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Month: April 2025

Dr. Peter Marks said he doesn't fully understand his ouster from the FDA

Dramatic HHS cuts leave US ‘weaker as a nation,’ says top FDA vaccine official forced out under Kennedy

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Sweeping job cuts and reorganizations taking place at the US Department of Health and Human Services under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leave the United States “weaker as a nation,” Dr. Peter Marks told CNN on Friday. Marks, the former director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center

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Ex-assistant says filmmaker Paul Schrader sexually assaulted her and backed out of settlement deal

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Schrader, the writer of “Taxi Driver” and director of “American Gigolo,” has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting his former personal assistant, firing her when she wouldn’t acquiesce to advances and reneging on a settlement that was meant to keep the allegations

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Georgia bill would compensate the wrongfully convicted and let Trump recover costs of election case

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — A revived attempt to fix Georgia’s inefficient system for compensating people wrongfully convicted of crimes almost died. Then it got tacked onto a bill that could compensate former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen codefendants for attorneys’ fees after they were indicted for

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Georgia bill would compensate the wrongfully convicted and let Trump recover costs of election case

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — A revived attempt to fix Georgia’s inefficient system for compensating people wrongfully convicted of crimes almost died. Then it got tacked onto a bill that could compensate former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen codefendants for attorneys’ fees after they were indicted for

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From local high school courts to MIAA: Luke Scheidecker returns to St. Joseph

Fast forward to just a week later, and the room was filled once again, this time to introduce the university’s 11th head women’s basketball coach, Luke Scheidecker.

For Scheidecker, the moment felt full circle. A native of Smithville, Missouri, he had the opportunity to return to his roots. Director of Athletics Andy Carter was intrigued by his success, even before he needed to make a call to fill a coaching vacancy. Once there was an opening, Carter picked up the phone instantly, making Scheidecker his first call.

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¿Puede EE.UU. revocar la visa de estudiante por asistir a protestas o por tus publicaciones en redes sociales?

Por Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN en Español La orden de revisar las redes sociales de algunos estudiantes extranjeros ha desatado un amplio debate sobre qué tan protegidos están los solicitantes y titulares de visa de estudiante, en medio de una represión más amplia del Gobierno de Donald Trump contra los inmigrantes que participan en protestas universitarias

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Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book are among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library this week after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s

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Trump administration rolls back forest protections in bid to ramp up logging

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration acted to roll back environmental safeguards around future logging projects on more than half of U.S. national forests under an emergency designation announced Friday that cites dangers from wildfires. Whether the move will boost lumber supplies as Trump envisioned in an executive

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Columbia must give 30 days’ notice before sharing student records with Congress’ antisemitism probe

NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University must give detained activist Mahmoud Khalil and other students 30 days’ notice before handing over any more documents to Congress as it investigates antisemitism on college campuses, a federal judge in New York ruled Friday. But U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian stopped short of outright blocking the Manhattan university

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Columbia must give 30 days’ notice before sharing student records with Congress’ antisemitism probe

NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University must give detained activist Mahmoud Khalil and other students 30 days’ notice before handing over any more documents to Congress as it investigates antisemitism on college campuses, a federal judge in New York ruled Friday. But U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian stopped short of outright blocking the Manhattan university

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council; Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.; former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent; Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and James Lankford, R-Okla. ___ CNN’s “State of the Union” — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins;

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Martín Rapetti: “No descarto que la inflación de marzo sea del 3%”

CNN Radio Argentina (CNN Radio Argentina) – Martín Rapetti, Director Ejecutivo de Equilibra, analizó este viernes en CNN Economía y Actualidad con Julieta Tarrés el impacto de los anuncios arancelarios del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump y el estado de la economía argentina. “En esta situación a Argentina le conviene tener superávit externo, tipo de cambio

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Retirees keep their eyes on the economy as Trump’s tariffs roil financial markets

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — When retired school counselor Don Herneisen meets up with friends each week for breakfast at a hole-in-the-wall restaurant, the conversation often turns to the economy. With financial markets in turmoil as President Donald Trump unveiled his latest tariffs this week, the popularity

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Retirees keep their eyes on the economy as Trump’s tariffs roil financial markets

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — When retired school counselor Don Herneisen meets up with friends each week for breakfast at a hole-in-the-wall restaurant, the conversation often turns to the economy. With financial markets in turmoil as President Donald Trump unveiled his latest tariffs this week, the popularity

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