New York lawmakers are poised Thursday to eliminate a religious exemption to vaccine requirements in the face of its worst measles outbreak in decades. The Democrat-led Senate and Assembly planned to vote on repealing the exemption, which allows parents of children to cite their religious beliefs to opt a child out of the vaccines required […]
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Image copyright BBC / Getty Image caption The chart included songs by (clockwise from top left): Destiny’s Child, Spice Girls, TLC, Little Mix and All Saints The Spice Girls’ Wannabe has been named the UK’s best-selling single by a girl group, 23 years after it was released. The track has sold 1.7m copies since 1996,
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Lawmakers and experts said Thursday that videos altered with artificial intelligence software pose a threat to national security and the 2020 U.S. election. The technology uses facial mapping and artificial intelligence to produce videos — known as “deep fakes” — that appear genuine, and they “enable malicious actors to foment chaos, division or crisis,” said
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Santa Anita has put together a five-member team to review horses’ medical, training and racing history for the final six racing days at the Southern California track where 29 horses have died since December. The Arcadia track’s season ends June 23, with racing Friday, Saturday and Sunday this week and next. Led by the California
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WASHINGTON — A federal government agency recommended on Thursday that President Trump fire Kellyanne Conway, his White House counselor, for repeated violations of the law barring partisan politics from the federal workplace. In a report to Mr. Trump, the agency called Ms. Conway a “repeat offender” of the Hatch Act, which bars federal employees from
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U.S. stocks edged higher in midday trading Thursday on Wall Street as a rise in oil prices boosted energy companies following a suspected attack on two oil tankers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. U.S. oil rose 2.1% and Brent crude, the international benchmark, gained 2.5%. The gains come at a time when oil prices
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Prime Minister has asked the BBC to explain the broadcast Prime Minister Theresa May has said the BBC should explain why a Jo Brand joke about throwing battery acid was “appropriate content” for broadcast. The comedian made the remark during a broadcast of Radio 4 satirical show Heresy
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Dozens of rare 13-star American flags never before exhibited will be on display at the Museum of the American Revolution. Antique flag dealer and expert Jeff Bridgman has loaned the historic flags to the Philadelphia museum for display starting Friday, which is Flag Day. The flags feature 32 arrangements of 13 stars representing the 13
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The leaders at the USGA aren’t the only ones who want to get it right at this U.S. Open. Brooks Koepka would like to: He could win his fifth major and become the first person in 114 years to win three U.S. Opens in a row. Tiger Woods would like to: He could write another
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WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday defended his willingness to accept campaign help from Russia or other foreign governments by equating it to the sort of diplomatic meetings he holds with world leaders as the nation’s chief executive. In an interview broadcast on Wednesday night, Mr. Trump had rejected his own F.B.I. director’s recommendation that
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