Far as he was from Washington, D.C., as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hiked to the top of a towering sandstone arch in rural Arizona with a group of Navajo Nation leaders, the impact of his agency’s cuts reached farther. Wearing a shirt with a clear request written on the front, … Read more
The wingtip of an American Airlines plane hit another American Airlines plane on a taxiway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. No one was hurt, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said. Both planes returned to gates and airport operations weren’t impacted, the agency said. … Read more
China is cracking down on U.S. films amid the escalating tariff standoff between the two nations. China’s National Film Administration announced on Thursday that it will begin reducing the number of American films allowed to be shown within China. President Donald Trump has raised tariffs on Chinese imports to 145%, which includes the earlier fentanyl-related … Read more
This is a KFF Health News story. Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy, public health workers say. Dairy and poultry workers have accounted for most cases of the bird flu in the U.S. — and preventing and detecting cases among them is key to averting a … Read more
The death toll continues to rise amid an ongoing search and rescue effort after the roof of a Dominican Republic nightclub collapsed during a concert. At least 218 people were killed, Dominican authorities said on Thursday, and another 155 injured in the roof collapse at the Jet Set nightclub, located in the capital of Santo … Read more
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday will try again to hold a vote on a budget blueprint to fund President Donald Trump’s agenda. The House is expected to vote in the 10 a.m. hour on the measure, which was passed by the Senate last week. “I’m happy to tell you that this morning, I believe … Read more
The FIA’s president for sport Robert Reid has resigned, citing a “standards breakdown” in Formula 1’s governing body. It is the latest senior resignation at the FIA in the last 18 months as Reid appears to have fallen out with president Mohammed Ben Sulayem. Reid has been deputy president since Ben Sulayem, who is attending … Read more
As the job market continues to get more competitive, it’s taking months for new grads to land employment, with many settling for roles that don’t align with their goals. To address this problem, Drafted, a new startup emerging from stealth, has built a jobs platform for students and early-career professionals, a subset of people who … Read more
Slightly more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but the labor market remains broadly healthy despite an ongoing trade war. Jobless claim filings inched up by 4,000 to 223,000 for the week ending April 5, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s less than the 225,000 new applications analysts forecast. Weekly applications for jobless benefits … Read more
A family in Philadelphia is outraged after a graveside platform collapsed at their loved one’s burial. Source link
