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A dairy worker in Colorado has been infected with bird flu, marking the fourth human case in an ongoing outbreak that started with detection of the disease in cattle this spring.
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, during Wednesday’s White House press briefing, emphatically stated that President Biden is staying in the presidential race. When asked whether Biden is dropping out, Jean-Pierre responded with a resounding “absolutely not.”
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Analysis by Aaron Blake | Biden’s campaign insists dropping out of the race is not on the table. But increasingly, what top Democrats appear to be saying is: Maybe he should. The subtext is clear — and it’s a marked contrast to how the Biden campaign is talking about this.
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House Democratic leaders — a group of about 10, including those involved with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — will be holding a call this evening to discuss the situation with the Democratic ticket and President Biden’s nomination. More live updates here:
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Donald Trump and his campaign hope President Biden stays in the race, according to four people familiar with private discussions, believing they can beat him even with Trump’s felony conviction and other charges. But they are also ramping up attacks on Vice President Harris.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) plans to swing through a series of battleground states to campaign for President Biden as Biden grapples with the fallout from his halting debate performance.
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General Motors will pay a fine of nearly $146 million and take other steps to resolve excess emissions from nearly 6 million vehicles on the nation’s roads, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department announced.
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President Biden plans to speak with congressional leaders and meet with Democratic governors this afternoon as he and aides seek to tamp down Democratic angst over his debate performance. Follow live updates:
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Former president Barack Obama told allies that President Biden’s already tough path to reelection grew more challenging after his shaky debate performance on Thursday — a harsher assessment of the presidential race than his public comments, according to people familiar with his remarks.
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Civil rights attorney Jill Collen Jefferson took on the police force in the small town of Lexington, Miss., collecting evidence of abuse, falsifying evidence and assault. Then they arrested her.
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The Food and Drug Administration has decided to revoke its authorization for the use of a stabilizer for fruity and citrus-flavored food and beverages, known as brominated vegetable oil (BVO), for being unsafe.
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An estimated 11,000 people will celebrate July Fourth this year by officially becoming American citizens. In honor of the holiday, test your knowledge with some of the questions aspiring U.S. citizens must answer to become naturalized.
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About a dozen people showed up for the impromptu cat tour, led by John Edwards, who organizes the yearly event, seven years ago. Over a two-mile walk, the group stopped to see some 20 cats peeking through their windows. Now, hundreds of people attend.
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Breakdancing gave Manizha Talash a sense of purpose, but it put her life at risk after regime change in Afghanistan. “I do it for me, my life. I do it to express myself and to forget about everything else going on if I need to,” said Talash.
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The Sims isn’t like other video games. Instead of inviting players to explore faraway fantasy lands or fight in imagined battlefields, the world of The Sims hews closer to reality. Some players are even using it to practice for their real lives.
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Covid infections are growing in nearly all states -- with the sharpest increases in the West, according to CDC data. The FLiRT and LB.1 variants are most common.
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An aggressive wildfire quickly spread Tuesday in Northern California, forcing authorities to issue evacuation orders and shut off power as parts of California suffered under a heat wave.
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Breaking news: Donald Trump’s sentencing in the New York hush money case was rescheduled for September instead of next week, as the judge in the case granted requests for a delay by defense lawyers that was not opposed by prosecutors.
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Breaking news: The Food and Drug Administration granted approval to a closely watched Alzheimer’s drug, concluding that the benefits of modestly slowing progression of the devastating disease outweigh its risks, drugmaker Eli Lilly announced.
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A lawsuit filed against Northwestern University opened a new front in the legal battle against affirmative action, alleging that its law school hires less-qualified people of color and women over White men for faculty positions in violation of federal anti-discrimination laws.
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One Million Checkboxes has a vibe like Wordle — except it does not improve your mind in any way. It’s a website with 1 million little boxes in a row. You click in a box to make a check mark, and now the box is checked for everyone who plays the game.
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Breaking news: Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and personal attorney to former president Donald Trump, was disbarred Tuesday in New York over his false statements about the 2020 election.
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Breaking news: Donald Trump’s July 11 sentencing in his criminal hush money case will likely be postponed in light of the Supreme Court immunity ruling. Manhattan prosecutors said they would not oppose a delay Tuesday, following a request from Trump's lawyers.
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed a rule Tuesday outlining steps employers must take to protect indoor and outdoor workers from the risk of heat illness, the first major regulation aimed at preventing heat-related deaths on the job.
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On the final night of Group C play, the U.S. men’s national soccer team played hard and they played well. But they did not do enough, falling to powerhouse Uruguay, 1-0, and dropping out of the Copa América competition.
