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A hair stylist uses a flat iron on a client's wet hair.

Tech

Review finds toxic chemicals in hair straightening products, with Black women and stylists hit hardest

A package of frozen meatloaf with garlic mashed potatoes from Power Plate Meals.

Food

Check your freezer: Frozen meatloaf meals recalled after soy is left off the label

A laboratory setting with a scientist in a mask working near a microscope and a white rat in a clear container.

Tech

Microplastics hit the liver hard on a high-fat diet, mouse study finds

A woman carrying a child under an umbrella on a hot day.

Home

As 105-degree heat shuts schools across India, working mothers are pushed to a breaking point

An earthworm is crawling across soil.

Tech

Microplastics shortened worms' lives, disrupted reproduction, and carried toxins into their bodies

A dying lawn in the backyard.

Home

Virginia residents urged to conserve water after state hits driest stretch since 1941

A glassy-winged sharpshooter on a leaf.

Tech

County issues warning after Costco grapevines found carrying invasive pest

A surfer sitting on a surfboard in the ocean.

Outdoors

Chilling drone footage shows shark approaching surfer as camera operator tries to warn him

A golden retriever eating from a metal dog bowl on a brick patio.

Tech

Study finds microplastics in most pet foods tested, and large dogs could ingest thousands a day

A medical professional points at an ultrasound image on a tablet next to a model of a liver.

Tech

Kentucky resident sues, claiming chemical plant emissions caused liver cancer

A panoramic view of a city skyline across a bay under a clear blue sky with smoke in the foreground.

Outdoors

Miami brush fires shut part of Turnpike as crews battle heat, hotspots, and looming storms

A tegu lizard sitting in plants and twigs.

Outdoors

'They look like mini dinosaurs': Florida asks residents to report invasive tegus