Obesity remains high in the US, but more states are showing progress, a new report finds
For the first time in more than a decade, the number of states with rates of obesity of 35% or more has dropped, an encouraging sign that America's epidemic of excess weight might be improving. But cuts to federal staff and programs that address chronic disease could endanger that progress, according to a new report released Thursday. Nineteen states had obesity rates of 35% or higher in 2024, down from 23 states the year before, according to an analysis of the latest data collected by the U...
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Wed, 15 Oct 2025
- Alaska airlifting hundreds from storm-devastated coastal villages
- Trump confirms the CIA is conducting covert operations inside Venezuela
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- Israel receives remains of 2 more hostages as military says another body was not that of a hostage
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- Pakistan says it has agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire with Afghanistan
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Tue, 14 Oct 2025
- Officials airlift evacuees to safety after the remnants of Typhoon Halong devastate Alaska villages
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- Florida judge temporarily blocks transfer of downtown Miami land for Trump's presidential library
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- Trump threatens to pull support for Argentina if its politics move leftward
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- Madagascar's president is ousted in a military coup after weeks of youth-led protests
- News organizations, including Hegseth's former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules
- DAngelo, Grammy-winning RB singer who became an icon with Untitled (How Does It Feel), dies
- UConn tops women's preseason AP Top 25 ahead of South Carolina, UCLA; SEC has 5 teams in top 10
- French prime minister will suspend a pension reform to avoid government collapse
- US rejects bid to buy 167 million tons of coal on public lands for less than a penny per ton
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- Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting
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- Russian aerial attack hits a Ukrainian hospital, days before Zelenskyy meets Trump
- 3 Italian carabinieri killed in apparently deliberate farmhouse explosion
- China sanctions 5 US units of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean over probe by Washington
- Snell spectacular and Dodgers barely hold on in 9th to beat Brewers 2-1 in NLCS opener
Mon, 13 Oct 2025
- Death toll from torrential rains in Mexico rises to 64 as search expands
- New York Times, AP, Newsmax among news outlets who say they won't sign new Pentagon rules
- 1 dead, 2 missing and dozens rescued after remnants of a typhoon lash western Alaska
- China and the US have long collaborated in 'open research.' Some in Congress say that must change
- SpaceX launches the 11th test flight of its mega Starship rocket with another win
- Despite momentous ceasefire, the path for lasting peace and rebuilding in Gaza is precipitous
- Dallas ICE facility shooter feared radiation exposure and practiced shooting, records show
- Government shutdown could be the longest ever, House Speaker Johnson warns
- Madagascar's president says he fled the country in fear for his life after military rebellion
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- North Carolina GOP announce plans to vote on new House map amid nationwide redistricting battle
- Nobel economics prize goes to 3 researchers for explaining innovation-driven economic growth
- Egyptian president says Trump's Mideast proposal is 'last chance' for peace in the region
- Trump urges leaders to put 'old feuds' aside as he calls for a new era of harmony in the Middle East
- Wall Street veers back upward after Trump softens his criticism of China
- After hostages and prisoners are freed, complex issues remain for Israel-Hamas ceasefire
- Titans fire coach Brian Callahan after 4-19 record and 1-5 start to second season
- The latest idea to save the NBA All-Star Game: US vs. the World. And there's no shortage of intrigue
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- What to know as Israel and Hamas exchange hostages and prisoners and Trump visits the Middle East
- FBI seeks help to identify suspects in mass shooting that left 6 dead in the Mississippi Delta
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- Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation
- Bus crash in mountainous region of South Africa kills at least 42 people
- China shows no sign of backing down while issuing call for US to withdraw tariff threat
Sun, 12 Oct 2025
- Mexico looks for missing people and rushes to help after torrential rains killed at least 47
- Steve Martin, Bette Midler and Goldie Hawn are among stars paying tribute to Diane Keaton
- Naked bike riders demonstrate against federal troops in 'quintessentially Portland' protest
- New Jersey declares emergency as nor'easter approaches, while Alaska flooding carries away homes
- Trump warns Russia he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawks if Moscow doesn't settle war soon
- Shooting at packed South Carolina bar kills 4 and injures at least 20 others
- Community near site of deadly Tennessee plant blast recalls the lives of the 16 killed
- Israel expects hostages to be freed from Gaza 'in a few hours' as ceasefire holds
- No. 3 Indiana has its highest ranking ever in AP Top 25, Texas, USC back in the rankings
- China vows to stand firm against Trump's tariff threat. He urges Beijing to be less confrontational
- Vance warns 'deeper' cuts ahead for federal workers as shutdown enters 12th day
