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Scientists Fault Federal Response to Bird Flu Outbreaks on Dairy Farms
The New York Times - 20 Apr 2024 02:06
Testing for H5N1 infection has been limited, and the outbreak was never confined. But asymptomatic cows in North Carolina may require a reassessment.
'Invincibles': unbeaten girls' football team win boys' league
The Guardian - 20 Apr 2024 20:19
Queens Park Ladies under-12s finished top of division three of the Bournemouth Youth Football League with 18 wins, four draws and no defeats A girls' football team has won a boys' league after going unbeaten all season, ...
This is how we do it: 'I've had more sex in the past two years than in the rest of my life'
The Guardian - 20 Apr 2024 13:00
Violet and Oliver met in their 70s - and are both revelling in their uninhibited, experimental sex life How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously I used to have trouble taking my clothes off with th...
Fire partly destroys Grade-II listed London pub
The Guardian - 20 Apr 2024 13:16
Mitcham residents say the Burn Bullock had been 'disgracefully neglected' prior to the blaze A heritage-listed pub has been damaged in a blaze that began on Friday night. Three floors of the Grade II-listed Burn Bullock ...
The true story of Feud: Capote vs. The Swans
The Week - 20 Apr 2024 09:30
The writer's fall from grace with his high-flying socialite friends in 1960s Manhattan is captured in a new Disney+ series
Watch: Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue lit up green
BBC - 20 Apr 2024 05:39
Rio's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue has been turned green in celebration of indigenous peoples' day.
5 big takeaways from Day 4 of Trump's hush money trial
ABC News - 20 Apr 2024 00:36
After four days of jury selection, Donald Trump has a full jury in his New York criminal hush money trial.
Man and woman in 70s found dead at property
Sky News - 20 Apr 2024 21:41
Police are investigating after a man and a woman in their 70s were found dead at a house in Stoke-on-Trent.
Steward temporarily closes cancer unit at Brockton's Good Samaritan hospital
Boston - 20 Apr 2024 18:48Pro-Palestinian Columbia Student Protests Continue Despite Arrests, Suspensions
Time - 20 Apr 2024 01:00
Pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia continued to occupy part of the campus lawn after several were arrested Thursday.
Celtic into final after edging Aberdeen in epic tie
BBC - 20 Apr 2024 16:46
Celtic eventually prevail after penalties in a six-goal Hampden classic as the holders progress to their 60th Scottish Cup final and leave Aberdeen heartbroken.
Explosion hits base of Iranian-aligned Iraqi army unit
The Guardian - 20 Apr 2024 04:02
Officials report casualties with some citing air strike on former anti-Isis unit known as Hashed al-Shaabi, which is now part of Iraq's regular military An explosion has hit an Iraqi military base housing pro-Iranian par...
North Korea says it tested 'super-large' cruise missile warhead and new anti-aircraft missile
ABC News - 20 Apr 2024 03:45
North Korea says it tested a “super-large” cruise missile warhead and a new anti-aircraft missile in a western coastal area as it expands its military capabilities in the face of deepening tensions with the United St...
US House approves $61bn in military aid for Ukraine after months of stalling
The Guardian - 20 Apr 2024 20:38
Ukrainian president thanks America after Speaker Mike Johnson secures bipartisan support for funding Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan After months of stalling, the US House of Representatives finally approved more than $61bn w...
David Pryor, Former Governor and Senator of Arkansas, Dies Aged 89
Time - 20 Apr 2024 19:38
Former Arkansas governor and U.S. Sen. David Pryor, a Democrat has died. He was 89.
Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry: 'I was fixated with death... I needed to live in reality'
The Guardian - 20 Apr 2024 17:00
The frontwoman of the Scottish synth-pop trio had a dream music career, but it came with years of online misogyny and artistic frustration. As she prepares to release her debut solo album, she discusses going her own way...
Proposed Ukraine-Israel Aid Package to Go to Final House Vote
Wall Street Journal - 20 Apr 2024 16:34
Speaker Mike Johnson pushed the measure forward over sharp opposition from some GOP colleagues.
Migrants Keep Coming to Georgia Despite Policies Meant to Deter Them
Wall Street Journal - 20 Apr 2024 16:00
Georgia has plenty of jobs, and people entering the U.S. in the recent record waves of illegal border crossings say they want to settle in a place where they can earn money quickly.
'I Gullah Geechee, too': the educators keeping a language of enslaved Africans alive
The Guardian - 20 Apr 2024 14:00
Sunn m'Cheaux and Akua Page teach Gullah language and culture from juvenile incarceration facilities to Harvard In 2019, Akua Page was invited to a juvenile incarceration facility in Richland county, South Carolina, to g...
Niger's Eviction of U.S. Commandos, Drones, Derails America's Counterterror Strategy
Wall Street Journal - 20 Apr 2024 13:20
Niger has formally ordered the U.S. to withdraw counterterrorism troops and aerial drones from the country, driving the final nail in the coffin of American strategy to defeat a violent Islamist insurgency overrunning th...
Ukraine's 1-ton payload drones can help retake Crimea as Kyiv seeks to destroy bridge: report
Fox News - 20 Apr 2024 12:00
Ukraine has used drones, a relatively cheap weapon compared to the larger war machines Russia deploys. The latest in its drone arsenal are two sea drones that can carry up to one-ton of explosives.
New Hampshire's GOP Is Taking a Stand--Against the Polio Vaccine
Mother Jones - 20 Apr 2024 12:00
New Hampshire could soon beat Florida--known for its anti-vaccine Surgeon General--when it comes to loosening vaccine requirements. A first-in-the-nation bill that’s already passed New Hampshire’s state House, sponso...