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Dr. Mandy Cohen, former secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, will replace outgoing CDC director Rochelle Walensky.Bryan Anderson/AP President Biden has named Dr.Mandy Cohen, former state health secretary in North Carolina, to serve as the next leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

An angry, aggrieved former leader attacks the institutions he once led for accusing him of flouting the rules and lying about it.His allies whip up supporters against what they call a witch hunt.A country watches nervously, worried that this flamboyant, norm-busting figure could cause lasting damage.

For a brief period during the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government gave most parents monthly cash up to $300 per child with no work requirements or restrictions on how the money could be spent.The experiment, through an expanded child tax credit, died last year after 12 months, when Republicans and Senator Joe Manchin III, the moderate West Virginia Democrat, refused to renew it.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a scion of one of the country's most famous Democratic families, on Monday dived into the full embrace of a host of conservative figures who eagerly promoted his long-shot primary challenge to President Biden.For more than two hours, Mr. Kennedy participated in an online audio chat on Twitter with the platform's increasingly rightward-leaning chief executive, Elon Musk.

Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and 2024 Republican presidential contender, sharply criticized the party's top-polling candidates in a CNN town hall in Iowa on Sunday.Former President Donald Trump, Haley's former boss when she served as ambassador to the United Nations, was wrong, she said, to defend the actions of his supporters at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 which she called a terrible day.

The Pascua Yaqui reservation, with a casino and golf course, lower left.Arizona Republicans introduced a bill in 2020 to bar tribes from renewing casino licenses if they had unresolved water rights litigation with the state.The measure failed.Russel Albert Daniels for ProPublica and High Country News.

A Texas National Guard soldier stands vigil at a makeshift migrant camp near the U.S.-Mexico border fence on May 11, 2023, in El Paso, Texas.John Moore / Getty Images Even though President Biden has positioned himself as more tough on immigration than MAGA Republicans - even claiming that "MAGA House Republican proposals would slash funding for border security" - several GOP governors have found a new way to escalate their war on migrants.

Cigna New England CEO Mark Butler waves to a tablet from his home in Westborough, Massachusetts, on December 12, 2019.David L. Ryan / The Boston Globe via Getty Images The United States' healthcare system is the worst in the developed world, delivering the highest death rates for treatable conditions, the highest infant and maternal mortality rates, and the lowest life expectancy at birth.

Boris Johnson's image was splashed across the front pages of London newspapers on Friday, a day after a Parliamentary committee condemned him for misleading lawmakers about parties during the coronavirus pandemic.But it was conspicuously absent from The Daily Mail, the biggest and most influential British tabloid.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris as part of an official visit, during which he will also participate in a global financing summit aimed at fighting poverty and climate change.Macron and the prince sat down for a one-to-one working lunch at the Elysee presidential palace.

French medical bodies on Sunday called on authorities to punish researcher Didier Raoult for "the largest 'unauthorised' clinical trial ever seen" into the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19.Issued on: 28/05/2023 - 17:39 2 min A picture taken on February 26, 2020 shows French professor Didier Raoult, biologist and professor of microbiology, specialized in infectious diseases and director of IHU Mediterranee Infection Institute posing in his office in Marseille, southeastern France.

A cellphone video taken by a teenage bystander showing a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, pressing his knee on the neck of a 46-year-old Black man, George Floyd, on a Minneapolis street corner on May 25, 2020, led to the largest social-justice protest movement in the United States in a half-century.

The dangerous haze hovering over parts of the Northeast and Midwest on Wednesday morning was highly unusual for the United States.For many people around the world, it would be somewhat normal.Cities across Asia, Africa and Latin America have been so polluted for so long that air-quality readings like the ones expected across parts of New York State on Wednesday which is expected to pose risks for people with respiratory problems would not be seen as particular cause for alarm.

Their friendship began after an introduction through Donald J. Trump's sister.It ended nearly 20 years later, when Mr. Trump refused to concede the 2020 election to Joseph R. Biden Jr.In between, Chris Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, and Mr. Trump had a relationship that could be genuinely warm, with chats about politics and current events, and at other times transactional.

In his first public appearance since officials in California accused him of orchestrating recent charter flights that carried groups of migrants from Texas to Sacramento, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida did not address whether his state was responsible for the transports.Instead, at what his office had billed as a news conference in Wildwood, Fla., Mr. DeSantis signed a bill on Tuesday morning that he said would give consumers more control over their online presence and then walked off the stage without taking questions from reporters.

