The Daily Populous

Rates of tooth decay in Queensland primary schoolchildren have plummeted since the expansion of water fluoridation in the state, a new study has found.

That was down from 49.5 per cent of children studied in 2010-12 when water fluoridation was being rolled out across Queensland under the 2008 Bligh government mandate.

Professor Do said further analysis of the Queensland data was anticipated, with research into the cost-benefit of water fluoridation expected. »

US Capitol police are reportedly investigating after a US flag bearing a swastika was discovered inside the office of Republican House member Dave Taylor of Ohio.

Upon learning of this matter, I immediately directed a thorough investigation alongside Capitol Police, which remains ongoing.

According to his office, the flag was discovered on Tuesday afternoon inside Taylor’s suite in the Cannon building on Capitol Hill, Politico reported. »

It was a silent protest of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s new policy that severely restricts press access.

On Tuesday, as Pentagon beat reporters started to turn in their press passes, some noticed and appreciated the “journalism is not a crime” poster.

Press freedom advocates say Hegseth is undermining those principles by pushing reporters out of the Pentagon and trying to stop them from talking with sources. »

A Pennsylvania man who was recently exonerated after spending more than four decades behind bars has now been taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) and faces possible deportation to India.

However, shortly after his exoneration, Vedam was detained by Ice based on a 1988 deportation order tied to his now-vacated convictions.

Vedam is being held at the Moshannon Valley processing center, an immigration detention facility in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, as his family awaits an update on his deportation case. »