The new funds include $101 million to continue work to prevent, test, track and treat animals and humans potentially affected by the virus known as Type A H5N1.
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Target to reduce number of stores carrying Pride-themed merchandise after last year’s backlash
Target, which operates roughly 2,000 stores, said decisions about where to stock Pride-themed products, including adult apparel, home goods, foods and beverages would be based on ‘guest insights and consumer research.’
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Judge directs Michael Cohen to keep quiet about Trump ahead of his hush money trial testimony
Trump’s former attorney is expected to take the witness stand next week.
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Heavy fighting in Rafah keeps aid crossings closed, sends 100,000 civilians fleeing
The U.N.’s World Food Program will run out of food for distribution in southern Gaza by Saturday unless more aid arrives.
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Your tax refund could be bigger this year. Here’s what to do with it.
Experts generally advise putting it toward debt and savings, but, for many people, that’s unrealistic.
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Body camera video shows fatal shooting of Black airman by Florida deputy in apartment doorway
The video was released hours after the family of Senior Airman Roger Fortson publicly disputed that the sheriff’s deputy acted in self-defense.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
States with abortion bans saw greater drops in medical school graduates applying for residencies
Figures released Thursday by the Association of American Medical Colleges showed continuing declines after the group first spotted the difference in an analysis last year.
Posted inNation & World, New England
New Hampshire man sentenced to minimum 56 years in young daughter’s death
Adam Montgomery was convicted of killing 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery and moving her corpse around for months. A prosecutor offered to lessen the sentence if he revealed the location of the girl’s remains.
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Russia celebrates victory in World War II as Putin accuses the West of fueling global conflicts
Putin has turned Victory Day – the country’s most important secular holiday – into a pillar of his nearly quarter-century in power and a justification of his military action in Ukraine.
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Russia celebrates victory in World War II as Putin accuses the West of fueling global conflicts
Putin has turned Victory Day – the country’s most important secular holiday – into a pillar of his nearly quarter-century in power and a justification of his military action in Ukraine.