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Nurses chase Cyclospora using grocery receipts, food apps and detailed interviews
Public health nurses have been pulled from other duties in Washtenaw County, MI, to call hundreds of people sick with cyclosporiasis, and try to help them remember everything they ate in recent days.

Over 81,000 U.S. soldiers are missing from past wars. One may soon be identified
In June, the Department of Defense disinterred the remains of an unidentified WWII soldier who had been buried in Sitka, Alaska for decades. Now, they'll try to confirm who he is.

Why did OpenAI's and Anthropic's AI models hack other companies?
OpenAI and Anthropic say their models broke into other companies' systems during testing, raising security concerns amid a heated debate over how to regulate AI.

For sale: early access to Trump's Truth Social posts
The president's media company is offering investors early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month. Experts say the service may violate insider trading laws.

Russian strikes on Kyiv kill at least nine, Ukraine officials say
The attack comes as Moscow escalates deadly ballistic missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital.

‘A towering piece of monoculture’: how The Odyssey discourse has dominated this summer
Christopher Nolan’s smash hit epic has continued to excite and enrage everyone from rightwingers to academics, an old-fashioned throwback to a uniting big-screen event Peter Bradshaw reviews The Odyssey The Odyssey:…

What makes a good comic novel? Andrew Sean Greer on the joy of funny writing
The Pulitzer-winning author of Less and Villa Coco explores the art of writing humour – plus 10 of the best novels to make you laugh In March 2020, when the mayor of San Francisco instructed all citizens to remain in…

Stick to spending limits, PM and chancellor tell ministers in joint memo
The Chancellor said the Budget on 28 October would “meet our fiscal rules” and give families "stability" to plan for the future.

Intensity, smiles & Lewandowski - inside Liverpool training under Iraola
Liverpool's pre-season under Andoni Iraola is ramping up - and here is what we learned from the first open training session under their new boss.

‘MPs have had their stomachs pumped’: concerns over ‘alcohol-soaked’ culture in Westminster
Alcohol is embedded in profession where long hours, loneliness and lobbying are the norm, report finds Parliament is “Britain’s last alcohol-soaked workplace” where MPs are offered free drinks as early as midday despite…

The hill I will die on: Games are the opposite of fun, and I’d ban them for anyone over 12 | Emily Watkins
Get your balls, pucks, Scrabble boards and packs of cards away from me – all I want is space to be together, ideally with a coffee or a glass of wine The other day, I met a friend at the park for a catch-up. After 45…

‘A symbol of resistance’: the fight to save treehouse built on no man’s land next to Berlin Wall
Supporters fear structure could be torn down as safety hazard and want it to become memorial to postwar foreign labourers in honour of its Turkish creator Sometimes the currents of history converge in a single spot. In…