Joe Hernandez
Stories
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Science
After a TikTok user rehabbed a couch from the curb, a bedbug expert urges caution
If you acquire a piece of second-hand furniture that has bedbugs, even a thorough cleaning and time may not be enough to fully eradicate the Cimex lectularius from your furnishings.
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National
Target is recalling nearly 5 million candles that can cause burns and lacerations
The recall affects the store's Threshold Glass Jar Candles in multiple sizes. Target received 137 reports of the candle jar cracking and breaking during use, including six injuries.
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Environment
Canadian wildfire smoke is prompting air quality warnings in the western U.S.
Thick plumes of smoke from blazes in the Canadian province of Alberta crossed into nearby states including Montana, Colorado, Idaho and Utah.
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Science
An 'extremely rare' rainbow sea slug was spotted along the coast of England
The rare rainbow sea slug, or Babakina anadoni, is typically found in the warmer waters off Spain, Portugal and France.
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Science
2 people were hurt in a California bee attack. Here's what to do if it happens to you
An expert urges people under attack by bees to run away as fast as possible. Don't cover your face and don't play dead, he says.
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National
Florida rejects some social studies textbooks and pushes publishers to change others
In one case, references to the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement were removed. The list of rejected materials included books on U.S. history, the Holocaust and psychology.
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National
5 things to know about a major new Pew poll of Asians in the U.S.
The first-of-its-kind poll of about 7,000 adults sheds new light on how Asians — both immigrants as well as those born in the U.S. — see themselves and others.
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National
Texas Army base Fort Hood is renamed for Hispanic 4-star general Richard Cavazos
The redesignation of the installation is part of the military's larger effort to rename bases and other sites associated with the Confederacy. Cavazos is the Army's first Hispanic four-star general.
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National
The Brownsville driver who hit a crowd of asylum-seekers is charged with manslaughter
George Alvarez, 34, faces eight counts of manslaughter and 10 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Eight people died and 10 others were injured after he drove into a bus stop.
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National
The Chevy Bolt, GM's popular electric vehicle, is on its way out
General Motors CEO Mary Barra said the company would halt production on small EV at the end of the year — shifting the plant in Orion Township, Mich., to make two new electric truck models instead.