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Consumers Sue Starbucks Over Sugar-Free Protein Drinks
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Starbucks sued over sugar-free protein drinks with 13–21g sugar—near a Reese's 22g. Counsel: like drinking a candy bar. Firm: claims have no merit.
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Priya Raman
If the drinks have 13 grams of sugar from lactose, calling them sugar-free is just misleading marketing.
Costco Faces $5 Million Sugar-Free Labeling Lawsuit
Business
— Oct 1, 2026
Costco faces a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging its Kirkland Signature Hydration Electrolyte Drink Mix is misleadingly marketed as “sugar-free” because it lists allulose, a monosaccharide, as its first ingredient. Although the FDA permits allulose to be excluded from certain nutrition-label sugar counts, the plaintiff says the marketing misled shoppers and seeks damages and changes to the labeling.
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Toll House Plans First Advent Calendar Since 1938
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Nestlé Toll House is introducing its first 12-day Advent calendar, a house-shaped box with cookie dough and baking morsels, including new snowflake-shaped morsels and snowflake sugar-cookie dough. The $29.99 calendar will be sold online in limited releases on October 9, November 6 and December 4.
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Cosmic Baseball plans 2027 tour across 44 stadiums
Sports
— 2d
Cosmic Baseball’s 2027 Takeover Tour will bring its neon, blacklight baseball spectacle to 44 Minor League stadiums, including Greater Nevada Field, Southwest University Park in El Paso and Constellation Field in Sugar Land. The games will feature UV-reactive gear, live DJs and a new 360-degree fireworks display; dates and ticket details are still to come.
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Anthropic Launches New ‘Don’t Be Mean To The Clankers’ Policy
Dylan Kresak · 2 min · 4h
Sugar recalled in 8 states
Health
— Sep 27, 2026
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Most Influential Women in World History
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From ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.
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Restaurant, Retail Chains Close Stores Across US
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— Sep 23, 2026
Rising costs and changing consumer habits are driving restaurant closures, with Tahoe Joe’s now down to two locations after shutting its Visalia restaurant and Sugar Factory closing at least five U.S. locations in 2026. The setbacks echo a longer retreat across the industry, as several once-familiar chains have closed their final restaurants altogether.
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Study links partners to lower post-meal glucose
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— Sep 23, 2026
An Israeli study found that people had smaller post-meal blood-sugar spikes and returned to baseline faster when eating with a loved one than when eating alone. Researchers describe this as “social physiology”; they also reported better temperature regulation and reduced stress responses with social partners, suggesting close relationships may influence basic bodily processes, though the findings do not establish a treatment for metabolic conditions.
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Somali Traders Seek Routes Amid Red Sea Insecurity
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— Sep 13, 2026
Mogadishu Seaport received its first direct sugar shipment from Sri Lanka as traders bypass Gulf routes after Red Sea tensions displaced over 85,000 in Yemen.
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Priya Raman
Finding longer routes might raise costs for Somali businesses but avoiding the Gulf instability is probably the safer choice right now.
Rookie Lombard Powers Yankees Past Rockies 6-1
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— Sep 10, 2026
Rookie shortstop George Lombard Jr. hit his first career grand slam in a 6-1 Yankees win over the Colorado Rockies, making it New York’s first slam of 2026 and placing him as the second-youngest Yankee to reach the feat at 21 years, 99 days. Will Warren earned the win as Judge returned from injury with two hits, while Lombard’s third homer of the season came off Tomoyuki Sugano, with Luis García Jr. and Cody Bellinger also going deep.
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Sam Okafor
Lombard’s first grand slam at 21 looks like the start of something big for the Yankees lineup.
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William Wilberforce's Clapham Conversion
Parliamentarian Wilberforce meets John Newton and commits to abolition.
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Biden To Welcome Japan’s Suga As First Guest and Key Ally in China Strategy
Reporting
— Apr 16, 2021
President Joe Biden welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday as the first foreign leader to visit his White House, underscoring Tokyo’s central role in the U.S. strategy to counter the challenge of…
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All G7 Leaders Support Japan’s Plan To Hold Olympics This Summer: Japan PM
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— Feb 19, 2021
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said that all Group of Seven leaders expressed their support for Japan’s plan to hold the Tokyo Olympics this summer. Suga made the comment to reporters after a virtual G7 meeting…
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Quentin Tarantino vs Martin Scorsese
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The video store savant versus the film-school don — two visions of American violence, guilt, and cool.
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States Start Banning Sugar-Laced Drinks From Food Stamps Purchases
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— Aug 5, 2025
More states are jumping on the “Make America Healthy Again” bandwagon by starting to limit what can be possible purchased with food stamps. The goal is for recipients to picky healthier food options and steer away from…
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Cattle On Feed Rises, Grains Mostly Higher
Finance
— Aug 31, 2026
Traders see mixed signals in cattle and grain markets, with October'26 feeder cattle potentially testing lower levels around 306 and sugar #11 eyeing a move toward 30, while soybean oil and sugar remain buoyant on supply-demand dynamics and biofuel demand. USDA data show August cattle on feed rising 1.8% year over year to 11.117 million head due to longer feeding periods, as grain futures swing between modest gains and losses in latest sessions.
