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Philadelphia’s beverage tax began in 2017, and a JAMA 2019 study found taxed beverage volume at chain…
Chain-store sales in bordering Pennsylvania ZIP codes rose enough to offset 24.4 per cent of that drop.
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New Orleans trash fee rises to $32.25, as the City Council voted 6 to 1 on 3 September…
BGR, an independent group, set out the increase in its report "More Cash for Trash", published on 16 October 2026.
Justice
West Lafayette cut camera data to 7 days, as the Indiana city council voted unanimously…
The seven-day limit applies only to images and data not related to an active law enforcement investigation.
Public Health & Safety
I lived in Los Angeles, and on 5 October in Grand Island, Nebraska the president said…
I live in Singapore now, and LA is still an amazing city to me.
Public Health & Safety
NYC says South Bronx Legionella source eliminated, genome match due
As of 29 September, 23 people had tested positive in association with the cluster in the Melrose and Morrisania sections of the Bronx.
Justice
Melissa Lucio stays on Texas death row after CCA denied relief
The Court of Criminal Appeals denied relief in an unsigned order on 24 September 2026.
Culture
When London Bridge began sinking into the Thames, the city sold it in 1968 to an…
London Bridge spent 137 years carrying Londoners across the Thames.
Digital
The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer, bought for 14.83 dollars.…
The laser pointer cost US$30, kept a cat busy for about a fortnight, and then died.
Psychology
The hardest part of adult sibling estrangement isn’t the silence — it’s the…
The hardest part can arrive in a grocery aisle, halfway through an old film, or while scrolling past a family photograph.
Politics
Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019; seven Ethiopian armed groups have now…
The alliance includes the Amhara Fano National Movement, the Oromo Liberation Army and the Tigray People's Liberation Front.
Psychology
People who feel a strange sadness on Sunday evenings often aren’t dreading Monday…
For a specific kind of person, the sadness that shows up on Sunday evening has nothing to do with the coming week.
Analysis
Progressive prosecutor Cedrick Frazier is winning the Hennepin race by promising to…
Cedrick Frazier's yard signs carry a blunt, three-word message: PROSECUTE ICE.
Analysis
The man who paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding runs a boxing body…
The man who paid for much of it, according to ProPublica's investigation, does not appear in a single official wedding photo.
Psychology
Research on ambiguous loss suggests adults caring for a parent with dementia can grieve…
Dementia caregiving can turn grief into a succession of ordinary moments rather than one clearly marked event.
Analysis
Federal judge refuses to end 13 years of oversight of Maricopa sheriff, ruling that 90%…
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office complies with more than 90% of the reforms a federal court imposed on it.
Psychology
Few people talk about the specific grief of watching a parent become someone who asks…
The child who used to receive it now weighs whether the answer will be too much to carry.