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Hello health and wellness-minded readers, my name is Caitlin and I’m here to keep you up to date with the latest health news you may have missed and what it means for you.Here’s what our team looked into this week:Social media users are wearing chin straps to sleep in the hopes of reducing snoring and looking “sleepier”. But are the health claims genuine? Kelly Justich spoke to experts to ask if they would recommend the habit.Do you take a daily multivitamin? Colin Miller examines why taking a pill doesn’t actually help you live longer, even if it has other benefits.Plant-based…

Water-related businesses hit hardFlooding in the capital region is hurting businesses that depend on summer tourism on the river.Padelford Riverboat, which operates out of Harriet Island in St. Paul, has canceled all Mississippi River cruises since Sunday.The Mississippi River in St. Paul rose eight feet last week.RELATED: St. Paul cancels private event at Harriet Island Pavilion due to floodingBy Friday evening, the river was expected to reach 20 feet, which is considered major flood level.”The river is going to do what the river does, we have no control over that,” said Gus Gaspardo, president of Padelford Riverboats. “Our season is…

Oleksiy Goncharenko spoke at the Black Sea Security Forum in Odessa, Ukraine on June 15. Yevheny Zavhorodnyy/Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images Ukrainian politician Oleksiy Goncharenko said Saturday that former President Donald Trump’s comments during Thursday’s presidential debate about a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine were “alarming.” “There’s no doubt that Trump is saying something, some of his statements are very worrying to us,” a Ukrainian lawmaker told CNN in an interview. “But I think there’s a mismatch between what he says and what he actually does,” he added. “We are very concerned because, more or less, we understand what a Biden…

BOULDER, COLORADO – SEPTEMBER 16: Colorado Buffaloes cornerback Travis Hunter (12) during warmups prior to the Rocky Mountain Showdown against the CSU Rams at Folsom Field on September 16, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/Denver Post) A loyal companion to the Grading The Week team is a gamer, and let’s be honest, our love affair with EA Sports goes back 40 years (Tom Chambers’ “Fake Drive 2-Hand Slam” in “Bulls vs. Lakers” is the most fun and unstoppable SEGA basketball move known to man, no matter what “NBA Jam” die-hard fans may say). However, during the social launch of EA Sports…

Travel disruptions: The inclusion of Taiwan on documents for Chinese tourists in Laos creates the wrong impression that Taiwan is part of China, the foreign ministry said. By Wu Zheyu and Esme Yeh The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday condemned the Chinese delegation to the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) for claiming that Beijing’s “One China” principle is recognised by the majority of the international community.Xie Feng, China’s ambassador to the United States and permanent representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), said at a general assembly in Paraguay on Friday that 183 countries have…

Tens of thousands of people took part in a massive annual Pride march in Paris on Saturday, with LGBT rights groups saying they feared discrimination would occur if the country’s elections brought a far-right government to power. France is holding the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday in which opinion polls suggest the far-right National Rally (RN) party could take power. The second round will take place on July 7. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin sent a letter to police and local authorities on Friday calling for increased security around LGBT events, including Paris Pride, saying there had been an…

Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Google Earth On Google Earth, you can see the US military’s unmanned underwater vehicle at a naval base in California.The giant marine drone, Manta Ray, completed on-water testing in early 2024.Footage of the drone in operation was recently released by manufacturer Northrop Grumman. The US military’s giant drone, Manta Ray, has been spotted on Google Earth at a naval base in California.Satellite images show the drone flying over Ventura County Naval Base in Oxnard, near Los Angeles.Drone footage captured during water tests earlier this year was also recently shared…

Sign up for breaking news emails to get free real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox.Sign up for our free email updatesChina has insisted that “most Taiwanese” can visit the country “in high spirits” after Taipei warned its citizens about Beijing’s threats to execute “staunch separatists”.Taiwan issued a travel warning this week urging its citizens not to travel to China unless absolutely necessary, as new Chinese legal guidelines threaten to prosecute and, in extreme cases, the death penalty against Taiwanese separatists.The warning also appears to apply to residents of Hong Kong and Macau.The China Taiwan Affairs Office said…

An Iranian man casts his vote at a polling station in Tehran during Iran’s presidential election on Friday. Hossein Beris/AFP Hide caption Toggle caption Hossein Beris/AFP Iranians will go to the polls again next week to decide whether a reformer or a hard-line conservative will become president. The runoff election comes after a first round of voting on Friday ended with no candidate receiving a majority. Under Iranian electoral law, a candidate needs to win 50 percent plus one vote to win by a landslide. However, two leading candidates have emerged: reformist Massoud Pezechkian and hardline politician Said Jalili. Pezeshkian…

The FDNY this week ordered firefighters and paramedics to thoroughly eliminate “political expression” while on the job, a move some critics say was intended to silence supporters of Donald Trump. “At a time of heightened political debate, particularly leading up to the November 2024 elections, the department urges all employees to be vigilant against divisive behavior in the workplace,” the internal order, reviewed by The Washington Post, said. “The workplace is generally not an appropriate place for political speech.” The order does not define “political expression,” and FDNY officials declined to explain the scope of the policy. The FDNY recently…