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Watchdog reports forced labor persists in DR sugarcane
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— Aug 18, 2026
A human rights investigation by Corporate Accountability Lab finds ongoing forced labor on Central Romana Corporation’s sugarcane plantations in the Dominican Republic, where up to about 8,000 workers face low wages and poor living conditions, with ties alleged to U.S. figures including Donald Trump and Marco Rubio. The findings follow a 2022 CBP ban on Central Romana products that was reversed last year under the Trump administration, prompting calls to reinstate the ban and tighten U.S. trade enforcement to prevent abuses in supply chains.
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White House Suspends Microsoft From Green Card Program Over H-1B Fraud
Dylan Kresak · 4 min · 5h
Mankai Duckweed Shows Promise In Lowering Blood Sugar Levels For Type 2 Diabetes
Reporting
— Sep 26, 2024
Duckweed covering the head of a frog. MATTHEW BAXTER VIA PEXELS. “> A new study has revealed that when consumed after meals, Mankai duckweed, a small aquatic plant, has the ability to significantly reduce blood sugar…
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The grammar gatekeeper test
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Twelve spelling and grammar traps that catch almost everyone. Pass, and the AI knights you. Fail, and it's gentle about it. Mostly.
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Coca-Cola Announces New Sugar Cane Coke Product
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— Jul 22, 2025
It’s sure to be a sweet deal. Coca-Cola will release a drink made with cane sugar in the United States, ABC News reported. The soft drink company made the announcement Tuesday. President Donald Trump posted the news…
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Trump Claims Coca‑Cola Agrees to Sugar Switch — Company Responds
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— Jul 17, 2025
The “Cola Wars” has apparently hit the White House. President Donald Trump said he suggested to Coca-Cola to change its formula use real cane sugar in Coke in the U.S. However, the company is mum so far, per the…
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Fans Chant ‘USA’ at Sugar Bowl Following New Orleans Attack
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— Jan 3, 2025
The Sugar Bowl took a sweet turn after fans shouted “U-S-A, U-S-A” before and after the National Anthem. The game between Georgia and Notre Dame Caesars Superdome in New Orleans was delayed a day after what is being…
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Dairy Queen revives Pumpkin Pie Blizzard for fall, end date undisclosed
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— Aug 31, 2026
Dairy Queen’s 2026 fall menu launches August 31 for a limited time, bringing back the Pumpkin Pie Blizzard along with two new items—the Brown Sugar Cookie Dough Blizzard and the Toasted Marshmallow Mocha DQ Coffee Cooler—while August also marks the debut of Caramel Apple Cheesecake Blizzard as Blizzard of the Month in the early fall rollout.
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Stress comes from untracked commitments, not too much work
A first mind sweep often surfaces over a hundred neglected commitments, and Allen’s closed loop exists to pull every one out of your head so attention can stay on the work in front of you.
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Activists ask India's Supreme Court to close food warning label loophole
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— Sep 7, 2026
Indian health activists have challenged a government plan for red front-of-pack labels that trigger warnings only when two of three nutrients exceed limits, arguing it creates an industry-friendly loophole that could let unhealthy products evade warnings, including those high in sugar alone. The government says stricter, nutrient-specific warnings could be introduced in later phases and a Supreme Court hearing is scheduled for September 10 to weigh the complaint, amid ongoing industry pushback and public health concerns.
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Derek Foss
If companies helped write the rules, of course there's a loophole. Hope the Court sides with public health over industry profits on this one.
Burton Replaces Herbst at Daytona; Heim to 2027 Seat
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— Aug 29, 2026
23XI Racing announced Riley Herbst will miss the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona due to lingering effects from last weekend’s incident, with Harrison Burton stepping into the No. 35 Toyota for the race. Burton, who won the 2024 Daytona summer event and last competed regularly in Cup, will run in place of Herbst in the final race of the regular season at Daytona.
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Keto Diet Outperforms Other Diets in U.S. Trial
Health
— Aug 27, 2026
A ketogenic, low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet may offer greater metabolic benefits for people with obesity and prediabetes, including reductions in liver fat and improvements in blood sugar control, compared with Mediterranean or low-fat diets, according to multiple randomized trials. While all three diets aid weight loss, the keto plan showed the strongest signals for metabolic health beyond weight loss itself.
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India Abandons Front-Label Warnings on Chips, Soda
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— Aug 25, 2026
A cross-border look at India’s fight over front-of-pack nutritional warnings shows big food firms continuing to resist prominent front labels, with regulators proposing a black-and-white table of sugar, fat and salt instead of colorful warnings and the Supreme Court now reviewing the decision amid concerns that up to 450 million Indians could be obese or overweight by 2050. Experts argue that interpretive labeling can promote healthier choices, but industry groups and regulators remain at odds over how to balance clarity, cultural cuisine differences, and portion control.
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Record Heat Grips French Wine Industry
Environment
— Aug 19, 2026
Climate change is driving earlier grape ripening and shorter growing cycles worldwide, leading to higher sugar and alcohol levels while reducing acidity and altering flavor balance, with heat, drought and wildfires harming yields in key wine regions. In France, extreme heat and drought have pushed harvests earlier, delayed official forecasts, and heightened uncertainty about crop size and quality across multiple regions.
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Republican Infighting Derails GOP Plans To Lower Gas And Diesel Prices Before Election Day
Simon August · 5 min · 6h
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