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Surviving Memorial Day weekend: Navigate travel chaos with these tips

As the Memorial Day weekend approaches, travelers across the U.S. are bracing themselves for significant crowds and airport delays due to increased demand and air traffic control constraints. The Federal Aviation Administration anticipates a record-breaking number of flights this Thursday, with close to 54,000 nationwide departures — marking the busiest travel day of 2025 so far. According to the American Automobile Association, nearly 45 million Americans plan to travel at least 50 miles away from home over the long weekend. Of those, approximately 3.6 million will travel by air, repres

Delayed FDA response to listeria outbreak tied to Fresh and Ready Foods

Tariffs reshape U.S. e-commerce: Temu and Shein confront new challenges

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How a water bottle, family tree and DNA testing helped solve a 24-year-old murder mystery!

More than 20 years after the brutal murder of Leslie Preer in 2001, the case finally came to a close. Investigators in Montgomery County, Maryland, used tools of modern forensic science — a bottle of water, a family tree, and the evolving science of genetic genealogy — to solve the case. Eugene Gligor, 45, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Preer’s Chevy Chase home. According to prosecutors, the break in the case came not from a new eyewitness or confession, but DNA evidence re-examined using technology unavailable at the time of the crime. Investigators identified Gligor t

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51 kiosks offer free COVID-19 tests and health supplies across Los Angeles County

Los Angeles County has deployed 51 Community Health Station kiosks offering free COVID-19 self-test kits, fentanyl test strips, and other health supplies to residents across the region. The self-service stations, accessible seven days a week, aim to increase access to essential health resources, particularly in communities with limited healthcare options. Initially established to distribute COVID-19 antigen tests, the program has expanded to address multiple public health crises affecting the county. Officials cite alarming statistics as motivation for the expansion, including a 48% increa

From Gulf of Mexico to Persian Gulf: Trump's name-change diplomacy stirs global tides

California bar exam’s AI fallout: $6 million in unplanned costs

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Tariffs will cost Gap up to $150 million

Tariffs are slamming Gap.Gap said Thursday that if President Donald Trump’s 30% tariffs on China and 10% duties on most imports from other countries remain at current levels, it could cost the company $100 million to $150 million this year.Gap (GAP) stock plunged 15% during after hours trading Thursday.Developments around Trump’s tariffs are in flux, making it difficult for businesses to plan. A federal appeals court on Thursday paused the previous night’s ruling from the Court of International Trade that blocked many of Trump’s tariffs.Tariffs have clouded a strong comeback at Gap, wh

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Appeals court pauses ruling that blocked Trump’s tariffs

A federal appeals court has paused Wednesday night’s ruling from the Court of International Trade that blocked President Donald Trump’s tariffs.The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s ruling restores Trump’s ability to levy tariffs using the emergency powers he declared earlier this year. The appeals court also ordered that both sides provide written arguments on the question of the blocking of Trump’s tariffs, to be filed by early next month.The pause adds to the confusion and uncertainty swirling around Trump’s tariffs, which have been a key pillar of his eco

Karen Read’s defense set to call its first witness in her retrial in the killing of her Boston police officer boyfriend

Trump met with Jerome Powell today to scold him about rates. Powell stressed the Fed is staying out of politics

What else can Trump do on global tariffs after US court ruling?

A U.S. trade court blocked most of President Donald Trump's tariffs in a sweeping ruling on Wednesday that found the president had overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on imports from U.S. trading partners.Below is some detail on the ruling and a digest of other laws Trump could deploy to pursue his trade policy, according to analysts Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Panmure Liberum:THE RULINGThe Court of International Trade invalidated with immediate effect all of Trump's orders on tariffs since January that were rooted in the International Emergency Economic Powers A

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Fed's Goolsbee: US trade court ruling may extend tariff uncertainty

A U.S. trade court ruling blocking some of the Trump administration's sweeping tariffs may not clear up the uncertainty that is holding back U.S. businesses, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said on Thursday, because the administration may find other ways to impose tariffs."If people can't count on consistent policy, then they're just going to slow down and not act," Goolsbee said in an interview on WJR radio. "If this court case ushers in an era where we're going to finally get some consistency, the dirt comes out of the air and we can go back to doing what we were

How Northern Arkansas’ terrain may help an escaped convict evade capture

Trump pardons former New York lawmaker Michael Grimm

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Why this leading AI CEO is warning the tech could cause mass unemployment

The chief executive of one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence labs is warning that the technology could cause a dramatic spike in unemployment in the very near future. He says policymakers and corporate leaders aren’t ready for it.“AI is starting to get better than humans at almost all intellectual tasks, and we’re going to collectively, as a society, grapple with it,” Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told CNN’s Anderson Cooper in an interview on Thursday. “AI is going to get better at what everyone does, including what I do, including what other CEOs do.”Amodei believes

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Smoke to pour into the US as Canada wildfires force province’s largest evacuation in ‘living memory’

Massive wildfires burning out of control in western and central Canada are forcing thousands to flee as dire forecasts for the country’s fire season come to fruition. The intensifying blazes are also sending hazardous smoke toward major cities in the United States.The premiers of Manitoba and Saskatchewan have declared states of emergency, and much of Canada, from the Northwest Territories and Alberta to Ontario, are at “extreme” risk of wildfires on Friday — the highest level on Environment Canada’s fire risk scale.There are just over 170 wildfires burning across Canada as of Thursd

The US academic partnership with China, under strain for years, faces its biggest threat

Harrison Ruffin Tyler, preserver of Virginia history and grandson of 10th US president, dies at 96

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Massive wildfires in Canada force thousands to evacuate

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Liverpool car ramming suspect appears in court after crash that shocked the city

The suspect in the car ramming that injured dozens of fans celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League title on Monday has appeared in court after police charged him with a range of offenses.Paul Doyle, a 53-year-old man from the outskirts of the city in northwest England, spoke to confirm his name during his first hearing on Friday.Doyle, dressed in a black suit, looked emotional as he was brought into the courtroom from his cell, according to a PA Media reporter following proceedings.The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service authorized several charges against the father-of-three on Thursday, includi