pole. The snapshots were collected during
its closest ever flyby of our solar system's smallest planet. You can
check out the awe-inspiring images below.

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Team Biden?s Farewell Tour - Foreign Policy (No paywall)
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Situation Report: Team Biden?s Farewell Tour

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'It was a hellscape': The challenge of evacuating Los Angeles during
wildfires
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LA residents rushing to flee wildfires this week faced choke points,
gridlock and the tough decision of whether to abandon their cars to
the fire. What's thought to be the most destructive fire in Los
Angeles' history is ravaging the city.

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OpenAI Shuts Down Developer Who Made AI-Powered Gun Turret
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OpenAI has cut off a developer who built a device that could respond
to ChatGPT queries to aim and fire an automated rifle.

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A $28 Trillion Corner of Wall Street Is Flashing a Warning About the
U.S. Economy
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Everyone loves talking about the stock market, but the $28 trillion
Treasury market is the fortune-teller of the pair--bonds are now
flashing warnings of a Fed policy error, resurgent price pressures and
a ballooning debt pile.

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Breakthrough drugs herald new era in battle against dementia experts
predict
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Pills that prevent Alzheimer's disease or blunt its effects are on the
horizon, as the fight against dementia enters a "new era", experts
have said.

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Why the West needs prairie dogs
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HCN has covered the lands, wildlife and communities of the Western
U.S. for more than 50 years. Get to know the West better by signing up
to receive HCN's on-the-ground reporting and investigations in your
inbox.

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Why the Super-Rich Love Understated Dressing
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Quiet "stealth-luxe" fashion is dominating runways and TV screens -
but why? Clare Thorp explores the low-key, under-the-radar world of
stealth wealth.

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Artificial Blood Vessels Help Scientists Study Deadly Snakebites
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When some snakes bite, they can deliver a powerful punch of
toxin-filled venom that damages organ systems and can even result in
death. Annually, around 400,000 snakebite victims die worldwide.

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CFPB Sues Experian for Sham Investigations of Credit Report Errors
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
(CFPB) sued Experian, the nationwide consumer reporting agency, for
unlawfully failing to properly investigate consumer disputes.

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AI chip curbs trigger rare public fight: Tech giants vs China hawks -
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The trigger: a Biden administration plan to limit the global sale of
advanced artificial-intelligence chips. It seeks to ensure the U.S.
keeps control over the future of AI by blocking Beijing from accessing
AI technology through third countries.

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The era of free government is over - WSJ (No paywall)
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Say what you will about 2025, the year is off to a rocky start for
anyone who needs to figure out how to fund a government. Bond yields
are rising across the developed world, raising some awkward questions
about when politics will catch up with new economic realities.

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The CEOs who are tearing up the policies Trump hates - WSJ (No
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We are watching him closely, and if he does anything illegal this
time, he will spend the rest of his life in prison," Trump said in the
caption, accusing the Meta founder of steering Facebook against him
during his failed 2020 re-election bid.

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Why smoke from the Los Angeles fires is so dangerous - WSJ (No
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In Los Angeles this week, wildfires have burned buildings and
roadways. Incinerating the plastics, metals and other materials that
these structures are built from releases hazardous chemicals and gases
into the air, doctors and public-health experts say.

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Arab states race Turkey for influence in new Syria - WSJ (No paywall)
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Saudi Arabia and other Arab states are jockeying for influence with
Syrias Islamist government, hoping to gain an advantage on rivals in
the strategically positioned country despite misgivings about the
jihadist past of its new leaders.

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Supreme Court wont block Trumps sentencing in hush-money case - WSJ
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WASHINGTONThe Supreme Court refused to block President-elect Donald
Trumps criminal sentencing for covering up hush money paid to
adult-film star Stormy Daniels, clearing the way for an unprecedented
court proceeding Friday in New York.

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Appeals Court Refuses To Block Jack Smiths Final Trump ReportHeres
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At least part of Special Counsel Jack Smiths final report summarizing
his lengthy investigations into President-elect Donald Trump and his
allies could be made public within days, as a federal appeals court
ruled Thursday that the Justice Department can release the report
despite Trumps efforts to keep it hidden.

