U.S. Food and Drug Administration Trader Joe’s voluntarily recalled its Creamy Valencia Peanut Butter because of its possible link to salmonella. The grocery store chain Trader Joe’s is voluntarily recalling peanut butter that has been linked to 29 salmonella illnesses in 18 states. The Food and Drug Administration and the federal Centers for Disease Control

Enlarge Ali Ali/EPA/Landov A Palestinian family rides on a donkey cart along a waste dump in Al-Nusirat, central Gaza Strip, in February. Living conditions continue to deteriorate for the 1.8 million Palestinians who reside in Gaza. Ali Ali/EPA/Landov A Palestinian family rides on a donkey cart along a waste dump in Al-Nusirat, central Gaza Strip,

Enlarge Dan Carsen/WBHM First-grade teacher Euginia Miller reads to her class at Avondale Elementary School in Birmingham, Ala. In this crucible of the civil rights movement, the city’s schools are being reintegrated, as a handful of middle-class parents ignore the school district’s poor reputation and enroll their kids in the city’s public schools. Dan Carsen/WBHM

A plane carrying Ann Romney, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s wife, made an emergency landing Friday afternoon after smoke filled the cabin. No injuries were reported. An apparent electrical fire forced the detour on the flight from Omaha, Nebraska, to Los Angeles, campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul said. The candidate and his wife spoke immediately after

Enlarge NPR A screengrab shows three highly funded Design projects currently on Kickstarter’s site. The company’s founder say they will require more information about the challenges potential entrepreneurs could face. NPR A screengrab shows three highly funded Design projects currently on Kickstarter’s site. The company’s founder say they will require more information about the challenges

Enlarge Julie Jacobson/AP Mitt Romney waves to supporters as he arrives at a rally Friday in Las Vegas. Julie Jacobson/AP Mitt Romney waves to supporters as he arrives at a rally Friday in Las Vegas. Mitt Romney’s Friday release of his 2011 tax return puts that issue back in the headlines just when it had

Enlarge Courtesy of the John and Laura Arnold Foundation Billionaires John and Laura Arnold are betting that the country’s top nutrition researchers can get to the bottom of the obesity epidemic. Courtesy of the John and Laura Arnold Foundation Billionaires John and Laura Arnold are betting that the country’s top nutrition researchers can get to

Amy Sancetta/AP Samuel Mullet outside his home in Bergholz, Ohio, in 2011. Fifteen members of an Amish breakaway group in Ohio “have been found guilty of hate crimes by carrying out beard- and hair-cutting attacks against fellow Amish in a dispute over religious differences,” The Associated Press reports. According to the wire service, a jury

kennymatic via Flickr The genetic factors responsible for a cat’s stripes might help researchers understand disease resistance in humans. At this point it’s just an interesting hypothesis, but it’s possible that understanding cat coloration could help scientists understand resistance to infectious diseases. Here’s the connection. Stephen O’Brien and colleagues at a variety of institutions including

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Enlarge Scott Olson/Getty Images Students at Frazier International Magnet School wait outside before the start of school on Wednesday in Chicago. Scott Olson/Getty Images Students at Frazier International Magnet School wait outside before the start of school on Wednesday in Chicago. Tens of thousands of students are back in school this morning in Chicago. As

Enlarge STR/Reuters /Landov Islamist fighters carry their flag during the funeral of a fellow fighter who died during clashes on Sunday, outside Aleppo in northern Syria. A similar flag, raised over the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, was at the heart of a dispute that highlights the growing tension between homegrown Syrian rebels and radical Islamists