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New York City health officials on Friday declared the Harlem Legionnaires’ disease outbreak over, a day after revealing a seventh associated death as the patient count ticked up slightly. There have been no new cases among people who live and work in the affected area since Aug. 9, health officials said, meaning the cluster can be considered ended. Legionnaires’ disease …

White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress’ funding power  Politico Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid approved by Congress, using a maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago  Anchorage Daily News Trump moves to permanently cancel funding in rare move around Congress  Reuters Appeals court keeps alive challenge to Trump’s effort to cancel billions in foreign aid  CNN …

The actor Emma Stone has declared that she believes in the existence of aliens, saying she agrees with the astronomer Carl Sagan, who said it would be “pretty narcissistic” to think otherwise. In her new film Bugonia, Stone plays a chief executive of a major company who is kidnapped by a pair of conspiracy theorists who believe she is an …

Trypanosoma parasites, the same which cause sleeping sickness, in the bloodstream – credit, CDC public domain A deadly tropical disease known as sleeping sickness has been eliminated from Kenya in a significant public health triumph. The East African nation is the 10th on the continent to achieve the milestone, but also the most populous to do so. Human African trypanosomiasis …

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg declared a “partial victory” on Monday, after a U.S. district judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting his client to Uganda. “It’s certainly a partial victory,” he said on CNN on Monday evening. “The government wanted to remove him from the country as early as Thursday. And they can’t do that now.” U.S. District …

The Texas measles outbreak that sickened 762 people since late January is over, state health officials said Monday. Health officials have not confirmed a new case in the affected counties in more than 42 days, passing the threshold used to declare measles outbreaks over. The last outbreak-related case in Texas was on July 1, according to state data. Two young …

SpaceX Declares “They Walked Out on Their Own” After Dragon Capsule Brings Home 6,700 Pounds of Next-Gen Robots From Daring Mission  Rude Baguette NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Astronauts to Discuss Science Mission  NASA (.gov) Crew 10 returns to Earth with Pacific Ocean splashdown  Spaceflight Now 4 people and 5 months in space, NASA’s Crew-10 mission safely returns to Earth  NPR Astronauts return to Earth in …

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell has never been afraid to say things like it is, and that certainly applies for his post-game press conference after the Lions’ 24-17 preseason loss to the Miami Dolphins. When asked if the backup quarterback job is now Kyle Allen’s to lose over Hendon Hooker, Campbell didn’t mince words. “Yeah, I mean, he’s playing better, …

Federal judge declares Education Department’s attempt to bar diversity programs unlawful  Politico Judge blocks two Trump efforts to eliminate DEI in schools and colleges  The Guardian Judge Blocks White House Effort to Defund Schools With D.E.I. Programs  The New York Times Another Trump Appointee Deals Legal Blow To President’s Agenda  Newsweek Judge blocks Trump guidance that threatened DEI programs in schools  The Hill Source link

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The governor of New Mexico declared a state of emergency Wednesday in response to violent crime and drug trafficking across a swath of northern New Mexico, including two Native American pueblo communities. The emergency declaration by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham makes $750,000 available as local governments and tribal officials in Rio Arriba County call for …