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  • Long flu season winds down in US

    The U.S. flu season appears to be over. Last week, for the third straight week, medical visits for flu-like illnesses dipped below the threshold for what's counted as an active flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Other indicators, like hospitalizations and patient testing, also show low and declining activity.

  • US says it's reviewing new information about Israeli unit accused of abuses before Gaza war

    The U.S. has determined that an Israeli military unit committed gross human-rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank before the war in Gaza began six months ago, but it will hold off on any decision about aid to the battalion while it reviews new information provided by Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson. The undated letter, obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, defers a decision by the U.S. whether to impose a first-ever block on U.S. aid to an Israeli military unit over its treatment of Palestinians. Blinken stressed that U.S. military support for Israel’s defense against Hamas and other threats would not be affected by the State Department's final decision on the one unit.

  • Supreme Court Wrestles With Implications of Granting Trump Immunity

    “This case has huge implications for the presidency, for the future of the presidency, for the future of the country,” said Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

  • Support for South Africa's ANC near 40% weeks before election, Ipsos poll shows

    Support for South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has fallen to just over 40%, an Ipsos opinion poll showed, weeks before a general election that could usher in the biggest political change since the end of the apartheid era. While the ANC is still on track to win the most votes on May 29, if it gets less than 50% support it would have to seek one or more coalition partners to govern the country, the first such alliance since the party swept to power under liberation hero Nelson Mandela 30 years ago.

  • The Challenges of Election Coverage Present Opportunities

    In an unprecedented year, the core of journalism remains the same

  • What Professors Owe Our Students Right Now

    "If we are to reclaim our university, faculty and students must do it together," writes Barnard professor Nara Milanich.

  • Significant tornado and severe weather threat underway in the central US

    A multi-day severe thunderstorm event is underway as the central US endures damaging wind gusts, large hail and tornadoes and the danger posed by these fierce storms will only increase into the weekend.

  • Owner of exploding Michigan building arrested at airport while trying to leave US, authorities say

    The owner of a suburban Detroit business that caught fire and exploded, killing a man, was arrested at a New York airport as he was preparing to depart for Hong Kong on a one-way ticket, authorities said Friday. U.S. Customs and New York Port Authority personnel arrested Noor Noel Kestou, 31, on Saturday at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Kestou, of Commerce Township, was arraigned Thursday on an involuntary manslaughter charge.

  • Lab mice might be doing their own experiments

    New research suggests that mice base their decisions on more than just immediate reward. They may also make 'mistakes' on purpose.

  • Far-right influencers claim student protests are violent. Experts have different worries

    Plus: More fake-elector indictments; FBI's controversial report on radical Catholics. It's the week in extremism, from USA TODAY.

  • High risk of tornadoes, powerful winds, hail and flash flooding for central US

    The risk to lives and property has increased over portions of the Great Plains as severe weather and the likelihood of tornadoes peaks into this weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. In addition to the likelihood of tornadoes, many of the storms will bring damaging winds and large hail, as well as flash flooding. In the first volley of severe weather during the multiday outbreak, dozens of severe thunderstorms erupted from Wyoming and South Dakota to Texas and Arkansas Thursday afternoon and

  • New inflation reading reinforces Fed's higher-for-longer stance

    Another hot inflation reading released Friday reinforces that any near-term interest rate cuts are less likely, as the Federal Reserve shifts to a higher-for-longer stance.

  • Early trauma can shorten a red squirrel’s lifespan

    Food scarcity–and food overabundance–can shape their lives forever.

  • Azerbaijan's Aliyev rejects criticism over journalists' arrests

    Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on Friday rejected criticism over the arrests of journalists and said the fact that people had access to the internet meant press freedom was assured. "We must protect our media landscape from external negative influences, just like any other country, and everyone must comply with the laws," Aliyev told a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a visit to Berlin. It was the first time Aliyev had spoken publicly about the arrests, which have prompted strong concern from the United States, the European Union and press watchdogs.

  • Pope will attend G7 summit to discuss AI, Italy says

    ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis will attend this year's Group of Seven (G7) leaders' summit to discuss the challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI), Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday. The pope this year warned against the "perverse" dangers of AI and renewed a call for worldwide regulations to harness it for the common good. The G7 meeting is being held in the southern Italian region of Puglia from June 13-15 and draws together the leaders of the United States, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Canada and Japan, as well as a few specially invited guests.

  • Choose between stability and ‘downward spiral,’ China tells Blinken during Beijing trip

    Chinese leader Xi Jinping said the US and China should be “partners rather than adversaries” as he met with top American diplomat Antony Blinken in Beijing’s cavernous Great Hall of the People on Friday.

  • Berlin police clear pro-Palestinian camp from parliament lawn

    Berlin police on Friday began clearing a pro-Palestinian camp set up in front of the German parliament by activists demanding the government stop arms exports to Israel and end what they say is the criminalization of the Palestinian solidarity movement. The action followed clashes between demonstrators and police on U.S. campuses and a blockade at Paris's Sciences Po university, part of international protests to decry Israel's military campaign in Gaza and Western support for Israel. The Berlin camp 'Besetzung Gegen Besatzung' - 'Occupy Against Occupation' - began on April 8, coinciding with the start of International Court of Justice hearings in Nicaragua's case against Germany for providing military aid to Israel.

  • How bird flu virus fragments get into milk sold in stores, and what the spread of H5N1 in cows means for the dairy industry and milk drinkers

    Five livestock experts who study infectious diseases in the dairy industry explain the risks.

  • US review on IDF unit over rights allegations ongoing, source says

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has received new information from the Israeli authorities about a specific Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) unit that Washington was reportedly going to designate for human rights allegations in the West Bank, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. In light of the new information, Washington is looking into whether the unit is on a path to remediation, the source said. "If they aren't, there will be restrictions on the provision of U.S. assistance," the source added.

  • Photos and video show massive fire erupt at iconic Oceanside Pier in California

    Crews worked to contain and fully extinguish the flames over night at the Oceanside Pier, a popular attraction with tourists and locals alike.