People who showed up to their restaurant jobs while sick were linked to 40 percent of food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause from 2017 to 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released on Tuesday.Paid sick leave and other policies that support sick workers could improve food safety outcomes, according to the report, which was based on a review of 800 food poisoning outbreaks, using data provided by 25 state and local health departments.

It's Friday.With ridership still less than half what it was before the pandemic began, BART is rethinking its service schedule.Plus, what are those strange new structures at Los Angeles bus stops?Image People boarding a San Francisco-bound BART train.Credit...Jim Wilson/The New York Times Transit agencies everywhere have been struggling to bring back customers and make ends meet ever since bus and subway ridership plummeted in 2020 with the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

SAN JOSE A tech company has signed a lease for a significant chunk of San Jose office space in a deal that signals the company's expansion in the area and helps put a bit of a dent in the high Silicon Valley office vacancy rate.Netherlands-based semiconductor maker NXP leased space at 110 Rose Orchard Way, according to Drawbridge Realty, the owner of the tech campus that includes the just-rented office and research building.

Fox Tale Fermentation Project (left) and Hula Bar And Kitchen restaurant (right), located at 30 East Santa Clara Street in downtown San Jose.SAN JOSE Some sections of downtown San Jose are starting to land a fresh crop of restaurants, bars and other establishments as new businesses sprout in the economic rubble left behind by the coronavirus pandemic.

If you find yourself in Washington Square Park on one of these fine spring days, you might see Felix Morelo, bent low over the sidewalk, drawing.More likely, though, you will see his art.Look down, and you may find yourself standing in a good luck spot, drawn in pastel pink or blue or yellow.Or maybe a bad luck spot.

Dezeen School Shows: a centre that explores the impact of mining is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Manchester School of Art.Also included is a fabric upcycling facility in an adaptively reused industrial courtyard and a assembly building constructed around a nuclear reactor on the shores of Lake Windermere.

European and US furniture brands face much stiffer competition in China from local rivals that have grown rapidly during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Design Shanghai director Zhuo Tan."Chinese brands are doing very well, their business is really flying," said Tan, who spoke to Dezeen ahead of the first edition of Design Shanghai to take place since China relaxed the international travel restrictions it imposed during the pandemic.

NYCxDesign, a design festival held each May in New York City, wrapped up its 11th edition last week with a strong array of group shows across boroughs in Soho showrooms, artist studios and backyards in Brooklyn, vacant office spaces in Chinatown and galleries in between.Though officially billed as a weeklong festival beginning May 19 and anchored by the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) and WantedDesign at the Javits Center, the event circuit seemed to begin in earnest a week before, with a packed roster of adjacent art and design fairs in town including The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF), Frieze New York and the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA).

The message at an Arab-China business forum hosted by Saudi Arabia this week was not particularly subtle, as hundreds of Chinese officials and executives gathered beneath giant chandeliers, smiling for selfies and snacking on organic dates.If you want a trusted partner in the world one of the best partners in the world it's the People's Republic of China, Mohammed Abunayyan, the chairman of a Saudi renewable energy company, declared from the stage, to resounding applause.

A spaceship lands near a small town in the Amazon, leaving the local government to manage an alien invasion.Dissidents who disappeared during a military dictatorship return years later as zombies.Bodies suddenly begin to fuse upon physical contact, forcing Colombians to navigate newly dangerous salsa bars and FARC guerrillas who have merged with tropical birds.

It is tempting to view Boris Johnson's sudden resignation from Britain's Parliament on Friday evening as merely another twist in a serpentine career, a tactical retreat rather than a political epitaph.After all, the language in his 1,035-word statement was defiant and aggrieved, peppered with reminders of the thumping electoral victory that he had delivered for the Conservative Party less than four years ago and pregnant with the possibility that he could do so again in the future.

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks during a press conference in February at Bute House in Edinburgh.Sturgeon has been arrested by police investigating the finances of Scotland's pro-independence governing party.Jane Barlow/AP LONDON Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who dominated politics in Scotland for almost a decade, was arrested and questioned for several hours on Sunday by police investigating the finances of the governing, pro-independence Scottish National Party.

Mike Johnston, a former Colorado state senator buoyed by millions of dollars in outside spending, declared victory on Tuesday night in Denver's mayoral election, beating out a candidate who had been vying to become the first woman to hold the office.As of 10 p.m., Mr. Johnston had pulled ahead with about 54 percent of the vote in the runoff contest, which is nonpartisan though both candidates are Democrats.

The "potentially massive impact" of lockdowns was not considered, the lead lawyer for the Covid inquiry has said.As the probe into the government's handling of the pandemic began hearing evidence, Hugo Keith KC said the UK may not have been well prepared "at all".He added that bereaved families are entitled to know if better planning may have saved lives.

