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April 19, 2025
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Texas doctor who has been treating children in a measles outbreak was shown on video with a measles rash on his face in a clinic a week before Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met him and praised him as an “extraordinary” healer. Dr. Ben Edwards appeared in the video
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A federal website that used to feature information on vaccines, testing and treatment for COVID-19 has been transformed into a page supporting the theory that the pandemic originated with a lab leak. The covid.gov website shows a photo of President Donald Trump walking between the words “lab” and “leak” under a White House heading. It
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WASHINGTON (AP) — When Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced sweeping job cuts at his department last month, he said that safety inspectors who oversee U.S. foods and drugs wouldn’t be impacted. Those employees remain at the Food and Drug Administration, but dozens of others who supported their work are gone. The departed staffers
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FRANKLINTON, N.C. – It was fitting that an offensive outburst highlighted Southern Nash’s regular season finale. The Ladybirds’ 13th game with double-digit runs scored put the finishing touches on a 19-0 slate. In four innings, Southern Nash pounded out 19 hits and the team’s four-through-nine hitters drove in 16 to pick up an 18-2 win
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APEX, N.C. – Will Melson picked the perfect time to score his only goal on Thursday night. The Green Level sophomore found the back of the net with 3:41 left to play to complete a thrilling come-from-behind 8-7 win on the road at Apex. Melson’s tally gave the Gators their only lead of the fourth
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — America’s only rare earths mine heard from anxious companies soon after China responded to President Donald Trump’s tariffs this month by limiting exports of those minerals used for military applications and in many high-tech devices. “Based on the number of phone calls we’re receiving, the effects have been immediate,” said Matt
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WAKE FOREST, N.C. – Three days removed from her first loss of the season, Jil Livengood assured that No. 4-ranked Wake Forest would bounce back. The senior UNC recruit drove in the only run that she needed to back her 14-strikeout effort in a 1-0 win at Heritage. For the second time in her electric
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By Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Drake Batherson scored the tying and go-ahead goals in the third period and the Ottawa Senators tuned up for the playoffs with a 7-5 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night in the regular-season finale for both teams. Brady Tkachuk returned to Ottawa’s lineup after missing eight
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By Pat Welter Quarterback has been the biggest question facing Bill Belichick’s first season at North Carolina. Thursday we got one step closer to an answer. A day after Ryan Browne entered the transfer portal, South Alabama QB Gio Lopez announced on social media he had committed to the Tar Heels. Excited and grateful, go Heels!🐏
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing technology to boost the profits fueling an internet empire currently worth $1.8 trillion. The ruling issued Thursday by U.S. District Judge
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