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Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- U.S. economic activity changed little in recent weeks as hiring stalled, prices grew modestly and the private sector feared uncertainty tied to the 2024 election, a Federal Reserve report released on Wednesday showed. A rosy outlook nevertheless pervaded the findings, since industry officials anticipated interest rate cuts this year, the report said. On the whole, the report depicts an economy that has downshifted from blistering growth in the middle of la...

DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Despite having a very effective and easily available vaccine, measles outbreaks have continued to pop up in the United States over the last two decades. Most recently, there have been eight cases confirmed in Philadelphia since December 2023, all among unvaccinated individuals. Additionally, a person with measles traveled through D.C.-area airports and cases have been identified in Delaware, New Jersey and Washington state, according t...

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Antonio Masiello/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Tesla CEO Elon Musk is seeking greater voting control of the electric carmaker, threatening to otherwise pursue major projects such as artificial intelligence outside of the company, he said in a post on X. The Tesla board, Musk said, should grant him 25% voting control, an amount that would nearly double the vote share currently afforded to Musk through his stake in the company. The move would tie the companys fate even more closely to its high-profil...

Forget French bistros, Italian trattorie or New York pizzerias. The most successful restaurant import to Britain in recent years has come from a much more surprising source: Germany.

ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Deaths from cancer have declined by 33% since 1991, averting 4.1 million deaths. However, more people are being diagnosed with cancer than ever before, and at an earlier age, according to a major new report from the American Cancer Society. Experts say one big reason cancer deaths have declined is due to decreases in smoking rates, as well as improved treatments and targeted therapies. Still, experts are worried about the increase in some cancers in adults 50...

BATTLE FOR ELEMENTS Version 1.80 [13 January 2024] CAUTION! This is a new base version so you will have to start over from the scratch as your previous characters (more likely) will not be compatible with the new version due to basic changes.

Houthi followers protest to condemn the U.S.-U.K. during a tribal gathering on Jan. 14, 2024 on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration plans to relist Yemens Houthi rebels as a global terrorist group in response to the militants attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, according to an official familiar with the decision. The Iranian-backed group was designated as a terrorist organization in January of 2021 -- a...

Nick Wagner/Xinhua via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department will issue a report on Thursday on its review of the law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting, a DOJ spokesperson confirmed. The "Critical Incident Review" is not a criminal investigation into the May 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in which 19 children and two teachers were killed, the DOJ said. It is intended to provide the most independent and comprehensive account of how law enforcement...

Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A new, bipartisan tax framework unveiled by lawmakers Tuesday would enhance the popular Child Tax Credit to benefit millions of American families. The proposal, released by Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden and Republican Rep. Jason Smith, would boost the refundable portion of the credit people can claim, allow low-income families with multiple children to receive more of the benefit and adjust the credit for inflation. "Fifteen million kids...