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CDC reports 90 new measles cases as outbreak approaches recordVideo
WASHINGTON — For the third week in a row, U.S. health officials have added dozens of new reports to the year’s list of confirmed measles cases, bringing the total to 555 - already the highest number in the past five years. If the outbreaks aren’t brought under control, public health...
What does Lilly Singh’s NBC late-night show mean for YouTube?
Late-night has long used YouTube as a hosting platform and a place to fish for inspiration. Now, a major network is hiring a platform-native to run one of their shows. Starting in the fall, Lilly Singh will host “A Little Late With Lilly Singh” in the third slot after Jimmy...
Congress is not ‘smart enough’ to examine Trump’s tax returns, Sarah Sanders saysVideo
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Sunday that she doesn’t believe members of Congress are “smart enough” to examine President Trump’s tax returns, pushing back against Democrats’ demands for information on the president’s finances. House Democrats have given the Trump administration a hard deadline of April 23 to turn...
Democrats take aim at Miller as questions persist about ‘sanctuary city’ targetingVideo
WASHINGTON — House Democrats are sharpening their focus on White House immigration adviser Stephen Miller, with key lawmakers saying he should be brought before congressional committees to testify about his role in recent policy controversies. The talk of bringing Miller before lawmakers comes days after The Washington Post reported that...
‘SNL’: Lori Loughlin, Michael Avenatti, and Julian Assange battle for craziest jailbird
In a rare turn (well, at least rare these days), “Saturday Night Live” took a break this weekend from hammering President Donald Trump in its cold open. Instead, the show turned its eye to the series of recent, headline-garnering arrests that has resulted in Mad Lib-esque news stories about random...
Congress scorns Trump plan to cut, weaponize foreign aid
WASHINGTON — Mark Green did his best to put a winning face on a losing proposition. The administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) told Congress about a proposed “increase” in his budget and funding for a program that “will allow us to maintain the highest level ever...
Tired of looking for your hammer? Get organized
Because hand tools usually aren’t used daily, they’re often lower on the list of home organizing priorities. But the thing about tools is that when you need one, you need it now. In most households, tools are not stored in just one place — some may be kept in the...
White House proposed releasing immigrant detainees in sanctuary citiesVideo
WASHINGTON — White House officials have tried to pressure U.S. immigration authorities to release detainees onto the streets of “sanctuary cities” to retaliate against President Trump’s political adversaries, according to Department of Homeland Security officials and email messages reviewed by The Washington Post. Trump administration officials have proposed transporting detained...
Fans want ‘a rightful seat in history’ for Katie Bouman, who created an algorithm to assemble that black hole photo
First came the breathtaking image, the first one to ever show a black hole, in a galaxy about 55 million light-years from Earth. Then came the giddy realization that the remarkable, years-in-the-making moment would not have been possible without the work of a 29-year-old female scientist, who has now claimed...
Jeff Bezos challenges retail rivals to match Amazon’s $15 minimum wage
Just five months after Amazon moved to a $15 minimum wage, chief executive Jeff Bezos has called on other retailers to match it. “Today I challenge our top retail competitors (you know who you are!) to match our employee benefits and our $15 minimum wage,” Bezos said in a letter...
Trump shares graphic on Twitter showing inaccurate approval rating
President Donald Trump on Thursday shared an inaccurate graphic on Twitter that significantly overstated his overall job approval rating in a new poll and falsely suggested it was “soaring.” The graphic, produced by the Fox Business Network and aired on “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” indicated that Trump’s overall job approval was...
Sanders’ new Medicare-for-all legislation puts spotlight on health care
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., released a new version of his Medicare-for-all plan Wednesday, putting a spotlight on the debate among 2020 Democratic presidential contenders over the future of America’s health care system. At an event on Capitol Hill, Sanders unveiled his latest version of a single-payer plan, which...
