If you want a Covid shot this fall, will your employer’s health insurance plan pay for it? There’s no clear answer. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, has upended the way Covid vaccines are approved and for whom they’re recommended, creating uncertainty where…
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Josh Hawley wants to give you money, and the pope gets a Chicago-to-Rome delivery: The news quiz
A clothing company sparks outrage, former Vice President Kamala Harris is writing a memoir, and “Coach Prime” announces a cancer diagnosis.
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Chicago Democrats issue warnings about their mayor amid Zohran Mamdani’s rise
Before New York City mayoral primary winner Zohran Mamdani made a splash, another big-city Democratic mayoral candidate with progressive bona fides unexpectedly burst onto the national political scene. Two years later, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s tenure has captured so much negative attention (dubbed “America’s Worst Mayor” by The Wall Street…
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Videos from Gaza show Palestinians struggling to get food at distribution sites
Between May 27 and July 31, “at least 1,373 Palestinians have been killed while seeking food,” according to a report from the United Nations Human Rights Office.Of the total, 859 people were killed “in the vicinity” of GHF sites and 514 others along the routes of food convoys, it said, adding…
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What is Onion Shampoo? And Does it Work For Hair Growth?
We don’t always have the answers, but we have some people on speed dial who do — which is why we present to you our series FYI where we have experts explain if lip balm is actually bad, how often you should wash your hair and more. French onion soup?…
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Appeals court keeps in place restrictions on immigration stops in L.A. based on language, job
LOS ANGELES — An appeals court on Friday kept in place a Los Angeles federal judge’s ruling that bars immigration agents from using a person’s spoken language or job, like day laborer, as the sole pretext to detain people. The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals in its ruling said that there…
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Boy injured when octopus grabbed his arm at Texas aquarium, his mom says
A six-year-old boy was hurt when an octopus grabbed on to his arm and wouldn’t let go after the boy reached into a touch tank at the San Antonio Aquarium, his mother said. Britney Taryn, the boy’s mom, has gone viral on TikTok after posting about her son’s encounter with…
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Manhunt underway for suspect after 4 killed in Montana bar shooting
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President Trump fires labor statistics boss after weak jobs report
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Colombian ex-President Álvaro Uribe is sentenced to 12 years house arrest for bribery
BOGOTA, Colombia — Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was sentenced Friday to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering and bribery in a historic case that gripped the South American nation and tarnished the conservative strongman’s legacy. The sentence, which Uribe said will be appealed, followed a nearly six-month…