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Autism Rates in US Children Hit Record Level in 2022, CDC Data Show

(Reuters) – Rates of autism spectrum disorder among U.S. children reached a record level in 2022, continuing a recent trend of increas...
The North Portico of the White House is illuminated in blue for Autism Awareness Day, in Washington, U.S. April 2, 2020. (REUTERS File)

Autism Rates in US Children Hit Record Level in 2022, CDC Data Show

(Reuters) – Rates of autism spectrum disorder among U.S. children reached a record level in 2022, continuing a recent trend of increas...

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Tens of Thousands of Jews Gather for Traditional Blessing in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of people gathered at the holiest Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem on Tuesday for the traditional priestly bles...

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Dodgers Beat Rockies but Colorado Avoids Another Shutout in 4th Straight Loss

LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts hit a two-run homer, Shohei Ohtani also went deep and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Colorado 5-3 on Monday night, ...

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WNBA Draftees Turn Attention to Making Rosters as Training Camp Opens in a Few Weeks

NEW YORK — Paige Bueckers will be heading to Dallas, the latest transcendent college star to go No. 1 in the WNBA draft. Her spot is assured...

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In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, students walk near the Widener Library in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. University and federal officials confirmed that incoming Harvard University student Ismail Ajjawi, 17, of Lebanon, was refused entry into the U.S. after landing at Logan International Airport in Boston on Friday, Aug. 23. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Trump Administration Freezes $2.2 Billion in Grants to Harvard Over Campus Activism

BOSTON — The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, afte...

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A photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows a capsized boat off Florida's Atlantic Coast. Five migrants are feared dead after their boat capsized en route from the Bahamas to Florida in “a suspected failed smuggling venture,” officials said on Monday, April 14, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard via The New York Times)

5 Migrants Feared Dead After Boat Capsizes Off Florida Coast

Five migrants are feared dead after their boat capsized on the way to Florida from the Bahamas in “a suspected failed smuggling venture,” of...

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Cars are parked near Hertz car rental signage at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York City, U.S., March 30, 2022. (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly)

Hertz Says Hackers Stole Its Customer Data

(Reuters) – Rental car firm Hertz Global said on Monday some of its users’ data was stolen in a breach involving one of its vend...

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Trump Says CBS and ’60 Minutes’ Should ‘Pay a Big Price’ for Sunday’s Broadcast

President Donald Trump bitterly attacked “60 Minutes” shortly after the CBS newsmagazine broadcast stories on Ukraine and Greenland on Sunda...

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This image provided by Commonwealth Media Services shows damage after a fire at the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion while Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept inside on Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (Commonwealth Media Services via AP)

What to Know About Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and the Alleged Arson at His Official Residence

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A man is facing charges after authorities say he broke into the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion in the middle of the night...

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Intellectually Disabled Teen Shot by Idaho Police Dies After Being Removed From Life Support

BOISE, Idaho — An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain-link fence while he...

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025. (REUTERS File)
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California Attorney General Declines to Join Musk’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI

President Donald Trump speaks, as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 9, 2025. (REUTERS File)
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Trump Holds Situation Room Meeting on Iran, Officials Say

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KVPR Morning Show Host Is Named Station’s New Director of Radio

President Donald Trump arrives for a presentation of the Commander-in-Chief trophy to the U.S. Navy Midshipmen football team of the United States Naval Academy, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 15, 2025. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)
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Trump Signs Healthcare Executive Order That Includes a Win for Pharma Companies

Dyllan James Hopkins, 30, of Fresno, has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly attacking a city public works employee with a blunt object, leaving the victim in critical condition. (Fresno PD)
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Fresno Man Charged With Attempted Murder of City Worker

A view of a machine in a production line of Dutch semiconductor company Nexperia, in Hamburg, Germany, June 27, 2024. (REUTERS File)
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US Tariffs May Cost Chip Equipment Makers More Than $1 Billion, Industry Estimates

A demonstrator speaks through a megaphone during a Defend Our Schools rally to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to shut down the U.S. Department of Education, outside its building in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2025. (REUTERS File)
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NAACP Sues US Education Department Over DEI School Funding Cuts

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Oil Company Fined Record $18 Million for Defying CA Orders to Stop Work on Pipeline

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