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Hawaii to join West Coast Health Alliance with California, Oregon, and Washington  Governor of California (.gov) Trump health agenda sparks revolt: 3 West Coast governors form vaccine alliance  Fox News Snubbing Kennedy, States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines  The New York Times The U.S. is headed toward two very different vaccination realities  NBC News RFK Jr. drives a wedge between red and blue …

The governors of California, Oregon and Washington announced on Wednesday the creation of a West Coast Health Alliance aimed at safeguarding access to vaccines, amid growing turmoil at the nation’s top public health agency under the leadership of Robert F Kennedy Jr. In a joint press release, Governors Gavin Newsom of California, Tina Kotek of Oregon, and Bob Ferguson of …

Story Links West Coast Conference What They Are Saying (PDF) LA JOLLA, Calif. – UC San Diego has accepted a formal invitation to join the West Coast Conference (WCC) beginning July 1, 2027.   “We are excited to join the West Coast Conference, propelling our …

SACRAMENTO — With the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in turmoil as vaccine skeptics gain influence in the Trump administration, California is partnering with Washington and Oregon to form a pact that will offer its own public health recommendations. Govs. Gavin Newsom of California, Tina Kotek of Oregon and Bob Ferguson of Washington announced Wednesday the creation of the West …

American military warships are positioning themselves off the shores of Venezuela in what Pentagon officials are calling a counter-narcotics mission targeting Latin American cartels. The display of force has led President Nicolás Maduro to call up millions of workers, farmers, and fishers to serve as a bulwark to an unknown threat. As many as eight missile destroyers and nuclear submarines …

CARACAS, Venezuela — U.S. warships steam toward the southern Caribbean. The Trump administration denounces embattled “narco-president” Nicolás Maduro and doubles a bounty on his head to $50 million. Rumors of an invasion, coup or other form of U.S. intervention flood social media. For the beleaguered people of Venezuela, mired in more than a decade of crisis — hyperinflation, food shortages, authoritarian rule …

Trump Taunting Maduro on Venezuela Coast Spurs Questions on Goal  Bloomberg.com US builds up forces in Caribbean as officials, experts, ask why  Reuters U.S. guided-missile cruiser spotted crossing the Panama Canal after warships deployed to Venezuela  CBS News Why is the U.S. deploying war ships to South America? 4 things to know  PBS Venezuela’s Maduro says ‘no way’ US can invade as Trump deploys …

An aerial view of rebuilt elevated homes earlier this month along Waveland Beach in Mississippi, an area hard-hit by Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago. The catastrophic storm sent an approximately 30-foot-high storm surge into Waveland and destroyed or damaged nearly every home in the town. Nearly 1,400 people died across the Gulf Coast, and it remains the costliest storm in …

The US coast guard announced on Monday that it had seized more than 76,000lbs of illegal drugs off the coast of Florida – marking the largest drug offload in the 110-year history of the maritime law enforcement agency. According to a news release from the branch of the US military, officials offloaded approximately 61,740lbs of cocaine and approximately 14,400lbs of …

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard seized more than 75,000 pounds (34,000 kilograms) of illegal drugs this summer from boats far out to sea in the Pacific and Caribbean, which the service called its largest-ever haul worth nearly half a billion dollars. The Coast Guard worked with the Department of Defense on these seizures, catching 19 drug-carrying vessels off the …