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'Take the vaccine, please,' a top US health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise
WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status.“Take the vaccine, please,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator whose boss has raised suspicion about the safety and importance of vaccines. “We have a solution for our problem.”
Oz, a heart surgeon, defended some recently revised federal vaccine recommendations as well as past comments... Read More
US Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash â including from Trump
MILAN (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said that it is hard to cheer for American Olympians who are speaking out against administration policies, calling one such critic “a real Loser” who perhaps should have stayed home.It was the latest and most prominent example of U.S. Olympians at the Milan Cortina Games inviting online backlash with their words.
Reporters on Friday asked U.S. athletes at a news conference how they feel representing the country during the Trump administration's heighted immigration enforcement actions. Freestyle skier Hunter Hess... Read More
NYU womenâs basketball team sets Division III record with its 82nd consecutive win
NYU now stands alone atop the Division III women's basketball record book with 82 consecutive victories.The Violets (20-0) beat Carnegie Mellon 69-58 on Sunday to break a tie with rival Washington University of St. Louis, which won 81 games in a row from 1998-2001.
“Thrilled we beat Wash U for that record,” NYU coach Meg Barber said in a phone interview after the victory. “I'm a competitive person and wildly respect this league and to have any type of streak is incredible.”
Barber knows first-hand about the record her team broke, having been a player... Read More
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa freed after 8 months in prison
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa on Sunday was released after more than eight months in prison for what are widely considered to be politically motivated accusations.Guanipa, one of the closest allies of opposition powerhouse María Corina Machado, had been held at a detention facility in the capital, Caracas. His release release comes as the government of acting President Delcy Rodríguez faces mounting pressure to free hundreds of people whose detentions months or years ago have been linked to their political beliefs.
Thailand's conservative Bhumjaithai party tops polls but will need partners to form government
BANGKOK (AP) — The Bhumjaithai party of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul took a commanding lead in Thailand’s general election Sunday, with about 93% of polling stations having reported, according to unofficial results from the state Election Commission.The commission’s running count, shown on its website, indicated that the conservative Bhumjaithai party won about 194 seats in the 500-member House of Representatives.
A simple majority of 251 seats is needed for the body to elect a prime minister to form a new government. The figures appear to make that total... Read More
Top Stories
- Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa freed after 8 months in prison
- Japanese prime minister's party secures supermajority in lower house in landslide victory
- Investigation continues a week after Savannah Guthrie mother was reported missing
- 'Melania' falls steeply and 'Send Help' holds steady at No. 1 on a quiet weekend in theaters
- Lindsey Vonn breaks leg in downhill crash at Winter Olympics, in stable condition after surgery
- Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to 7 more years in prison
- FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasnât running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show
- Gaza's Rafah crossing opens after 2-day closure as Palestinians claim delays and mistreatment
- Paul Thomas Anderson wins at 78th Directors Guild Awards for 'One Battle After Another'
- Voters are worried about the cost of housing. But Trump wants home prices to keep climbing
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- 'Melania' falls steeply and 'Send Help' holds steady at No. 1 on a quiet weekend in theaters
- Super Bowl ads try to overcome tough times with health, caring and the usual laughs
- Paul Thomas Anderson wins at 78th Directors Guild Awards for 'One Battle After Another'
- Russian skater Petr Gumennik becomes latest Olympian to change music due to copyright issues
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- NYU womenâs basketball team sets Division III record with its 82nd consecutive win
- Haaland seals dramatic 2-1 win for Man City at Liverpool to boost Premier League title challenge
- Kam and O'Shea deliver career-best free skate to keep US ahead in Olympic team figure skating
- Lindsey Vonn breaks leg in downhill crash at Winter Olympics, in stable condition after surgery