A school-age child has died of measles in West Texas, the first death from the disease in a decade in the United States. The child had not been vaccinated against measles, according to the city of Lubbock’s health department. The death, confirmed by Katherine Wells, the Lubbock health department’s director of public health, is part…
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A 40-year-old woman was arrested after police say they found a number of explosives at a Colorado Tesla dealership, the latest incident in a string of apparent protests against Tesla CEO and DOGE leader Elon Musk. Lucy Grace Nelson was charged with explosives or incendiary devices use, felony criminal mischief and criminal attempt to commit…
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Dozens of passengers aboard a cruise ship that left from Florida have been sickened with norovirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel Sanitation Program. Holland America Line’s Eurodam left Port Everglades, Florida, on Feb. 19, according to the tracking site cruisemapper.com. The cruise is scheduled to last 10 days and make…
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During most of the five years when the striking new home of Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art was under construction, Poland was governed by the conservative Law and Justice Party, whose lawmakers tried to shift the country’s culture to the right. Officials ousted liberal directors at major institutions and replaced them with conservatives whose shows…
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The Washington Post’s opinion editor, David Shipley, is exiting as the newspaper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, said the section’s focus would narrow to defend “personal liberties and free markets.” “I am of America and for America, and proud to be so,” Mr. Bezos said. “Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big…
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Andy Reid opens up about Taylor Swift’s ‘tough deal’ Andy Reid has commended Taylor Swift for her resilience in handling the intense public scrutiny surrounding her relationship with star tight end Travis Kelce. Since the couple went public in September 2023, Swift and Kelce have been a constant topic of discussion, with their romance garnering…
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The Champions Trophy Group B fixture between Australia and South Africa in Rawalpindi was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Tuesday after persistent rain kept the players from the field. According to the International Cricket Council, the points were shared between the two sides as the exciting contest was called off, incessant weather ensuring…
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An American woman was arrested in Paris after she allegedly threw a newborn baby out of a hotel window, according to reports. The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed the incident, first reported by local outlet Paris Match, with the New York Post on Monday. The child was thrown out of the window earlier that morning. The…
Altie Karper had been waiting for the call for years. An editor at a Knopf imprint, she had long wanted to publish an English translation of the last novel by Chaim Grade, one of the leading Yiddish authors of the 20th century. Grade was less well known than the Nobel Prize laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer,…
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