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NEW YORK (news agencies) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still has an Alzheimer’s disease program. Congress appropriated $41 million to it this year. There’s just no one staffing it.Then there’s the agency’s Office on Smoking and Health. Congress allocated $246 million for that. Its staffers were cut, too.Same for the epilepsy program. Its sickle cell disease data collection operation. Its rape prevention unit.Think of them as the CDC’s zombie programs — they appear to be alive, at least according to legislation and congressional appropriations. But functionally they are dead or nearly dead, because the CDC experts who…
Youth for BokakhatPranab Doley is a well-known activist around Kaziranga in Assam On 30 July, the day Pranab Doley was set to be released from jail, his father and lawyer arrived at the prison in the northeastern Indian state of Assam to take the activist home.Doley, 40, had been arrested weeks earlier after joining a June protest against a proposed luxury hotel near Kaziranga National Park, a Unesco World Heritage Site whose grasslands, wetlands and forests are home to elephants, tigers and the world’s largest population of one-horned rhinos.A court had granted him and four others bail on 29 July.…
Why has Russia threatened the UK and what happens next?UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said London will continue “to support Ukraine 100%”.54 mins agoEurope
Getty ImagesLongtime ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has died aged 77, the band said.A statement on the blues-rock band’s website said he died on Monday in hospice care at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family members at his side. His cause of death was not specified. Beard’s passing “necessitates the cancellation” of the band’s tour dates this week in Utah and Colorado, the statement said. ZZ Top was founded in 1969 and played their first live concert the following year. Together they released 15 studio and four live albums, with hit singles like Gimme All Your Lovin’, Sleeping Bag,…
Trump on USS Lincoln deployment: ‘Not nearly long enough’US Navy veteran Jonny Burnell spent 111 days aboard the warship USS Vinson during the US war with Afghanistan in 2001.His role as a Navy photographer allowed him to visit crew throughout the ship, unlike most sailors who are confined to parts of the vessel where they work. In an age before digital photography, troops were often eager to get their picture snapped whenever they saw him.Over more than three months aboard the USS Carl Vinson, he witnessed a change among the crew as their excitement and energy faded to what he…
Getty ImagesWarning: This story contains distressing details and discussion of attempted suicideLindsay Clancy was “begging for help” before killing her three children, her former mother-in-law testified on Tuesday, echoing others who have told a court that Clancy’s mental health deteriorated after the birth of her youngest son.”She had insomnia. She was losing her appetite,” the mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, said at the murder trial. “She was very anxious and sad.”Lawyers for Clancy, who does not dispute carrying out the killings but has pleaded not guilty to murder charges, say she was experiencing postpartum psychosis at the time.When asked by a defence…
Watch: Terrified pets and crushed cars as earthquake shakes GranadaAt least three people have been lightly injured and a number of buildings damaged after an earthquake rocked southern Spain.The epicentre of the magnitude 4.8 tremor on Tuesday morning was about 10km (six miles) south of the historic city of Granada, the country’s National Geographic Institute (IGN) said.Many local residents were seen rushing out of their homes into the streets, fearing strong aftershocks. A number of vehicles were damaged by falling debris. Some museums, administrative buildings and sports centres have been forced to close.The IGN said it was the latest in…
NEW YORK (news agencies) — Flight attendants and pilots are at the highest risk of dying from radiation-related cancers — even more than people who work with radioactive materials, according to a new study.Cosmic radiation comes from space. Only a small amount reaches the Earth’s surface, but exposure is greater for people flying at high altitudes.There’s been limited evidence from small studies suggesting that the exposure translates to higher cancer death rates among people who fly often — particularly pilots and flight attendants. The new study “brings important new evidence to bear on this question,” two Australian radiation experts who…
Premier League chief says Fifa self-destructed over World Cup planPremier League chief executive Richard Masters says Fifa has delivered “a self-inflicted wound”.1 hr agoPremier League
LIVEMeta goes on trial over social media addiction and child privacy claimsStates are seeking billions of dollars from the social media giant, which owns Facebook and Instagram.