Former Obama White House counsel Gregory Craig expects to face charges
WASHINGTON — Attorneys for former White House counsel Gregory Craig said Wednesday that he expects to face federal charges in the coming days in regard to legal work he did for the Ukrainian government in 2012. The expected indictment — which his attorneys called “a misguided abuse of prosecutorial discretion”...
Amazon, Microsoft finalists for Pentagon contract; ‘potential ethical violations’ noted
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has narrowed the field of potential awardees for its $10 billion cloud computing contract to two companies: Amazon and Microsoft, Defense Department spokeswoman Elissa Smith said Wednesday. The Pentagon separately determined that alleged conflicts of interest on the part of Amazon Web Services did not adversely...
Senate GOP pushes White House to stop purge at Homeland Security
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans are pressuring President Donald Trump not to fire any more Homeland Security officials, warning that the department can’t function properly if the White House continues to oust key members of its leadership team. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen left the agency Wednesday after submitting her resignation...
Packers’ Aaron Rodgers played most of 2018 with broken leg bone
Details about Aaron Rodgers’ leg injury, sustained before a national TV audience in the Green Bay Packers’ season opener, were limited only to what your eyes told you about the massive knee brace he wore for much of the season. The NFL’s new year is underway, though, and now Rodgers...
David Dao, doctor dragged from United flight while screaming, breaks silence
Exactly two years after passenger David Dao was dragged, screaming, from his seat on a United Airlines flight, he has broken his silence, saying he has shed many tears over the incident. Dao’s case captured worldwide attention in 2017 when he was forcibly removed from an overbooked flight at Chicago’s...
Suspected Parkland gunman pens letters about having kids, naming them after guns
In love letters knotted with stick figures and smiley faces, Parkland shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz looks toward the future. “I really want kids. I think of it all the time, you know the joy they bring,” Cruz, 20, wrote on Halloween to Miley, one of his many online admirers whom...
Key to happiness? Get a dog
The well-respected survey that’s been a barometer of American politics, culture and behavior for more than four decades finally got around to the question that has bedeviled many a household. Dog or cat? In 2018, the General Social Survey for the first time included a battery of questions on pet...
Von Miller calls Browns WR Odell Beckham Jr. ‘The new LeBron’Video
A month after the stunning trade that sent Odell Beckham Jr. from the New York Giants to the Cleveland Browns, the wide receiver’s reaction is still a hot topic of conversation. “He was hurt,” Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller, a friend of Beckham’s, told the NFL Network (via Pro Football...
CDC finds 78 new measles cases as outbreak sprints to record
WASHINGTON — For the second week in a row, U.S. health officials added dozens of new reports to the year’s list of confirmed measles cases, bringing the total to 465 — already the highest number in the last five years. It’s another significant milepost on the road to what will...
Secret Service Chief Randolph ‘Tex’ Alles leaving Trump administration, White House says
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles will be stepping down from his post, the latest in a string of departures from President Trump’s administration. Alles “has done a great job at the agency over the last two years, and the President is thankful for his over 40...
Suspected rhino poacher killed by elephant then eaten by lions, authorities say
Five suspected poachers entered Kruger National Park in South Africa last week to kill rhino living there, according to authorities. Only four of the men left alive. The fifth was killed by an elephant and later “devoured” by a pride of lions, park officials said in a statement. “Entering Kruger...
17-foot, 140-pound python captured in Florida park
Researchers last week captured and killed the largest Burmese python to be removed from Big Cypress National Preserve in the Florida Everglades, according to wildlife officials. The 17-foot, 140-pound female snake — an invasive species devastating to native wildlife — was discovered using a new tracking approach that leans on...
Bret Hart was jumped by fan during WWE Hall of Fame speech
Wrestlers sprang to the aid of Bret Hart when a fan jumped a barrier and wrapped his arms around the 61-year-old former wrestler as he delivered a WWE Hall of Fame speech Saturday night in the ring at Barclays Center. Hart was being inducted into the Hall a second time,...
