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Cooking meat to the correct internal temperature is one way to prevent food-borne illness. (LordHenriVoton/E+/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — This Independence Day holiday takes place as record-breaking heat waves have spread across many parts of the US and the world, and the temperatures could be deadly. As I drink lots of water and perspire through high temperatures and humidity this week, I think about safely celebrating the Fourth of July holiday.

Charles Q. Brown Jr. arrives for a press conference following a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Pentagon on May 20, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia.

Citing significant financial management and oversight concerns identified in an independent forensic evaluation, Seattle and King County announced Wednesday that they will begin transferring responsibility for most homelessness service contracts from the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) back to the Seattle Human Services Department and King County’s Department of Community and Human Services while restructuring the regional agency’s role in the homelessness response system.

istock Seattle and King County officials say the sweeping restructuring of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) is intended to improve financial oversight without disrupting the homelessness services thousands of people rely on every day.

Benjamin Pinckney, who graduated from Lehman College in May 2026, estimates he paid at least 90% of his undergraduate tuition out-of-pocket. He wants to go to graduate school to become a physician assistant but doesn’t know how he will finance his education as new student loan limits go into effect. Credit: Erica S. Lee for KFF Health News by Lauren Sausser, Kaiser Health News Benjamin Pinckney, 46, has dreamed of becoming a physician assistant since just after his 20th birthday.

Dr. LeKesha Attuquayefio’s ministry spans preaching, leadership development, YouTube, missions and mentoring women in ministry. But she says every opportunity traces back to the example of a grandmother whose greatest ministry happened behind a closed bedroom door. Credit: Courtesy of Dr. LeKesha Attuquayefio by Rev. Dorothy S.

A delivery worker pulls a cart in New York City during a potentially life-threatening heat wave. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz / AFP) (Photo by LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images) by Willy Blackmore It wasn’t extremely hot when Shauna Thomas’ electricity was shut off in early June last year after she fell behind on her bills. In St. Ann, Missouri, the small city just north of Saint Louis, where Thomas lived, it was 88 degrees that day.

Black midwives are going beyond the limits of conventional care to help communities confront the maternal healthcare crisis. by Jennifer Porter Gore Dr. Kaytura Felix spent more than two decades studying minority health, structural racism and the inequities that have left Black Americans with some of the nation’s worst health outcomes.

The Justice Department says only the federal government can enforce the Clean Air Act, backing Elon Musk’s xAI against an NAACP lawsuit over pollution affecting Black communities.

By Ben Jealous (Trice Edney Wire) – Every year, we remember Paul Revere’s ride. As we should. We should also reckon with Paul Revere’s picture. His engraving of the Boston Massacre helped light the fire for revolution. It showed British soldiers firing into a crowd. Men fell dead in the street. Yet the first man killed that night is hidden in plain sight. His name was Crispus Attucks. He was a sailor of African and Native ancestry.