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Manhattan casino dreams die – Politico

Manhattan casino dreams die  Politico Last Standing Proposal for a Casino in Manhattan Is Voted Down  The New York Times Adams tries to salvage remaining casino bids after 2 rejections  Crain’s New York Business Final bid for casino in Manhattan is rejected. These 2 NYC spots still have shot  NBC New York Freedom Plaza casino proposal voted down, ending all Manhattan bids  Spectrum News NY1 …

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Three Die in Australia After Optus Emergency Calls Fail

Three Die in Australia After Optus Emergency Calls Fail

(Bloomberg) — Optus, the Australian unit of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., is facing multiple investigations and potential penalties after a technical failure that disrupted emergency calls and resulted in three deaths. The outage occurred during a network upgrade Thursday and impacted the so-called Triple Zero calls in South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Follow-up checks revealed that three people …

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3, including country music singer, die in plane crash

3, including country music singer, die in plane crash

Country singer and songwriter Brett James, known for the hit “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” died with two others in a small plane crash in North Carolina’s mountains Thursday, authorities said Friday. James, also known for the hit song “When the Sun Goes Down,” was traveling in a single-engine Cirrus SR22T plane when it crashed near Lotla Valley Elementary School in Franklin, about an …

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Scientists: It’s do or die time for America’s primacy exploring the Solar System

Scientists: It’s do or die time for America’s primacy exploring the Solar System

An unforeseen contribution from Juno Juno, meanwhile, has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, collecting information on the giant planet’s internal structure, magnetic field, and atmosphere. “Everything is functional,” said Scott Bolton, the lead scientist on Juno, also from SWRI. “There’s been some degradation, things that we saw many years ago, but those haven’t changed. Actually, some of them improved, to …

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Kids could die: Blame anti-vaccine Trump administration for Ohio’s plummeting vax rates

Kids could die: Blame anti-vaccine Trump administration for Ohio’s plummeting vax rates

An alarming decline in childhood vaccination rates, resulting from anti-science rhetoric, likely means a resurgence of deadly preventable diseases, and the Today in Ohio podcast crew suggests that only the firing of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will restore sane decision making to health policy. Lisa Garvin noted that vaccination rates among kindergarteners in Ohio has dropped 4.5 percent since the …

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‘1 in 5 people … die, sometimes within a day or two of becoming ill’

‘1 in 5 people … die, sometimes within a day or two of becoming ill’

A bacterial infection once considered rare, with a frighteningly high mortality rate, is now surging, and experts warned that rising temperatures and warming seas are the culprit, CNN reported. What’s happening? Vibrio vulnificus is an “opportunistic bacterial pathogen” that proliferates in warm waters with a low salt content, according to the journal Nature. That article was published in March 2023, …

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2 die from flesh-eating bacteria infections after eating raw oysters

2 die from flesh-eating bacteria infections after eating raw oysters

Two people died after contracting flesh-eating bacteria from eating raw oysters that were harvested in Louisiana, according to state health officials. According to NBC News, the oyster-related deaths from Vibrio vulnificus were reported earlier this week during a meeting of the Louisiana Oyster Task Force. The individuals who died had consumed the oysters at separate restaurants, one located in Louisiana …

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