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President Donald Trump talks to the media in the Hall of Nations at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on March 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Trump’s announcement on Truth Social that the 48th annual Kennedy Center Honors recipients would be announced tomorrow caught Kennedy Center …

A union representing US Centers for Disease Control employees has demanded that the federal government condemn vaccine misinformation after a man who evidently blamed the Covid-19 vaccination for making him depressed and suicidal aimed gunfire Friday at the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta. The 30-year-old shooting suspect, who killed a police officer and died during the attack, had also tried to …

Facebook Tweet Email Link In a large and hastily arranged Zoom call on Saturday, about 800 rattled staffers with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tried to make sense of the trauma they endured just a day earlier when a gunman opened fire on the agency’s buildings from across the street. They had been winding down for the …

President Donald Trump’s administration is currently weighing whether to move forward with the marijuana rescheduling process initiated under the Biden administration, with the president recently telling donors that “we need to look at” the issue, according to reports. “That’s something we’re going to look at,” Trump said at a $1 million-a-plate fundraising dinner at his Bedminster, New Jersey club recently, …

CDC officials try to reassure staff after fatal shooting in Atlanta  The Washington Post Emory University Atlanta campus shooter: What we know  FOX 5 Atlanta Live updates: Shooter appeared to target CDC headquarters in shooting that left police officer dead, sources say  CNN CDC gunman might have been driven by mistrust of vaccines in deadly attack  AJC.com Emory, CDC Shooting: A timeline of how …

Image: Good Shepherd Bithell Games, the developer behind John Wick Hex, TRON: Identity, and TRON: Catalyst, is sadly making “eleven jobs” at the studio redundant. Studio founder Mike Bithell shared a message on Bluesky earlier today stating that his studio — which he founded in 2013 following the release and critical success behind Thomas Was Alone — has “been unable …

Across the US’s fabled but overstretched national parks, unusual scenes are playing out this summer following budget cuts by Donald Trump’s administration. Archeologists are staffing ticket booths, ecologists are covering visitor centers and the superintendents of parks are even cleaning the toilets. The National Park Service (NPS), responsible for maintaining cherished wildernesses and sites of cultural importance from Yellowstone to …

Amazon to Cut Wondery Staff, Reorganize Audio Business  Bloomberg Amazon (AMZN) Shutters Its Wondery Podcast Studio and Lays Off Staff  TipRanks Amazon lays off over 100 employees in Wondery unit as part of audio business restructuring  CNBC Memo: Amazon breaks up its podcast studio and lays off over 100  Business Insider Amazon Reorganizes Audio Divisions, Shrinking Wondery Studio And Laying Off 100-Plus Staffers  Deadline Source …

Summer’s lease hath all too short a date, so better get your reading on! NPR staffers share some recommendations from our “Books We Love” list. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: You know, summer’s a fine time for exercise – taking long walks, biking along trails, seeing family all out in the sunshine. So don’t you sometimes just want to curl up with …

Apple CEO Tells Staff AI Is ‘Ours to Grab’ in Hourlong Pep Talk  Bloomberg Facing questions on AI strategy, Tim Cook says Apple is ‘very open’ to acquisitions  CNBC Tim Cook Says He’s “Open to M&A that Accelerates” Apple’s AI Plans  TipRanks Apple to ‘Significantly’ Invest in AI, Warns of $1 Billion Tariff Hit  PYMNTS.com Tim Cook says Apple ‘must’ figure out AI and …