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Maker of vinegar on mission to change minds one sour tastebud at a time

WORCESTER, Massachusetts (WCVB) -- Vinegar may be a pantry staple, but for most, it may not be something you spend a lot of time thinking about. A Massachusetts entrepreneur thinks about it all the time. That is because he is making a lot of it.“There is so much more to vinegar than what most people realize," said Rodrigo Vargas, founder of American Vinegar Works in Worcester.The Dartmouth-educated former investment banker started his handmade, small-batch vinegar company in 2019. He did so by first asking a question that had opportunity as part of the answer."When

Catholic bishops unite at Nogales border in support of immigrants

El Salvador's Bukele seeks party nod for third term after constitutional change

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Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s decisions expanding Trump’s firing power but preserving Fed for now

The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a significant win Monday by allowing him to remove the leaders of once-independent federal agencies at will, toppling a 1935 precedent in the process that could reorder the way the government functions.At the same time, the court made it far harder for this or future presidents to remove members of the Federal Reserve — blocking the Trump administration, for now, from ending the tenure of Fed Governor Lisa Cook over contested allegations of mortgage fraud.The decisions were the latest development in a series of controversies that erupted during

Supreme Court to review the legality of mass voter purges in the weeks before an election

Nasdaq, NYSE to ring opening bell from Oval Office for Trump Accounts launch, Hassett tells CNBC

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Comcast spinoff latest in wave of US media shakeups

Comcast's decision to spin off its NBCUniversal and Sky businesses marks the latest effort by a major U.S. entertainment company to separate or reshape legacy television assets as cord-cutting accelerates and streaming upends the industry.The move follows years of sweeping strategic overhauls across the sector, with companies pursuing mergers, breakups, asset sales and lowered spending to sharpen focus and compete more effectively in an increasingly digital media landscape.Here are some examples of recent strategic moves in the media industry: June Comc Announced plans to To sepa

Iran says this. The U.S. says that. A look at the trickiest issues in the unresolved conflict

Haiti starts to register voters in violent capital under gang menace

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Trump administration faces first major test after activating court that hasn’t heard a case in 30 years

The woman facing the first-ever case in the Alien Terrorist Removal Court is challenging the constitutionality of the deportation tribunal, setting up a major test of the Trump administration’s decision to activate the court, which had never been used in its 30-year history.Lawyers for Nazira Haji Zada — a legal permanent resident from Afghanistan who is accused of having ISIS sympathies and of assisting her son in a thwarted terror plot that targeted the 2024 Election — said during an initial hearing Thursday that the court’s procedure’s run afoul of several amendments of the Consti

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Trump threatens to pull attorney general nominee amid GOP revolt

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wouldn’t object to temporarily withdrawing Todd Blanche as his nominee for attorney general amid resistance from two Republican senators, another blow to Blanche’s confirmation battle.Trump said he could renominate Blanche after Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, the primary voices of opposition, have left the Senate in the new year. But that itself is a gamble, as the makeup of the Senate could shift in ways that would make Blanche’s confirmation even more difficult.“I have no objection to temporarily withdrawing

Trump floats pulling Blanche's nomination for attorney general to avoid conceding to GOP demands

A record-challenging heat dome is about to bake the West with the summer’s hottest temperatures so far

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Pope Leo says his ancestors were both ‘slaves and slave owners’

Pope Leo XIV has delved into his family history, revealing his ancestry included both enslaved people and slave owners.“I come from a family that my grandparents were immigrants,” the first American pontiff told NBC news in the Vatican Gardens of Castel Gandolfo on Wednesday. “On my mother’s side, we have people who were both slaves and slave owners.”Leo spoke about his family’s historical links to the transatlantic slave trade on Wednesday in response to a reporter’s question about his American heritage.Asked what he loves about his homeland, the pope also said he highly values

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White House nominee for CDC director advances to full Senate vote

Two nominees to lead public health at the Health and Human Services Department cleared a committee vote Thursday, moving them closer to being confirmed into the roles after extended talks between federal officials and senators about vaccine misinformation.Sen. Bill Cassidy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said Thursday morning that he will support the nominations of Dr. Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Sean Kaufman, nominee to lead the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. He said his decision came aft

Former Chargers linebacker Billy Ray Smith Jr. dies at 64, family announces

The Latest: Trump says he may pull Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination for now

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FIFA’s plan to inject private money into the World Cup hit with abrupt UEFA boycott

The 55 members making up European soccer governing body UEFA unanimously voted Thursday in support of a boycott of future men’s and women’s World Cups in reaction to global soccer governing body FIFA’s plan to inject private money into its competitions.The UEFA vote was an authoritative statement, pitting the richest and most important national associations against FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino.FIFA and Infantino announced plans Tuesday to set up a separate subsidiary – involving private equity investment – that would control the commercial and operational rights of one of the

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Mortgage rates climb to highest level in a year

Five months into the war in Iran, rising oil prices and stubborn inflation are driving mortgage rates to the highest level in a year.The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate climbed to 6.66% this week, the highest since July of last year, according to Freddie Mac. That’s up from 6.58% last week, marking the biggest one-week jump in mortgage rates in 10 weeks.Just a few months ago, mortgage rates dipped below 6% for the first time in years, fueling hopes that lower borrowing costs would revive the sluggish housing market.But since the US and Israel began joint strikes on Iran in February, inve

Spain deploys military to Ceuta after thousands of people breach Morocco’s border and at least 9 die

French student pleads guilty and is fined for a straw-licking stunt in Singapore

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The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge cooled in June. It might not last

The temporary truce in the war with Iran sent gas prices – and thus inflation – lower in June, providing some fuel for a crucial economic engine: the American consumer.The welcome readings, however, are likely temporary.Overall inflation fell in June for the first time in six years. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index – the gauge used by the Federal Reserve for its target inflation rate – dropped 0.1% from May, bringing the annual rate to 3.7% from 4.1%, Commerce Department data showed.That reprieve helped to buoy household finances. Inflation-adjusted consumer spending r

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ABC says FCC seeks to intimidate network over news coverage

Walt Disney-owned ABC said on Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission's threat to revoke the network's broadcast licenses is part of an unprecedented campaign of intimidation over broadcast content the Trump administration dislikes.ABC said that the Trump administration agency's nearly unprecedented decision to order an early license review of the eight Disney-owned ABC stations is a warning from the government to other media companies."The retaliation against ABC is a signal to every media company in the country: accommodate the administration’s view of what news coverage shoul

Police describe a father's horror as he realizes then-wife Lindsay Clancy killed their 3 kids

The Michelin Guide has awarded stars for 100 years. These dishes tell its story

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Taco Bell sales fell after cyclospora outbreak

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In record heat, a warming world has come to rely on China to stay cool

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CNN Poll: A third of Democrats now identify as democratic socialists

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New York City has paused construction at several office-to-apartment conversions since Pfizer tower structural problems

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Trump unveils another project as polling shows his DC construction is unpopular

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Poland blames Russia for firing missile into its territory as Moscow unleashes deadly attack on Ukraine

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The Trump admin wants to test paint patches on an iconic DC building this week. Preservationists are trying to stop it.

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Why Anthony Fauci might not be safe after pleading the Fifth

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls