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US moves to curb Ebola risk, says immediate risk to public is low

Monday, May 18 by SRN News

May 18 (Reuters) - U.S. health officials on Monday announced steps aimed at reducing the risk of Ebola in the United States amid international concerns over a new outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, even as it told Americans the immediate risk was... Read More.

Protesters light bonfires during public transport strike in Kenya over fuel prices

Monday, May 18 by SRN News

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Protests erupted in Kenya's capital Nairobi Monday as a nationwide public transport strike kicked off in protest at rising fuel prices. Commuters were stranded in various suburbs and the city center remained deserted. Drivers with private vehicles opted to stay home... Read More.

US states reject anti-vaccine bills as public health groups fight MAHA

Monday, May 18 by SRN News

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - Dozens of state anti-vaccine bills backed by "Make America Healthy Again" supporters have failed after public health groups won over Republican state lawmakers, marking a series of defeats for the backers of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy... Read More.

A Texas town may offer a preview of a Trump plan to force noncitizens from public housing

Friday, May 15 by SRN News

PORT ISABEL, Texas (AP) - Until recently, young children ran in and out of their public housing homes in this Gulf Coast town, playing on sun-dappled lawns as mothers looked over their shoulders for the school bus to drop off their older kids. Suddenly,... Read More.

Xavier Becerra’s decades in public office are a blessing and a curse in his California governor bid

Thursday, May 14 by SRN News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Democrat Xavier Becerra is counting on his decades-long public career to catapult him into the California governor's office, but that lengthy political resume has also given his critics fodder to question his competence in the race's closing weeks. Becerra spent more... Read More.

Hantavirus risk to US public remains low, CDC says

Wednesday, May 13 by SRN News

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - The risk from hantavirus to the general public remains very low, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more than 100 staff members actively working on the outbreak, an official with... Read More.

Trump administration cancels rule that made conservation a ‘use’ of public lands

Monday, May 11 by SRN News

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump's administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land. The 2024 rule adopted under... Read More.

President of Parks and Rec? Trump asserts authority over public spaces in DC

Saturday, May 9 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge weighing the future of an expansive Washington park insisted this week she had no intention of becoming Amy Poehler, the actress who spent seven seasons memorably playing the head of a local parks and recreation department. But President Donald... Read More.

Pentagon begins releasing new files on UFOs and says the public can draw its own conclusions

Friday, May 8 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon has begun releasing new files on UFOs, saying members of the public can draw their own conclusions on "unidentified anomalous phenomena" like an object that a drone pilot says shone a bright light in the sky and then vanished. It... Read More.

Authorities to update public on search of home tied to man convicted of killing Kristin Smart

Friday, May 8 by SRN News

ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (AP) - Authorities plan to update the public Friday on a grounds search at a home connected to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996. Her body was never found. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's... Read More.

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US moves to curb Ebola risk, says immediate risk to public is low

Protesters light bonfires during public transport strike in Kenya over fuel prices

US states reject anti-vaccine bills as public health groups fight MAHA

A Texas town may offer a preview of a Trump plan to force noncitizens from public housing

Xavier Becerra’s decades in public office are a blessing and a curse in his California governor bid

Hantavirus risk to US public remains low, CDC says

Trump administration cancels rule that made conservation a ‘use’ of public lands

President of Parks and Rec? Trump asserts authority over public spaces in DC

Pentagon begins releasing new files on UFOs and says the public can draw its own conclusions

Authorities to update public on search of home tied to man convicted of killing Kristin Smart

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