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Bird flu continues to appear to pose a “low risk to the general public” for now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. But the agency’s scientists ran into roadblocks investigating a human case of this “pandemic potential” virus this year, they said in a new report. Epidemiologists from the agency were ultimately unable
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Marc Summers, the iconic host of Nickelodeon’s “Double Dare” and a familiar face on television for over three decades, is now showcasing his life story in New York City through his one-man play, “The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers.” It is something Summers, 72, thought would never happen. He was nearly out of the
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Washington — Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife were indicted on more than a dozen federal charges alleging they took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from an oil company owned by the government of Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank, the Justice Department said Friday. The 54-page indictment filed in federal district court
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Washington — A former government employee with ties to federal intelligence agencies was arrested in Virginia Thursday and accused of sending fake tips to the FBI in which he falsely accused multiple coworkers of taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach, newly unsealed court documents revealed. Investigators alleged in court records that Miguel
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A 78-year-old Belgian man was arrested on suspicion of murdering his companion 30 years ago after excavation work turned up human remains in a garden, prosecutors said. The suspect, named only as Hans D., was arrested this week, charged, and fitted with an electronic tracking bracelet. He was set to appear Friday in court in
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The Smashing Pumpkins go to social media in search of new guitarist The Smashing Pumpkins go to social media in search of new guitarist 00:30 The Smashing Pumpkins has been an iconic alt-rock ban for decades. And now the group has added a new member to help them carry on for decades more. “The news
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When Los Angeles Police Department officers in riot gear arrived at the University of California, Los Angeles early Thursday, the anonymous messaging app Sidechat filled with posts trying to piece together what was happening: “Is everyone ok? I just heard like 8 cop cars go by,” one post read. Others shared rumors about police action
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China on Friday launched a lunar probe to land on the far side of the moon in a first-of-its-kind mission to return with samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side. It is the latest advance in China’s increasingly sophisticated space exploration program, which is now competing with
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Washington — Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance next year under a new directive the Biden administration released Friday. The move took longer than promised to finalize and fell short of President Biden’s initial proposal to allow those migrants
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Nervous, and at one point in tears, Donald Trump’s former communications director Hope Hicks on Friday told the jury in his criminal trial about how he reacted in 2016 and 2018 when news reports surfaced about allegations of extramarital sexual encounters and his attempts to suppress them. Hicks was Trump’s top press aide during his
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