A hospital in Illinois will close on Friday due in part to a cyberattack a rare case of a health care provider publicly linking a hack incident to its closure.The 2021 cyberattack on St. Margaret's Health, a hospital in Spring Valley, Illinois, hobbled computer systems for months and prevented it from filing insurance claims, Linda Burt, a hospital vice president, told CNN on Monday.

The CBI's new boss, Rain Newton-Smith, faces a make-or-break moment on Tuesday, as the scandal-hit lobbying group's members meet to decide its fate.She published a 30-page recovery plan last week, promising a renewed CBI, as she battles to bring the confederation back from the brink of extinction.Its 300 staff were warned last week that would mean job cuts, as the wage bill is reduced by a third.

For years, Britain's governing Conservative Party has pledged to restrict immigration, and a vow to take back control of borders and migration was a centerpiece of the Brexit campaign to leave the European Union.Instead, immigration soared in 2022, according to national statistics released on Thursday news that was somewhat embarrassing to party leaders, whose largely pro-Brexit voters had expected it to fall.

What an ending.Your favorite N.B.A. team has just clinched a championship.The superstar, drenched in sweat, fulfilled his hero's journey.The players are exhausted, but jubilant.Some of them are crying.Out comes a gleaming trophy, the coveted prize that gives the grueling season its meaning, and it's obvious who should lift it first: the billionaire who owns the team.

MILAN Barely six weeks ago, Inter Milan defender Milan Skriniar was lying in a hospital bed in France, recovering from spinal surgery.A lumbar issue had been bothering him for some time and, reluctantly, he had decided that endoscopic intervention was required.He had not played a second of competitive soccer since the early days of March, nor has he played since.

HOUSTON When Carl Lewis left the University of Houston over 40 years ago, he was a 19-year-old world-record-holding long jumper and one of the best sprinters on earth.Lewis would go on to become a colossal sports figure, his famous face gracing the top of the Olympic medal stand nine times, and appearing on the cover of Gentleman's Quarterly Magazine plus a few Hollywood movies and television shows.

When a team takes a three-games-to-none lead in a best-of-seven series, it is time to start looking ahead to the next round or to a championship parade.Most of the time.In the history of sports, a few teams with 3-0 series leads have managed to lose three straight games before recovering.Some of them lost one more game and the series as well.

He was the London mayor who basked in the glory of the 2012 Olympics, before leading the Conservatives to a landmark election victory on the back of his promise to get Brexit done.But Boris Johnson's career will perhaps best be remembered for being peppered with scandal - primarily the lockdown-busting parties which cast a shadow over his political future.

Mountain goats roamed the streets of LLandudno, Wales in March of 2020, as the COVID-19 lockdown kept people and tourists away.Christopher Furlong/Getty Images When the spreading coronavirus pandemic prompted lockdowns in the early months of 2020, people stayed home and traffic volume quickly plummeted.

Student loan borrowers gather at Supreme Court the evening before the court hears two cases on student loan relief, to state the relief is legal and needs to happen immediately, on February 27, 2023, in Washington, D.C.Jemal Countess / Getty Images for We The 45 Million The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned Wednesday that millions of federal student loan borrowers in the U.S. could struggle to make payments once forbearance ends in late August - a timeline codified by the debt ceiling measure that President Joe Biden signed into law over the weekend.

Officers are attending every home burglary in England and Wales following a pledge to roll out the policy, police chiefs have said.The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) committed forces to attending all home burglaries in a new set of standards announced last year that they hoped would result in more crimes being solved and more criminals prosecuted.

Officers are attending every home burglary in England and Wales following a pledge to roll out the policy, police chiefs have said.The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) committed forces to attending all home burglaries in a new set of standards announced last year that they hoped would result in more crimes being solved and more criminals prosecuted.

Boris Johnson has been warned he could lose public funding for legal advice if he tries to frustrate or undermine the Government's position on the Covid-19 Inquiry.Cabinet Office lawyers told him that money would cease to be available if he breaks conditions such as releasing evidence without permission, the Sunday Times reported.

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida escalated his hostilities with former President Donald J. Trump on Friday, arguing that his Republican presidential rival was weak on crime and immigration, and accusing him of ceding critical decision-making during the coronavirus pandemic to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci.In an appearance with the conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, Mr. DeSantis accused Mr. Trump, the G.O.P. front-runner, of moving left on criminal justice and immigration issues after winning over the party's base in 2015 and 2016.

