Liberian Muslim Leader Speaks of Safe Burial Procedures for Ebola Victims

AFP
Frozen in time: Colombian town's unexplained mummies
In a small town high in the Colombian Andes, Clovisnerys Bejarano kneels before a glass box holding the petrified corpse of her mother, who died 30 years ago, but looks as if she might just be asleep. In the late 1980s, some 50 mummies were found in the mausoleum every year, but the rate has declined to a handful per year, said Vergara.
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Reuters
Brazil's top court temporarily suspends payroll tax exemption law
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Thursday temporarily suspended a law extending payroll tax exemptions for 17 sectors of the economy, according to a decision seen by Reuters. Justice Cristiano Zanin granted an injunction suspending part of the law after a government request. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva last year vetoed the bill passed by Congress extending the payroll tax exemptions until 2027, but lawmakers later voted to block his veto.
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Associated Press
Guatemalan prosecutors raid offices of Save the Children charity
Guatemalan prosecutors raided the offices of the charity Save the Children on Thursday, citing a complaint alleging the violation of migrant children’s rights. Prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche said in a video to media that the complaint filed by an unidentified foreigner had raised serious concerns because it involved allegations of abuse of children. The raid came a week after the secretary general of Guatemala's Public Ministry, Ángel Pineda, wrote a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asking for support in addressing allegations that Save the Children and other aid groups “could be participating in child trafficking operations.”
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CBS News
Residents still have concerns about Flint's water
It's been a decade since the Flint water crisis began. Residents told CBS News the scandal still weighs heavily on the city.
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How bird flu virus fragments get into milk sold in stores, and what the spread of H5N1 in cows means for the dairy industry and milk drinkers
Five livestock experts who study infectious diseases in the dairy industry explain the risks as the FDA announces that about 20% of milk sampled from stores across the US tested positive.
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NBC News
What Trump’s lawyer conceded at the Supreme Court: From the Politics Desk
In today’s edition, reporters Lawrence Hurley and Ryan J. Reilly break down what happened in the Supreme Court arguments over Trump's claim of absolute immunity
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Politico
Republicans hammer campus protesters, and Democrats, as unrest spreads
Democratic officials led by the White House on Thursday spurned the request from House Speaker Mike Johnson to deploy troops to Columbia University.
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TODAY
These are the healthiest beans and legumes, according to dietitians
Beans and legumes are a great source of plant protein, fiber and other nutrients. Which beans are healthiest? Dietitians discuss the benefits of beans and share their top picks.
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NBC News
1 in 5 samples of pasteurized milk had bird flu virus fragments, FDA says
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that traces of the bird flu virus have been found in 1 in 5 samples of pasteurized milk, providing a more detailed picture of how much of the milk supply has been affected.
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NBC News
Bodycam video shows handcuffed man telling Ohio officers 'I can't breathe' before his death
The Canton Police Department in Ohio has released body camera video from the night a 53-year-old man died after he repeatedly told officers “I can’t breathe” as he was handcuffed with his hands behind his back and he was pinned to the ground.
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CNN
Boeing and NASA decide to move forward with historic crewed launch of new spacecraft
The long-awaited Starliner mission is on track to carry two NASA astronauts — Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore — to the International Space Station.
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NBC News
Secret Service removes agent from Kamala Harris' detail after 'distressing' behavior
The agent, whose identity has not been disclosed, was involved with the vice president’s departure from Joint Base Andrews on Monday for a trip to Wisconsin.
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Associated Press
USC's move to cancel commencement amid protests draws criticism from students, alumni
The University of Southern California's decision Thursday to cancel its main graduation ceremony, a move that came 10 days after administrators said the student valedictorian who had expressed support for Palestinians would not be allowed to speak, left students and alumni stunned as protests over the Israel-Hamas war continue to spread on campuses nationwide. “It seems like USC isn’t really listening to their student body,” said Olivia Lee, a 2023 business administration graduate who said she is rethinking whether to recommend the private university to potential students.
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USA TODAY
American found with ammo in luggage on Turks and Caicos faces 12 years: 'Boneheaded mistake'
Valerie Watson is waiting to find out how long her husband Ryan's sentence will be after bullets were in his duffel bag on Turks and Caicos.
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Associated Press
Alabama sets July execution date for man convicted of killing delivery driver
The execution date for a man convicted in the 1998 fatal shooting of a delivery driver who had stopped at an ATM has been set for July 18, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Thursday. Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, will be put to death by lethal injection, which is the state's primary execution method. The announcement came a week after the Alabama Supreme Court authorized the execution to go forward.
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Politico
The ‘milk supply is safe’: Biden administration scrambles to reassure Americans as bird flu spreads
Officials are racing to conduct more testing to better understand the spread of the virus and its potential risk to humans.
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Reuters
Trump compares campus Israel protests to 2017 white nationalist rally
Donald Trump on Thursday criticized the mostly peaceful protests on U.S. college campuses over Israel's war in Gaza, describing them as "tremendous hate," while saying that the violence at a white nationalist rally in Virginia when he was president was by comparison "a little peanut." Trump, the Republican candidate for president in the November elections, also sought to place blame for the campus protests on Democratic President Joe Biden. In remarks to media following the day's testimony in his criminal trial in New York City, Trump referenced the violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 between white nationalists and counter-protesters, in which one woman was killed, and claimed the current college protests over Israel were far worse.
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Associated Press
Mexico's chief detective apologizes for saying his country is the 'champion' of fentanyl production
The head of Mexico’s detective service apologized Thursday for saying his country is “the champion” of fentany l and meth production. The 91,000 pounds (41,310 kilograms) of meth found there was more than half of the 162,000 pounds of the drug Mexico has seized so far this year. A year ago, soldiers seized more than a half-million fentanyl pills in Culiacan in what the army at the time described as the largest synthetic drug lab found to date.
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AFP
United by grief, families of Boeing crash victims demand justice
They can't bring back their children, siblings or partners, but five years on, the families of the 2019 Boeing crash victims want to ensure a similar tragedy never happens again.Ike Riffel, who lost his two children in the crash, said he is hopeful that the group of family members can get justice for the victims.
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CNN
17 states sue EEOC over new employer abortion accommodation rule
A coalition of Republican attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over a new rule that requires employers to provide abortion accommodations under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
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