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‘Fat Leonard’ Was a Crook U.S. Admirals Called Bro
Foreign Policy Magazine· 4 days agoLeonard Glenn Francis, known widely as “Fat Leonard,” was 6-foot-3 and 350 pounds—and was among Washington’s most wanted after escaping custody in...
Does Starbucks sell boba? I tried the new Summer Skies drink — and I have a few notes
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAll three drinks are available at all Starbucks stores for the summer, while supplies last. A...
Flood of China Used Cooking Oil Spurs Call to Hike US Levies
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 2 days ago(Bloomberg) -- As President Joe Biden prepares a new wave of tariffs against China, a US soybean...
How Do Brown Rice and White Rice Compare?
Health via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOver 100,000 rice varieties are grown in over 100 countries worldwide, but 90% of rice's global production originates in Asia. Rice varieties differ in...
Her father's death fuels a lifelong push to understand South Asian heart health
San Francisco Chronicle· 2 hours agoDr. Latha Palaniappan, an internal medicine doctor and professor of cardiovascular medicine at...
Eleven years after his arrest, 'Fat Leonard' faces sentencing in a massive Navy corruption scandal
WUNC Chapel Hill· 6 days agoFrancis was better known as "Fat Leonard" during his decades-long career as a Navy contractor in Asia. From the 1990s through his arrest in 2013, Francis ...
In defense of wild meat’s place at the table
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIt’s very mixed. Globally, tens of millions of people are estimated to rely on wild meat from several hundred different species. Some people are hunting...
Claire Messud on Virginia Woolf, 'The Little Prince,' and The Book That Kept Her Up Too Late
Elle via Yahoo News· 1 day agoI first read it while traveling alone in Asia the summer after I graduated from college, carrying...
Why the Hybrid Boom Is Funding EVs
The Wall Street Journal· 7 hours agoJapan’s carmakers have been churning out record profits thanks to the weak yen and strong hybrid sales, creating a war chest for electric-vehicle...
What Can Black Seed Oil Do for Your Health?
Mercola· 10 hours agoNot to be confused with black cumin (Bunium bulbocastanum),1 black seed oil comes from the Nigella sativa (N. sativa) plant, which grows in Southern Europe, Southwest Asia ...
