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Texas officials announce first locally acquired case of dengue virus in 2024

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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"Locally acquired" means that the people infected have no history of traveling to an area of the world where dengue normally spreads.
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Office vacancies are at 30-year high. How cities are reimagining their downtowns.

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Office-to-housing conversions are being pursued as a potential lifeline for struggling downtown business districts.
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Biden White House Holds Up U.S. Contribution to Anti-Doping Agency

  • News source: Michael S. Schmidt and Tariq Panja
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The administration is pressing the World Anti-Doping Agency to allow an outside audit after it failed to suspend Chinese swimmers for positive tests.
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First Lady receives White House Christmas tree

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Jill Biden, accompanied by her grandson Beau, welcomed the arrival of the festive fir hailing from North Carolina.
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The Vice-Presidential Curse

  • News source: Ian Prasad Philbrick
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Incumbent vice presidents running for president face unique challenges — and have a poor track record in elections.
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More than 30 stranded whales rescued in New Zealand

  • News source: BBC News - World
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None of the rescued whales were re-stranded, but three adults and one calf died, authorities said.
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Marchers show Nikita Hand support after McGregor case

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Protesters march in Dublin three days after Nikita Hand won a civil rape case against Conor McGregor.
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From eyesore to asset: How a smelly seaweed could fuel cars

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Scientists in the Caribbean are turning algae that have been choking beaches into biofuel.
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Why most Indians choking on smog aren’t in Delhi

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Delhi gets all the attention, but other parts of northern India are also dealing with toxic air.
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Dave Weldon, Trump's CDC pick, could bolster an RFK Jr. anti-vaccine agenda

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As President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the CDC, Dave Weldon, a former congressman from Florida and a physician, is positioned as an important anti-vaccine ally for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick for health secretary.

Experts say the Weldon nomination comes at a critical time for the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: The U.S. is dealing with various health threats, including H5N1 bird flu, whooping cough and a spike in measles cases.

Weldon served 14 years in Congress, representing the 15th District of Florida, where he...
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Biden will attend Trump's inauguration in January, White House says

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, the White House said Monday.

Before the election, Mr. Biden said he would attend, regardless of who won. Trump did not attend Mr. Biden's 2021 inauguration, which took place two weeks after Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol ahead of the certification of the election results. Trump was the first president in more than 150 years to not attend his successor's inauguration.

Aboard Air Force One on Monday, White House spokesman Andrew...
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The congressional bathroom ban is the latest transgender policy battle

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538's polling column about Republicans' transgender bathroom bans, Trump's transition, trust in polls and Thanksgiving plans.
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WATCH: Watch this 'popular' video of Ariana Grande taking her grandma to see 'Wicked'

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Thank goodness Ariana Grande captured her Nonna's reaction to her performance as Glinda.
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Prosecutors demand 20-year jail sentence for husband in mass rape trial

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Dominique Pelicot, 72, is facing the maximum sentence for rape in a case that has horrified France.
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Eight migrants including children drown off Greek coast

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It is believed about 50 people were onboard the vessel which sank in the Aegean Sea.
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