O utgoing Heathrow airport boss John Holland-Kaye has expressed frustration there are no diggers over my friend Boris Johnson's constituency due to expansion delays.He insisted a third runway at the west London airport is vital for the UK to have a thriving, healthy economy.Mr Johnson, who is the Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip near the airport, pledged in 2015 that he would lie in front of the bulldozers if expansion went ahead.

Outgoing Heathrow airport boss John Holland-Kaye has expressed frustration there are no diggers over my friend Boris Johnson's constituency due to expansion delays.He insisted a third runway at the west London airport is vital for the UK to have a thriving, healthy economy.Mr Johnson, who is the Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip near the airport, pledged in 2015 that he would lie in front of the bulldozers if expansion went ahead.

Former health secretary Matt Hancock feared being pushed down an escalator by an anti-vaccination protester who accused him of murdering people during the coronavirus pandemic, he told a court.Geza Tarjanyi, 62, of Leyland in Lancashire, who has denied causing harassment without violence, is accused of shoulder-barging the MP and shouting ridiculous conspiracy theories on two separate occasions on January 19 and 24.

Former health secretary Matt Hancock feared being pushed down an escalator by an anti-vaccination protester who accused him of murdering people during the coronavirus pandemic, he told a court.Geza Tarjanyi, 62, of Leyland in Lancashire, who has denied causing harassment without violence, is accused of shoulder-barging the MP and shouting ridiculous conspiracy theories on two separate occasions on January 19 and 24.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist who launched his 2024 presidential bid earlier this year, discussed the importance of a democratic election and critiqued the Democratic National Committee over the push to change the presidential nominating calendar in a Thursday address to the New Hampshire Senate.

With distress levels high in the wake of the pandemic, anxiety journals are the hot new tool for coping with stress.Florida's college and high school students are using them.So are professors and teachers.Even anxious parents and caregivers are turning to journaling to process their emotions."Anxiety journals help you track your mood, your symptoms and make you more self-aware," said Orlando Gonzalez, a licensed mental health counselor who led a webinar on Anxiety Journaling in May for faculty at the University of Miami.

Charges were dropped against a terrorist days before he murdered three people because of a misunderstanding over a botched Home Office attempt to deport him, an inquest has heard.Khairi Saadallah murdered three men as they socialised in a Reading park following the relaxation of Covid restrictions in June 2020, and was jailed for life the following year.

The UK was hugely unprepared for the Covid crisis because of years of austerity overseen by David Cameron and George Osborne, according to a new report.The Trade Union Congress (TUC) said funding cuts reduced the capacity to respond to the crisis, leaving the NHS and social care sector dangerously understaffed.

Former health minister Lord Bethell has played down the role of WhatsApp messages in policymaking during the coronavirus pandemic after it was reported that three groups were used to make key decisions.He defended the Government's decision to seek a judicial review in its bid to limit disclosure of material to the Covid Inquiry, insisting personal information could end up being unnecessarily surrendered.

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If you think of the two-leg CONCACAF Champions League final as a single 180-minute match, then it's only halftime.And that makes León's 2-1 win in last week's opening game less a loss for LAFC than it is a challenge heading into the return leg Sunday at BMO Stadium.

For the director Olivia West Lloyd, it was good, old-fashioned networking that earned her the chance to make her first feature, Somewhere Quiet.With no film school on her resume, she took every bottom-rung job she could get on a production set, and then connected with other peers on their way up, building a team ready to seize the moment when the opportunity to make a movie together came around.

1. Inflation in the Eurozone is expected to reach a five-year high in May, due to a sharp increase in energy prices.
2. Despite the rise in inflation, economists expect the Eurozone's economic recovery to remain on track.
3. The European Central Bank is likely

In the more than three years since the coronavirus pandemic rearranged how Washingtonians live and work, the administration of DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has been searching for ways to reinvigorate the city's downtown district.Bowser has tax incentives to help turn office buildings into condos and apartments, urged President Biden to bring federal employees back to the office, and set a goal of attracting 15,000 new residents to downtown.

President Biden speaks during a meeting about the American Rescue Plan on March 5, 2021, in Washington, D.C.Some of the pandemic funding allocated in legislation like the American Rescue Plan is being clawed back as part of a budget deal.Samuel Corum/Getty Images Republican and White House negotiators agreed to claw back approximately $27 billion in funding to federal agencies intended to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

It's Thursday.Hummingbirds, rattlesnakes, bears you told us about your favorite neighborhood wildlife.Plus, a new report delivers a sweeping indictment of California State University's handling of sexual misconduct cases.Image Southern sea otters in Moss Landing.Credit...Lilian Carswell/Agence France-Presse Getty Images To live in California is to live alongside nature.