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Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families.Jun 28, 2025 4:01 pm - In the time before widespread vaccination, death often came early. Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children. Over the next century, vaccines virtually wiped out long-feared scourges like polio and measles. Today, however, some preventable, contagious diseases are making a comeback as vaccine hesitancy pushes immunization rates down.
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At least 60 people killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza as ceasefire prospects inch closerJun 28, 2025 8:51 am - At least 60 people were killed across Gaza by Israeli strikes, health workers said Saturday, as Palestinians face a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and ceasefire prospects inch closer.
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Trump’s tax and spending cuts bill clears key Senate vote as Republicans race to pass it by July 4Jun 28, 2025 8:44 am - The Senate is expected to grind through a rare weekend session as Republicans race to pass President Donald Trump's package of tax breaks and spending cuts by his July Fourth deadline.
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Supreme Court OKs fee that subsidizes phone, internet services in schools, libraries and rural areasJun 27, 2025 9:34 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the fee that is added to phone bills to provide billions of dollars a year in subsidized phone and internet services in sc...
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Supreme Court upholds Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing pornography onlineJun 27, 2025 7:13 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Texas law aimed at blocking children from seeing online pornography. Nearly half the states have passed similar laws req...
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1 killed and 11 wounded in intense Israeli strikes on south LebanonJun 27, 2025 4:12 pm - NABATIEH, Lebanon — Israel’s air force carried out intense airstrikes on mountains overlooking a southern city in Lebanon on Friday, in an attack that the Israeli militar...
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Trump says Iran must open itself to inspection to verify it doesn’t restart its nuclear programJun 27, 2025 3:50 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he expects Iran to open itself to international inspection to verify that it doesn’t restart...
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Trump says he’s ending trade talks with Canada over its ‘egregious Tax’ on technology firmsJun 27, 2025 3:42 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called ...
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RFK Jr. made promises about vaccines. Here’s what he’s done as health secretaryJun 27, 2025 3:28 pm - During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I am not going to go into HHS and impose my pre...
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How carbon capture works and the debate about whether it's a future climate solutionJun 27, 2025 10:16 am - Power plants and industrial facilities that emit carbon dioxide, the primary driver of global warming, are hopeful that Congress will keep tax credits for capturing the gas and storing it deep underground.