Some chefs have switched from plastic cutting boards to wooden alternatives. One study of plastic cutting boards found that they shed as many as dozens of grams of microplastics per person per year. MyImages_Micha/Getty Images/iStockphoto hide caption toggle caption MyImages_Micha/Getty […]
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Parishioners pray during a mass at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago on Sunday. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption toggle caption Nam Y. Huh/AP When Catholics across the U.S. attended Sunday services this weekend, it was the first time in history
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This 2018 image shows a 23andMe saliva collection kit used for DNA testing. The California-based company announced this week that it was going into bankruptcy. Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images The genetic testing company 23andMe
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Venezuelan migrants deported by the U.S. disembark from a plane at Simon Bolivar International Airport in La Guaira, Venezuela on Feb. 20. Javier Campos/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Javier Campos/Getty Images Venezuela has announced that it will resume accepting
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This image taken from NASA video shows the SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague as well as Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov after it undocked from the International Space Station on Tuesday. NASA/AP hide caption
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A plane takes off from Ellsworth Air Force Base in 2022. Quinterius Chappelle, an active-duty airman at the base, is accused of killing Sahela Sangrait. IMAGO/piemags via Reuters hide caption toggle caption IMAGO/piemags via Reuters Law enforcement authorities in South
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In this photo released by the Vatican, Pope Francis is seen praying inside Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Sunday. Vatican Press Hall/via AP hide caption toggle caption Vatican Press Hall/via AP A photo released by the Vatican on Sunday showed Pope
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Power lines run near a bridge in Hamilton, Ontario, on Feb. 4. This week, Ontario’s leader threatened a surcharge on Canadian electricity sold in some U.S. states in retaliation for President Trump’s tariffs. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption
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A Southwest Airlines plane is unloaded at Denver International Airport on Thursday, Feb. 27. The airline announced that it would begin charging some passengers to check bags. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption toggle caption David Zalubowski/AP Bags will no longer fly
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A priest holds a photograph of Pope Francis during the nightly rosary prayer service in St Peter’s Square on Thursday, March 6 in Vatican City. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Europe Pope Francis, who
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