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With Antarctica added to the list, bird flu has officially wreaked havoc on every continent except Oceania. That disturbing news was confirmed by a recent study led by Erasmus MC in the Netherlands and the University of California, Davis. What’s going on? A team of researchers has conclusively shown that more than 50 skuas in … Read more
By Nicole Jao, Shariq Khan, Marianna Parraga and Arathy Somasekhar NEW YORK, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Valero Energy is set to buy up to 6.5 million barrels of Venezuelan crude in March for its Gulf Coast refineries, making it the OPEC country’s top foreign oil refiner since the U.S. impeached President Nicolas Maduro in January, … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Four people have been indicted on federal charges stemming from fights with federal officers in Minneapolis, including one woman who is accused of biting an immigration officer’s fingertips. The other three were charged in connection with threats made to FBI agents after documents containing the agents’ personal information were stolen from a … Read more
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Was a reported $6,000 outlay for a Lexington Legends baseball game an example of executive branch overspending or a chance to give hundreds of foster kids their first experience in a professional ballpark? In Frankfort, it depends on who you ask. A long-running conflict over executive branch spending came to a head … Read more
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to grant special visas to construction workers, as the Trump administration’s deportation campaign is reportedly causing labor shortages at construction sites in states like Texas. The Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act, introduced in September, offers temporary, renewable visas to non-citizens for up to nine years to work … Read more
(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) A pathologist with decades of experience observing Of Jeffrey Epstein The autopsy said that the disgraced financier’s injuries in death were “more consistent” with “homicidal strangulation” than hanging and claimed that requests for further investigation at the time were “superseded” to push the official decision that he killed himself. Epstein was found … Read more
A Colorado cemetery is forcing a family to remove an “inappropriate” tombstone featuring an image of a raised middle finger. The tombstone has been at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs for five years, marking the final resting place of brothers Timothy and Ryan Geschke. Midtna’s sisters, Heidi and Holly Geschke, were recently informed that the … Read more
During the 2026 Winter Olympics, interest in curling from fans in the United States has developed from curiosity to full interest among the mixed doubles team of Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin who won a silver medal on Tuesday and the women’s team won over Canada during Friday’s round robin session in Cortina. Much of … Read more
NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. State Department has ordered certain public libraries nationwide to stop processing passport applications, disrupting a longstanding service that librarians say their communities have come to rely on and that has run smoothly for years. The agency, which regulates US passports, began issuing cease and desist orders to nonprofit libraries … Read more
Minnesota is seeing the largest outbreak of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States, with infections disproportionately affecting men who have sex with men. More than 30 confirmed or suspected cases of the fungal infection have been reported in the state since last July, according to the Minnesota Department of Health, and all were in … Read more