Health officials have declared an Ebola outbreak after recording 58 suspected cases and 20 deaths from the disease. Last week, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared the Ebola outbreak in the towns of Bulape and Mweka in the Kasai Province. And on Wednesday, the CDC posted a level 1 travel alert for Americans, advising them to take precautions if …
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Carey Gallagher began her senior year at Yonkers Middle High School in New York this week alongside 1,438 students, now all required to place their cellphones in a locked magnetic pouch. Yonkers School District purchased Yondr phone pouches for about 11,000 students to comply with the statewide mandate that bans phones in classrooms. The pouch, which students carry with them, …
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Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson hasn’t joined Sunday night’s opponent Josh Allen in landing a contract extension ahead of the 2025 season, but he said on Wednesday that he’s only thinking about the Bills at the moment. The prospect of a contract extension has been a frequent talking point this offseason with Jackson’s $74.5 million cap hit in 2026 standing out …
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The first Black mayor of a tiny Alabama town overwhelmingly won election this week, four years after he says White residents locked him out of the town hall and refused to let him serve. Incumbent Mayor Patrick Braxton was elected as the mayor of Newbern, winning 66 votes to his opponent’s 26, according to results posted by the town. His …
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Google’s entire Pixel 10 series ships with a high refresh rate display that can go up to 120Hz to deliver that buttery smooth experience. However, the company decided to take one step backward with its base model by outright disabling the feature, meaning that when you remove the device from its packaging for the first time, you will notice that …
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Robert Triggs / Android Authority The Google Pixel 10 series has plenty of new features for both fans and newcomers. As is Google’s current direction of travel, many of these focus on new or improved AI tools. However, leaning heavily on AI to power smartphones requires a few changes to how we usually think about running apps. Typically, when we …
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With the pendulum swinging away from remote work and toward return-to-office mandates, working in a new region or state may no longer mean simply logging onto Zoom. As a result, companies are increasingly investing in employee relocations, as the latest Atlas corporate survey reveals. But are these investments enough to keep the hiring pipeline flowing? Keeping a white-collar job or …
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Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier from Fort Worth returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday but says she remains locked inside the Capitol because she wouldn’t sign a permission slip to be under escort by the Texas Department of Public Safety. The escorts for all House Democrats who left the state of Texas last month — preventing a vote on …
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Courtesy of Warner Bros. The Boxoffice Podium Forecasting the Top 3 Movies at the Domestic Box Office | August 15 – 17, 2025 Week 33 | August 15 – 17, 2025 It’s going to be a rough weekend as we officially enter the dog days of the August box office. We are going to come in under $100M total at …
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