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Starbucks to reduce its menu by 30%

Joy Saha
Published 5 months ago

CEO Brian Niccol revealed the coffeehouse chain's big plan during an earnings call on Tuesday

Sliced Mangoes (Getty Images/apomares)

Climate change is impacting mangos

Ayurella Horn-Muller - Grist
Published 5 months ago

"Rising temperatures, shifting precipitation, and emerging diseases are among the mélange of climate impacts . . ."

US President Donald Trump speaks about the mid-air crash between American Airlines flight 5342 and a military helicopter in Washington, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (OLIVER CONTRERAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Experts slam Trump DEI crash claims

Griffin Eckstein
Published 5 months ago

The president caused an immediate backlash when he suggested a deadly plane crash could have been caused by DEI

Wegmans Food Market, exterior view, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. (GHI-Plexi Images/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Wegmans recalls its chicken nuggets

Joy Saha
Published 5 months ago

At this time, there have been no confirmed reports of injury due to consuming the recalled products

Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed last night on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Aviation expert "embarrassed" by Trump

Matthew Rozsa, Cara Michelle Smith
Published 5 months ago

It may take weeks to figure out what went wrong, experts tell Salon. But politics plays no role in investigation

Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal in a football stadium (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

11 Super Bowl 2025 commercials

Nardos Haile
Published 5 months ago

From Willem Dafoe to the "When Harry Met Sally" cast, these ads are bringing their A-game

Center for Disese Control (CDC) lab technicians conducting virus research in 1952. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Trump admin stalling bird flu studies

Amy Maxmen - KFF Health News
Published 5 months ago

"The equivalent of finding out that your local fire department has been told not to sound any fire alarms"

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks on the Trump Administration's federal air freeze during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on January 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Governors urge Senate Dems to fight back

Nicholas Liu
Published 5 months ago

A half-dozen Democratic governors urged Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step up the fight against Trump

Plastic cow in petri dish (Getty Images/CRISTINA PEDRAZZINI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

"MAHA" isn't sold on lab-grown meats

Frida Garza - Grist
Published 5 months ago

"The cultivated meat industry hopes a pro-business argument can win over skeptical Republicans"

David Lynch and a Homemade Cherry Pie sign (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How to make the "Twin Peaks" cherry pie

Michael La Corte
Published 5 months ago

You’ll be well on your way to creating a slice worthy of Agent Cooper himself

Asteroid approaching planet Earth (Getty Images/dzika_mrowka)

Life ingredients discovered on asteroid

Matthew Rozsa
Published 5 months ago

The findings support theories that our evolution occurred thanks to space rocks colliding with our planet

Pee-wee as Himself (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

"Pee-wee" hides as much as it reveals

Gary M. Kramer
Published 5 months ago

Matt Wolf’s two-part documentary navigates around Reubens as an unreliable narrator in his own life story

Flying foxes flying in the sky at 17 island marine park in Riung, Flores, Indonesia. (Getty Images/Bruno Guerreiro)

Why bats don't get sick from viruses

Matthew Rozsa
Published 5 months ago

Bats have some of the strongest immune systems in the world. Learning how they work could prevent pandemics

ASAP Rocky and Rihanna are seen on January 28, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (DUTCH/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images)

Rihanna supports A$AP Rocky in court

Nardos Haile
Published 5 months ago

A$AP Rocky faces two counts of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm against his former friend A$AP Relli

Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will Trump go after harm reduction?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Published 5 months ago

Trump prioritizes criminalization over public health in fighting the overdose crisis. Experts say that doesn't work

Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

No survivors: Plane crash kills 67

Charles R. Davis
Published 5 months ago

A Black Hawk helicopter collided with American Airlines Flight 5342 Wednesday night as it was landing outside DC

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Team Trump eats the press

Brian Karem
Published 5 months ago

White House press corps is now mostly "content creators" delighted to be there, who prefer gossip to news

"Squid Game" Season 3 (Netflix)

"Squid Game 3": Ominous shadows ahead

Hanh Nguyen
Published 5 months ago

Netflix revealed its upcoming slate, confirming that Gi-hun's troubles will continue this summer

Comedian John Mulaney presents "Everybody's Live" weekly series at Next on Netflix event at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California on January 29, 2025 (Netflix)

Mulaney cites RFK Jr.: I don't need this

Hanh Nguyen
Published 5 months ago

"We will never be relevant. We will never be your source for news"

U.S. President Donald Trump signs a memorandum ordering an immediate assessment of aviation safety and ordering an elevation of what he called “competence” over “D.E.I.” in the Oval Office at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How meritocracies make the rich richer

Josie Cox
Published 5 months ago

The best way to make America great again? Make America fair again

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.'s Rx: Take away health care

Amanda Marcotte
Published 5 months ago

Kennedy's plan to "make America healthy": Replace real medical care with robots and lectures about diet

US President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, January 29, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump agenda: "Destroy" US from within

Chauncey DeVega
Published 5 months ago

America is "trapped in the ugly nexus of an abusive leader" who can't be satisfied — but must be confronted

Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler speaks before Vice President Kamala Harris' visit at the Resch Expo in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, on Thursday, October 17, 2024. (Joel Angel Juarez for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Can the DNC say no to billionaires?

Russell Payne
Published 5 months ago

Progressives are urging Democrats to say no to billionaire donors, but the leading DNC candidates aren't so sure

This photo illustration shows the DeepSeek app on a mobile phone. (MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images)

DeepSeek: Less AI drain on environment?

Matthew Rozsa
Published 5 months ago

Some are touting the Chinese app as the solution to AI's extreme drain on the energy grid. Is it accurate?

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