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Month: January 2025

NIH interim director comes from its research ranks but is known for questioning Covid-19 vaccine mandates

By Meg Tirrell and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Matthew Memoli, a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases researcher focused on flu and other respiratory viruses, has been named acting director of the nearly $50 billion agency. A confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, hasn’t

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US freezes almost all foreign aid

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department has frozen nearly all foreign assistance worldwide, effective immediately, days after President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order Monday to put a hold on such aid for 90 days. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a cable, seen by CNN, to all US diplomatic

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Trump dice que la mala gestión en los bosques y el agua en California es culpable de los incendios forestales. ¿Es cierto?

Por Ella Nilsen, CNN A principios de este mes, cuando más de 96 kilómetros cuadrados de Los Ángeles ardieron violentamente, el entonces presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, culpó a un pez. Trump insinuó falsamente en una publicación de Truth Social que Los Ángeles carecía de agua para apagar los incendios porque el gobernador

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Residents say they were forced to flee Jenin refugee camp as Israel’s West Bank military operation intensifies

CNN By Nadeen Ebrahim, Nada Bashir and Kareem Khadder, CNN Jenin, West Bank (CNN) — The sound of gunfire and explosions filled the air as residents of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank hauled their belongings down the muddy pathway. Smoke billowed from multiple areas in the camp’s Al-Hadaf neighborhood, while a

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Judge bars Oath Keepers released from prison by Trump from entering DC or US Capitol grounds without permission

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Several members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right extremist group, cannot enter Washington, DC, or the grounds of the US Capitol without first receiving court permission, a federal judge said Friday, days after President Donald Trump commuted their prison sentences. The brief order from US District Judge Amit Mehta

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Beaverton’s $328.5 million Powerball winner comes forward; winning ticket was sold at Fred Meyer

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The ticket matching all six Powerball numbers in last Saturday’s $328.5 million Powerball jackpot was sold at the Fred Meyer store on SW Walker Road in Beaverton. The store will receive a bonus of $100,000 for selling the jackpot winner, Oregon Lottery officials say.  In celebration of this stroke of good luck, Fred

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El Gobierno de Argentina dice que buscará eliminar la figura del feminicidio de su Código Penal

Por Verónica Calderón, CNN en Español El ministro de Justicia de Argentina, Mariano Cúneo Libarola, informó este viernes que el gobierno que preside Javier Milei eliminará la figura del feminicidio del Código Penal argentino. “Vamos a eliminar la figura del femicidio del Código Penal Argentino. Porque esta administración defiende la igualdad ante la Ley consagrada

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Kemp says anyone who harms law enforcement ‘should be held fully accountable’ for actions

By Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon virtually every convicted rioter at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, including those who beat up members of law enforcement. Without mentioning him by name, Kemp condemned Trump’s broad pardons while also taking a swipe at

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Bird flu

Washington County cat tests positive for avian influenza H5N1; ODA has tips on how to protect your cat

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — A cat in Washington County recently tested positive for Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza (HPAI, more specifically avian influenza type A H5N1), the Oregon Department of Agriculture said Friday. The outdoor cat with a history of exposure to wild waterfowl (ducks & geese) was examined by a veterinarian after exhibiting symptoms, including

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