- Russia attacks Ukraine's power grid as Moscow worries over US Tomahawk missiles
- Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies at 79
- California expands privacy protections as Democratic-led states resist Trump's immigration agenda
- Madagascar's president says a coup is underway after soldiers joined anti-government demonstrations
- Feeling hopeless in custody, many drop claims to remain in the US, leave voluntarily
- Trump's intervention in Washington prompts calls for its 18-term House delegate to step down
- Afghanistan says it has killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations
- World's oldest president could extend his rule as Cameroon votes in an election
- Trump sets off for the Mideast to mark a ceasefire deal and urge Arab leaders to seize the moment
- Trump says inflation is 'defeated' and the Fed has cut rates, yet prices remain too high for many
- Estonia closes road through Russian territory due to presence of Russian troops
- UK police arrest 2 in stabbing death of former Lostprophets singer in prison
- A Myanmar town lies in shambles as both sides in civil war vie for control
- Chinese coast guard rams and damages a Philippine vessel off an island in the South China Sea
- Schauffele wins in Japan, the country where his mother grew up and where he has many connections
- For some Israelis, saving hostages held in Gaza means freeing militants who killed their loved ones
Sat, 11 Oct 2025
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- Rainbows but also clouds as NC town hosts Pride Fest amid Trump administration's anti-trans push
- Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly as 8 people are killed in separate shootings
- 16 people died in a blast at a Tennessee explosives factory early Friday, the sheriff says
- Court: National Guard troops sent to Illinois by Trump can stay but cant be deployed for now
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- 2 dead after shooting on school campus in Mississippi
- 4 dead in shooting that injured others after homecoming football game in Mississippi, official says
- A Sudanese paramilitary attack kills at least 53 people in Darfur, an aid group says
- Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears
- Power restored to 800,000 in Kyiv after major Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy grid
- Israel rejects freeing from prison the most popular Palestinian leader
- A long-lost ancient Roman artifact reappears in a New Orleans backyard
- A look at how Venezuelans in the US are reacting to Maria Corina Machado's Nobel Prize win
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Fri, 10 Oct 2025
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- Thousands of Palestinians return to what's left of their homes as Gaza ceasefire takes effect
- President Donald Trump is in 'exceptional health,' his doctor says, after visit to Walter Reed
- Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown
- Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1 or sooner
- Immigration crackdown stirs unease ahead of this weekend's Chicago Marathon
- Wall Street tumbles to its worst day since April after Trump threatens more tariffs on China
- National Guard stands down in Illinois while troops patrol in Memphis with local police
- Some Palestinians pack up and move north toward their homes in Gaza after ceasefire goes into effect
- Many unresolved questions remain as a ceasefire begins in Gaza
- Two powerful quakes strike off southern Philippines, killing at least 7 people
- Fear and vigilance rise as attacks on houses of worship intensify worldwide
- Speaker Johnson keeps the House away as he fights to end the government shutdown
- The Latest: Trump will undergo a 'semiannual physical' by doctors
- Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize
- Russian strikes wound at least 20 in Ukraine's capital as child is killed in separate attack
- Taiwan's president pledges to build air defense system in face of China threat
- Perus Congress removes President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country
- Dodgers advance to NLCS, beat Phillies 2-1 on Kerkering's 11th-inning error
- Trump gets long-sought Gaza hostage deal with a whole lot of help from Arab and Muslim allies
Thu, 09 Oct 2025
- Israeli Cabinet approves Trump's plan for Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages held by Hamas
- Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for 2 weeks
- Judge tosses out Drake's defamation lawsuit against label over Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us'
- New York Attorney General Letitia James charged in fraud case after pressure campaign by Trump
- Senators struggle to find a way forward as government shutdown enters ninth day
- LeBron James will miss opening night of his record 23rd NBA season due to sciatica
- Tesla hit with probe after crashes involving a self-driving feature that Musk has boasted about
- Texas appeals court again pauses execution of Robert Roberson in shaken baby case
- Troops will miss paychecks next week without action on the government shutdown
- Tropical Storm Raymond, third system now off the coast of Mexico, forms in the eastern Pacific Ocean
- The Latest: Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire, release of hostages and prisoners
- Wall Street takes a pause as Tesla falls and Delta flies
- Pope Leo condemns economies that marginalize the poor while the wealthy live in a bubble of luxury
- Hungarian master of absurdist excess Lszl Krasznahorkai wins Nobel literature prize
- Palestinians in Gaza express relief and caution as ceasefire deal raises hopes of ending the war
- What we know about the next steps in the deal to pause the war in Gaza
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