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'Big Short' investor Michael Burry kept quiet, piled into China tech,
and won big with a stock bet in 2024
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Michael Burry kept a low profile, plowed money into three Chinese tech
giants, and saw a long-standing stock bet pay off in 2024. Burry is
best known for predicting and profiting from the collapse of the
housing bubble in the mid-2000s.

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How China is Erasing Tibetan Culture, One Child at a Time
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Across China's west, the party is placing children in boarding schools
in a drive to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national
mainstream and mold them into citizens loyal to the Communist Party.

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Want to start a fight among virus experts? Ask about HIV's new name
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Jens Kuhn wasn't surprised people accused him, mockingly, of doing
drugs. He's used to hate mail. After all, he has the most despised job
in virology: He's a taxonomist, a categorizer of the viral world.

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EU fears Donald Trump rolling back Biden-era measures - FT (No
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Bloc concerned about president-elect reversing US sanctions against
Russia and other policies

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Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed battle to
let his guilty plea go forward
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh
Mohammed are urging a federal appeals panel to let his scheduled
guilty plea Friday n Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, go forward in a plea
agreement that would spare him and two co-defendants the risk of the
death penalty in al-Qaida's no

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What we know about California fires suspect as LAPD make arson arrest
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The suspect was initially detained "by citizens" in the Woodland Hills
neighborhood not long after the Kenneth fire started on Thursday, Los
Angeles Police Department officer Charles Dinsel told NewsNation's
Brian Entin.

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Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Law That Could Shut Down TikTok
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“Americans use TikTok to communicate about all manner of topics —
from culture and sports, to politics and law, to commerce and
humor,” lawyers for the app told the justices. “For instance,
people of diverse faiths use TikTok to discuss their beliefs with
others. Recovering alcoholics and individuals with rare diseases form
support groups. Many also use the platform to share videos about
products, businesses and travel.”

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Wikipedia Search Habits Reveal whether Youre a Busybody, Hunter or
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The website Wikipedia describes curiosity as a quality related to
inquisitive thinking, such as exploration, investigation, and
learning, evident in humans and other animals. But there is a lot more
to this prime motivator for so much of human behaviorand Wikipedia, as
the worlds largest encyclopedia, is now helping social scientists
deepen the definition of curiosity.

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Can You Still Use TikTok if It's Banned? What Users Should Know About
the App.
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But without the ability for ByteDance to issue updates to TikTok via
app stores, the app will likely degrade over time. Still, advertisers
are anticipating some usage in the United States after the ban, and as
of last month, new contracts to advertise on the app are still being
signed, said Craig Atkinson, the chief executive of Code3, a digital
marketing agency.

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Pink Fire Retardant, a Dramatic Wildfire Weapon, Poses Its Own Dangers
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There are also the longer-term health effects of exposure to wildfire
smoke, which can penetrate the lungs and heart, causing disease. A
recent global survey of the health effects of air pollution caused by
wildfires found that in the United States, exposure to wildfire smoke
had increased by 77 percent since 2002. Globally, wildfire smoke has
been estimated to be responsible for up to 675,000 premature deaths
per year.

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Thousands of Doctors Come Out Against Letting RFK Jr. Become Health
Secretary: 'He Is Actively Dangerous'
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More than 15,000 doctors have signed a letter addressed to the Senate
urging the legislature to vote against confirming Robert F. Kennedy
Jr. as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Supreme Court rejects Trump hush money sentencing delay bid
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On Wednesday afternoon, ABC News first reported that Trump spoke with
conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito one day before the
president-elect asked the court for the immediate stay.

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Opinion | A Big Idea to Solve America's Immigration Mess
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Without immigrants, the population would start to decline immediately,
leaving employers short-handed, curtailing the economy’s potential
and causing the kinds of strains on public services and society that
have plagued Rust Belt cities for decades.

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An albatross couple shares egg duty in this captivating low-drama
reality show
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- It's a reality show about a loving
couple waiting to welcome their new arrival, watched by thousands of
ardent fans.

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LA fires live updates: authorities announce curfew amid reports of
looting, as death toll rises to 10
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Stephane Eyes, a senior wildlife biologist for the US Fish and
Wildlife Service’s (FWS) Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, noted
in October 2022 that wildlife will avoid smoke and actively burning
areas until its safe to return.

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