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This HIV expert refused to censor data, then quit the CDC

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John Weiser, a doctor and researcher, has treated people with HIV since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. He joined the CDC’s HIV prevention team in 2011 to help lead its Medical Monitoring Project, the only in-depth survey of HIV across the United States. The project has shaped the country’s response to the epidemic over two ...Read more

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The crime that haunts Mexico, sowing fear, disrupting life: extortion

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MEXICO CITY — A shop owner facing threats shutters the clothing store that had been in his family for generations.

A leader of a citrus growers association is kidnapped and killed after refusing mob demands for a cut of profits.

Enraged peasant farmers fed up with paying graft turn on cartel thugs in a bloody showdown.

In Mexico, these ...Read more

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How delays and bankruptcy let a nursing home chain avoid paying settlements for injuries and deaths

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Nancy Hunt arrived at an emergency room from a Genesis HealthCare nursing home in Pennsylvania in such dreadful shape, including maggots infesting her gangrened foot, that the hospital called an elder abuse hotline and then the police, her son alleged in a lawsuit.

Hunt died five days later. Her death certificate said the foot injury was a “...Read more

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The Chicago Immigrant Orchestra is defiant in the wake of recent raids

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CHICAGO — “I’ve always had this idealistic impression about the United States,” says musician Wanees Zarour, who is co-director of the Chicago Immigrant Orchestra. “This country is diverse and embraces multiculturalism, to an extent. So the fact that I’m not white — I’m brown — shouldn’t pose any issues from a security ...Read more

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California wildlife officials quietly shift on killing a high-profile predator

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In a move that reverses nearly a decade of practice, California wildlife officials have quietly begun to allow killing mountain lions in order to protect another iconic native — bighorn sheep.

Though limited to the Eastern Sierra — the steep, rugged home of a rare type of the wild sheep — it marks a sea change for California, where ...Read more

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'Everybody thinks it's shut down.' Why protesters won't leave Alligator Alcatraz

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MIAMI — At 3 pm on a Tuesday in July, a man from Georgia contacted the Collier County Sheriff’s Office to report a woman with purple hair sitting in a car on the south side of Route 41, across from the gates of Alligator Alcatraz. She was live on TikTok, recording the license plates of vehicles entering and leaving the facility.

“She’s ...Read more

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A balancing act in planning for America's 250th birthday party

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WASHINGTON — Two partners are each taking the lead in a dance to celebrate America’s 250th birthday next year: Rosie Rios, chair of a bipartisan commission created by Congress to plan events to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and President Donald Trump, chair of a White House task force that is making its own ...Read more

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Trump expands US travel ban to include two Caribbean countries

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Citizens of Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica will face new restrictions on entry into the United States after President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded a partial travel ban to include 15 new countries as of Jan. 1.

In adding the two eastern Caribbean nations to the list, Trump cited concerns about their Citizenship by Investment, or CBI, ...Read more

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California on track for lowest Lake Mead use in 75 years

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Lake Mead may be facing historic shortages, but officials from the Colorado River state that uses the most water are celebrating unprecedented water savings.

At a briefing for reporters at Tuesday’s Colorado River Water Users Association conference at Caesars Palace, leaders from California’s biggest water districts said the state is on ...Read more

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Trump expands U.S. travel ban to include two Caribbean countries

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Citizens of Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica will face new restrictions on entry into the United States after President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded a partial travel ban to include 15 new countries as of Jan. 1.

In adding the two eastern Caribbean nations to the list, Trump cited concerns about their Citizenship by Investment, or CBI, ...Read more

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House passes bill to allow FERC to keep power plants from closing

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The House passed a bill Tuesday that would give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authority to require retiring power plants to remain open if their closure could pose reliability concerns.

Under the bill, known as the Power Plant Reliability Act, FERC would determine whether a plant scheduled to retire should remain open if a complaint ...Read more

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Trump designates Venezuela regime a foreign terrorist organization, orders oil blockade

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday designated the government of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro a foreign terrorist organization and ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers moving in and out of the South American country.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed that the “illegitimate Maduro Regime” stole ...Read more

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Canada's fentanyl czar seeks Chinese help to stop precursors

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Canada wants to work more closely with China to stop the chemicals used to create the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl from reaching North America, said Prime Minister Mark Carney’s point person for fighting the opioid crisis.

“We’re looking to collaborate with China, because it’s not an indictment against the Chinese government, per se...Read more

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Nick Reiner had tense exchange with Bill Hader night before parents were found dead, report says

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Nick Reiner is said to have stormed out of Conan O’Brien’s holiday party after a tense moment with Bill Hader, the night before his parents were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home.

It all started at Saturday night’s annual event, where 32-year-old Reiner, who now faces murder charges in connection with the slayings, ...Read more

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'Déjà vu': Rabbi who was victim of 2019 antisemitic shooting mourns family member killed in Sydney

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It was late in the night when Yisroel Goldstein received a call from a relative notifying him of the shooting at Bondi Beach.

After that, the rabbi and former director of a suburban San Diego County synagogue was glued to his phone, filtering calls and messages for updates on his brother-in-law, his niece and other family members who ...Read more

In Marty Small Sr. trial, jurors will decide whether Atlantic City mayor is guilty of child abuse

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MAYS LANDING, N.J. — After a week in court, attorneys delivered closing arguments Tuesday in the child abuse trial of Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr.

Defense lawyers for Small, a 51-year-old Democrat who was reelected this year, said the allegations that he and his wife had abused their teenage daughter multiple times in late 2023 and ...Read more

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Lead found in drinking water at dozens of Long Island school districts

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Dozens of school districts across Long Island have found lead in their drinking water this year, the New York State Department of Health announced on Tuesday.

More than 40 districts in Suffolk County and over 20 in Nassau County tested positive for lead, according to the new report.

The discovery comes after the state reduced the acceptable ...Read more

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'Just a moment': Police ask public for video of Brown shooting suspect

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Officials released more footage Tuesday of the person suspected of killing two students and injuring nine others in a shooting at Brown University over the weekend.

The videos released by the Providence Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation are compiled in chronological order and spliced with maps tracing the suspect’s path.

The clips ...Read more

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Jared Kushner is back and breaking a vow to avoid politics

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WASHINGTON — For a man who vowed to stay out of the political spotlight, Jared Kushner is finding himself very much in its glare.

He helped clinch a ceasefire agreement and secure the release of hostages in Gaza. He has sat across from Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy — separately — in a bid to negotiate a peace deal over Ukraine. ...Read more

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Rob Reiner's son Nick charged with murder in parents' deaths

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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors on Tuesday announced murder charges against Nick Reiner, days after his parents — Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner — were found stabbed inside their Brentwood home.

Prosecutors filed two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances against Nick Reiner on Tuesday...Read more