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Cyclosporiasis is a foodborne illness caused by contaminated food or water carrying the Cyclospora parasite. FDA officials have yet to figure out the source of the outbreak that the CDC says has sicked more than 1,600 people this summer.
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FDA still focused on Taylor Farms lettuce as Cyclospora source despite retracted test
Yuki Noguchi
The FDA says lettuce distributed by Taylor Fresh Foods and Taylor Farms de Mexico is still linked to the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis. But the source may be difficult to definitively trace.
Spain wowed the world with its World Cup championship win over Argentina on Sunday. Now we list what wowed NPR's team of correspondents who traveled across the United States during the nearly six-week-long tournament.
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10 things that wowed us at the 2026 World Cup
Becky Sullivan, Jasmine Garsd, Russell Lewis
Paramount's owners had hoped to seal a deal to buy Hollywood rival Warner Bros. this week. But on Monday, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a temporary restraining order pausing the acquisition.
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Court ruling freezes Paramount-Warner Bros. merger for now
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For Avalon Emerson, starting a band changed everything
Stephen Kallao, Miguel Perez
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Texas turns to recovery after deadly floods, but danger isn’t over along the Nueces River
The storms killed at least two people and prompted disaster declarations covering dozens of counties.
Advocates fear Big Bend border wall will pollute Earth’s largest Dark Sky Reserve
How the World Cup final was a ‘sunset on Argentina and a sunrise on Spain’s team’
Floodwaters reached higher ground in Kerrville this year, flooding homes spared in 2025
Climate scientists have predicted greater flooding in Texas for decades. It’s happening now
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