In the wake of the shooting.

CDC Director Susan Monarez's lawyers say she refuses to resign Director Susan Monarez’s lawyers say she refuses to resign. News she will leave was followed by leaders’ resignations.

CDC top leadership ouster, resignations Wednesday night

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Oo pix

Rail customers urge regulators to block Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern deal, FT reports Seven associations of shippers have expressed concern the planned deal would significantly increase the power of the merged railroad to raise prices or reduce service standards, the report said. Unio...

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Case in point: I am not reading it

Seven cats seemingly convened for a meeting on a patch of grass just outside a forest

what in the cat conclave is going on here

'Big Beautiful Bill' could cost Georgia rural hospitals $540M, says report Many groups have come out against cutting Medicaid funding, citing studies that show Ga. rural hospitals could lose $540 million over 10 years.

GOP’s proposed health spending cuts would cost GA rural hospitals $540M in lost revenue, per study.

Of the 4 Georgia hospitals researchers listed as most likely to then close services or shut down, 3 are in districts represented by R Congressmen who voted for the bill.

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The Family That Built an Empire of Pain The Sackler dynasty’s ruthless marketing of painkillers has generated billions of dollars—and millions of addicts.

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(Published 2024)

This New York Times obit of Jillian Sackler centers her mission to distance Arthur Sackler from the opioid epidemic, without ever touching on how Arthur pioneered their tactic with lies marketing Valium etc. See Patrick Radden Keefe's 2017 piece in New Yorker.
www.nytimes.com/by/sam-roberts

The front page of the Chicago Sun-Times, featuring the pope waving under the words "DA POPE!" Subheadline says, "Chicagoan Robert Prevost, known to many on the South Side as 'Father Bob' and now to millions as Pope Leo XIV, becomes first American pontiff. The best coverage of Chicago's pope, pages 2-10."

Today's front page.

The Rev. Robert Prevost (from left corner) with Ed Schmit and Schmit’s grandson at a 2005 White Sox World Series game at U.S. Cellular Field, now Rate Field.

Amazing. Pope Leo (top left corner) at a 2005 White Sox World Series game at U.S. Cellular Field. chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...

Customs and Border Protection Confirms Its Use of Hacked Signal Clone TeleMessage After a hacker reportedly stole data from TeleMessage Signal that included references to CBP, the agency has now confirmed that it used the app but has now “disabled” it as a “precautionary measure.”

tired: SignalGate

@wired.com: The Signal clone, TeleMessage—which Mike Waltz appeared to use in a Reuters photo—has been hacked. And Customs and Border Protection also confirmed it used TeleMessage.

Welp.

Close-up of a bunny's face, with its nose and whiskers in focus.

$750 Million to Be Paid to Women Who Were Sexually Abused by Doctor

Breaking News: Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian agreed to pay $750 million to hundreds of women who had been sexually abused by a doctor.

How long will Bluesky let this go…community notes, corrections, anyone?

(No of course Harvard did not post this marked up version, someone else did)

Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world

CDC Foundation hit by layoffs Independent nonprofit founded by Congress works with outside groups to bolster CDC work.

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Georgia loses chance to become a foster mom after CDC job loss A Georgia woman had to forfeit her dream of becoming a foster mom when she lost her job at the CDC.

To mark the first 100 days of the Trump administration, the AJC interviewed some Georgians who've been personally impacted. I interviewed Bree Danner, a CDC worker who planned to become a foster mom.
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The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements.

A few words on journalism, risk and what I actually said.

Yosemite National Park
Mariposa County, CA, USA

Photographer:
Glenn Robinson

A study in Germany found altered brain connectivity in long COVID patients, linking changes between the caudate nucleus and precentral gyrus to cognitive impairment, especially in executive function.

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Trump NIH funding cuts will hit Georgia health research hard, experts say The Trump administration announced major cuts to federal biomedical research funding beginning Monday that will hit Georgia institutions hard, experts say.

“Naive and dangerous”
“A bloodbath” for science
- scientists on Trump administration’s NIH cut

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While Waffle House scrambles, Cracker Barrel will reward those who order eggs Cracker Barrel has shown it isn’t afraid to take a whisk after indirectly calling out Waffle House for its temporary egg surcharge.

Egg war

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Roger Goodell, on the NFL’s DEI policies moving forward: “We’re not in this because it’s a trend. It’s about attracting the best talents.”

“I think we’ll continue those efforts.”

Jimmy Carter’s physician talks about former president’s time in hospice Jimmy Carter's doctor discusses how former president, tired of hospital visits, chose home hospice.

I talked to Jimmy Carter’s personal doctor about the man and the patient, before and after hospice, and his final, peaceful moments at home.

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