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How to cut your risk of traveler’s diarrhea by more than halfApr 03, 2026 9:08 am - Around 1 in 3 people traveling abroad will get diarrhea, most commonly within the first week of the trip. That’s an enormous number of vacationers who end up instead as … party poopers. Luckily, bismuth subsalicylate can help you feel better.
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Check your numbers: What high blood pressure does to your bodyApr 03, 2026 9:05 am - Nearly half of adults in the United States have hypertension, or high blood pressure — but many of them, an estimated 11 million people, don’t know it. The condition is a leading cause of preventable death, increasing the risk of heart disease, kidney disease and stroke.
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Hegseth forces out Army’s top general, two other senior officersApr 02, 2026 7:49 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked the Army’s top officer to step down and retire, defense officials said Thursday, an extraordinary move amid the war with Iran and the latest in a series of clashes between the Pentagon chief and the service’s senior leadership.
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Justice Dept. says the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutionalApr 02, 2026 7:25 pm - The Justice Department has concluded that a federal law requiring the preservation of presidential records is unconstitutional, which could effectively permit White House lawyers to try to set their own voluntary presidential recordkeeping policy and, potentially, upend decades-old legal precedent established in response to Richard M. Nixon’s effort to keep control of records upon his resignation from the Oval Office.
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Trump sets 100% drug tariffs on companies that haven’t lowered pricesApr 02, 2026 4:32 pm - President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered a new 100% tariff on imported drugs made by companies that have not agreed to lower their retail prices, the latest move in his evolving campaign to reshape global trade and promote domestic manufacturing
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Trump backs off campaign promises to protect Medicare, help with child careApr 02, 2026 4:04 pm - President Donald Trump said this week that Medicare and day care were too expensive for the federal government to cover, reversing himself on explicit campaign promises to protect the seniors’ health insurance program and address child care costs.
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Trump defends decision to attack Iran, says conflict is ‘nearing completion’Apr 01, 2026 8:45 pm - Facing economic and political headwinds a month after launching a surprise attack on Iran, President Donald Trump defended the increasingly unpopular conflict Wednesday night, but assured the nation that the military activity in the Middle East was “nearing completion.”
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Americans have little appetite for sending US troops to Iran, polls showApr 01, 2026 7:31 pm - As the Iran war rolls into its second month and President Donald Trump weighs launching ground operations, polls show that Americans’ opposition to the conflict has hardened and few support sending U.S. ground troops into action beyond very limited circumstances.
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Cake baking fail? There’s a good chance one of these things went wrong.Apr 01, 2026 5:50 am - A botched cake is just as powerfully disappointing as a successful one is thrilling. There’s no such thing as a bad cake baker. Bad recipes? Yes. Bad habits? Surely. But no one is destined for permanent cake failure. Here are some potential issues to troubleshoot, as well as a few bonus tips to solve other common cake problems.
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Why you should plant perennial veggies — even this medieval oneMar 31, 2026 10:15 pm - The all-annual garden is a modern invention. Historically, gardens across cultures were loaded with perennials — plants that come back year after year. Why not try a few of these.