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After a Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Republicans carved up a majority-Black Memphis seat as the national redistricting wars continue.
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The president previously committed to helping the 78-year-old Lai, a symbol of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement who has been imprisoned since 2020.
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Jake Reiner remembered his parents, Rob and Michelle Reiner in his podcast return on Wednesday.
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The outbreak of a deadly virus aboard a cruise ship may sound like a familiar story — but while it's a serious scenario, public health figures aren't anticipating the next global pandemic. The big picture: The hantavirus has left travelers isolating in their rooms, sparked a diplomatic debate about where the ship should port and launched a contact-tracing scramble. - The Andes strain of the virus, which health authorities have identified as the culprit on the cruise, is the only one known to be capable of transmission between humans. - Three deaths have been reported and several others have fallen ill after the outbreak on the ship that embarked from Argentina early last month. So far, the World Health Organization (WHO) says…
Investors questioned Ryan Cohen’s latest gambit after he gave an evasive CNBC interview and a once-loyal supporter sold his GameStop shares.
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The move would further solidify the U.S. refugee program as a pipeline for the white minority from South Africa.
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Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins says she has long had a condition called an essential tremor
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Dr. John Brownstein answers the biggest questions about hantavirus, including how it spreads, treatment options and whether it could ever become a pandemic.
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Bumble's swipe feature — responsible for countless connections , breakups and everything in between — will soon be no more, founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd announced Wednesday on "The Axios Show." Why it matters: Wolfe Herd, who returned to the dating app as CEO last year, is making a big bet: ditching core features to pivot toward AI-driven matchmaking and attract new users ahead of a relaunch this year. - It's a ripe time for a product overhaul as Bumble deals with a sagging business, Gen Z dating app fatigue and stiff competition from Tinder and Hinge. Driving the news: "We are going to be saying goodbye to the swipe and hello to something that I believe is revolutionary for the category," Wolfe Herd told Axios media…
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ICE is in talks to buy turnkey immigration detention facilities from its biggest vendors as local backlash derails its plan to rapidly renovate warehouses into large-scale detention spaces . Why it matters: The Department of Homeland Security wants to own its detention spaces, a pivot from the mostly leased network of beds that held a peak a population of more than 70,000 detainees earlier this year. Zoom in: "The broader vision is to develop a nationwide network that consolidates populations in relatively larger facilities that allows them to be able to service the needs of the entire country," CoreCivic CEO Patrick Swindle said on an investors call on Thursday. - CoreCivic leases roughly one-quarter of ICE's immigrant detention beds to…