The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s panel of vaccine advisers voted Thursday in their first official move after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the committee’s previous experts and replaced them with his own picks. A majority of the committee approved updated recommendations for a …
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Miami — A former Venezuelan spymaster who was close to the country’s late President Hugo Chávez pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug trafficking charges a week before his trial was set to begin in a Manhattan federal court. Retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal was extradited from Spain in 2023 after more …
Read More »José Adolfo Macías, drug trafficker wanted in U.S., recaptured in Ecuador more than a year after escape
José Adolfo Macías Villamar, a fugitive drug trafficker known as Fito and wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States, was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced Wednesday. Macías, who led a gang called “Los Choneros” …
Read More »2 bears escape wildlife park enclosure, devour a 7
Two young bears escaped from their enclosure at a U.K. wildlife park and devoured a week’s worth of food store honey before falling asleep, the park said on Tuesday. Mish and Lucy, both aged four, got out of their enclosure at Wildwood Devon in southwestern England on Monday afternoon. The …
Read More »Bride shot dead, 13
Armed men opened fire at a wedding party in southeastern France early Sunday, killing the bride and wounding three others, said a source close to the investigation. The attack in the village of Goult occurred around 4:30 am. According to initial information, the bride and groom were leaving the party …
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The Twin Cities home where Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot Saturday was broken into overnight Wednesday, police say. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed in their home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday in what Gov. Tim Walz …
Read More »5 shot, 3 fatally at “WestFest” carnival in Salt Lake City suburb. One of those killed was an infant, police say.
Five people were shot — three of them fatally, including an infant — at an annual carnival outside Salt Lake City Sunday night, authorities said. West Valley City, Utah, police said officers at the WestFest noticed two groups of people having a “verbal altercation” and, as they moved in to …
Read More »Hikers in Alaska, Canada can’t complete historic Chilkoot Trail due to border policies
In southeastern Alaska, a historic 33-mile trail is ready to welcome visitors. The Chilkoot Trail is shared by Canada and the United States, and while both the American and Canadian sides are open for the season, hikers will not be able to cross the U.S.-Canada border. The National Park Service …
Read More »Speaker Mike Johnson to address Israeli parliament June 22
Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday he will travel to Israel later this month to address the Israel’s parliament, known as the Knesset, in Jerusalem. “It will be one of the highest honors of my life to address the Israeli Knesset at this fateful moment,” Johnson said in …
Read More »Smuggler traveling from Thailand stopped with lizards, tarantulas, possums, authorities in India say
Indian customs officers made the latest “significant” seizure of endangered wildlife from a passenger arriving from Thailand, a government statement said: nearly 100 creatures including lizards, sunbirds and tree-climbing possums. Customs officers said the passenger, who was also carrying two tarantula spiders and tortoises, had “exhibited signs of nervousness” on …
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