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At least 77 people, mostly women and children, died in a stampede at a religious event in a village in northern India on Tuesday, with dozens more injured and the death toll feared to rise, according to local officials.
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President Biden’s reelection campaign announced it raised $264 million in the second quarter, powered by $127 million in June, a significant sum of money officials are eager to tout as they work to reassure anxious Democrats about the president’s path forward.
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How accurate is the weather forecast in your city?
Niko Kommenda and I learned that NWS just began doing gridded assessments of forecast accuracy. We got the data and mapped of how many days into the future they get within 3°F of the observed high temp.
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A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial Monday in Karen Read’s murder trial after a jury deadlocked with no decision despite more than 26 hours of deliberation. The mistrial put a dramatic pause on a case that for months captured outsize national attention.
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President Biden on Monday night issued a blistering attack on the U.S. Supreme Court for its decision earlier in the day declaring that Donald Trump was immune from prosecution for official acts he took during his presidency.
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Hurricane Beryl is now a “potentially catastrophic” Category 5 hurricane, the earliest ever to reach that strength in the Atlantic. Grenada and the nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines were reeling from a storm that probably will be the region’s most intense hurricane on record.
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Analysis | The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority continued to shift the law to the right in 2024 but did not go as far as it could have. Sometimes, it punted. Here are our big takeaways:
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A judge released the transcripts from grand jury proceedings in Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case in Florida, long sought-after records that could shed further light into the wealthy financier’s abuse of teenage girls and how he evaded more serious charges.
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The pandemic’s toll was laid bare when average math scores on a 500-point scale fell by the steepest declines recorded in more than a half-century of testing. This quiz features some of the questions fourth- and eighth-grade students encountered on that exam. How do you stack up?
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Two weeks after guiding the Boston Celtics to an NBA record 18th championship, the franchise’s owners are ready to cash out. Boston Basketball Partners announced Monday its intention to sell “a majority interest” of the franchise by “early 2025” and to close on a sale of “all the shares” in 2028.
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The judge overseeing the criminal racketeering case against Young Thug recessed the trial indefinitely until an outside judge can review motions from the rapper and others seeking to recuse the judge from the case amid allegations that he and prosecutors held an improper meeting with a key witness.
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Hunter Biden has sued Fox News and its parent company over a 2022 miniseries that purported to show a “mock trial” of the president’s son, claiming that the conservative network made money from publishing his intimate images on the show.
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Here’s what to know about what happens next in Trump’s case with special counsel Jack Smith and how the ruling may affect his three criminal cases in Florida, Georgia and New York.
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Analysis: The Supreme Court ruled that former president Donald Trump and other presidents enjoy a significant degree of immunity for actions taken as president, in a decision that could reverberate not just in Trump’s criminal cases but also for future presidents. Here are the takeaways.
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The Supreme Court said the president must have “at least presumptive immunity from criminal prosecution” for anything within the “outer perimeter of his official responsibility" — language taken from a 1982 Supreme Court decision involving Richard Nixon. Read more about the decision:
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The immunity decision was upside down, fretting about the indictment of Trump as a harbinger of future threats to the presidency instead of recognizing Trump's actions as a past and current one.
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The Biden team gambled on an early debate and prepared intensively at Camp David, but advisers could not prevent the candidate’s stumbles onstage.
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A surge of extreme heat is overtaking much of the Lower 48 as the usual hottest month of the year gets underway. Over 60 million people are under heat alerts Monday.
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“A former president is entitled to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his ‘conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority,’ ” the 6-3 ruling says. “There is no immunity for unofficial acts.” Read the full decision here:
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The justices sent the case back to the lower court to determine which acts alleged in the indictment are official. That makes it highly unlikely that Trump will go to trial on charges of trying to subvert the 2020 election before voters cast ballots in this year’s presidential contest.
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Breaking news: The Supreme Court rules presidents have "absolute" immunity for clearly official acts. “There is no immunity for unofficial acts,” the ruling states. Follow live updates:
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Breaking news: The Supreme Court blocks Texas and Florida social media laws barring platforms from deleting content, while litigation continues. The case asked whether state governments have the power to set rules for how social media platforms curate content.
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The Supreme Court vacates and remands the lower court rulings on both the Texas and Florida social media content moderation laws, essentially punting on any kind of First Amendment ruling.
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The Supreme Court will wrap up its term Monday with two momentous decisions: whether former president Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his efforts to block Biden’s 2020 election victory and whether states can restrict social media companies from removing certain political posts or accounts.
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In recent rulings, the Supreme Court added obstacles to the government’s ability to regulate air pollution, water pollution and the greenhouse gases that are heating Earth. The decisions could empower conservative judges throughout the country to block even more environmental regulations.
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