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'Ignorance and cruelty': former USAID official details devastation inflicted by Doge cuts
- signed a landmark $15bn, five-year commitment to combat , the largest international health commitment by any nation to fight a single disease. It was the peak of the epidemic, and for the young American government aid worker "it clicked that my government was ready to join the fight against HIV and I was excited to be a part of that", he says. More than 20 years on, Enrich, now 43, has published an account of what ...

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Construction May Continue On Trump's Ballroom For Now, Appeals Court Says
- While Washington spins the latest economic data and billionaires hedge their bets, working Americans are feeling the very real squeeze of rising costs, and sudden instability. HuffPost reports on the real economy – the one that impacts you. Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court is allowing President Donald Trump to continue building a $400 million ballroom at the White House, ...

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Two US army soldiers injured by brown bear during training exercise in Alaska
- Two US army soldiers have been injured after encountering a brown bear in a mountainous training area in Anchorage, Alaska , the military said on Friday. The incident happened on Thursday as the soldiers were participating in a "land navigation training event" in Arctic valley, part of the joint base Elmendorf-Richardson's training area. The soldiers were receiving medical care as of Friday, a military official ...

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Uber Eats now offers easier returns with 'instant' refunds — but it will actually cost you
- You can now make an online return without leaving your couch — but it comes at a price. Uber Eats has rolled out a new returns feature that allows avid online shoppers to return items purchased through the delivery app and receive an instant refund. "A first for the on-demand delivery industry, customers will now be able to send back eligible retail items purchased on Uber Eats and receive an instant refund ...

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ICE releases delayed detainee death reports as 2026 total rises to 17
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement released delayed reports Friday detailing the deaths of four detainees earlier this year after the agency failed to meet a 90-day deadline required by Congress. The newly released reports detail the deaths of Victor Manuel Diaz, Heber Sanchez Dominguez, Parady La and Luis Nunez Caceres. Diaz and Dominguez had previously been labeled by ICE as presumed suicides, and the reports ...

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Three sentenced for fake bear attack insurance scam
- April 18 (UPI) -- Three people were sentenced this week in an insurance fraud scam that saw them wear a bear costume while damaging luxury cars in California. Alfiya Zuckerman, Ruben Tamrazian and Vahe Muradkhanyan all pleaded no contest on Thursday to felony insurance fraud and were sentenced to 180 days in jail, while a fourth person involved in the scheme, Ararat Chirkinian, has a preliminary hearing scheduled ...

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Canva and Anthropic Partnered to Launch AI Design Assistant in Claude
- Reading Time: 2 minutes Key Takeaways: Canva is integrated into Claude Design, allowing users to turn AI chat into editable Canva designs. The system uses Model Context Protocol (MCP) to connect the two platforms for a smooth workflow. Users can generate slides, documents, and templates in Claude and finish them in Canva. Full access requires both Claude Pro and Canva Pro paid accounts. Creativity and efficiency ...

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Marketing Org Charts Were Built for Channels. AI Just Made That Obsolete
- As AI takes over execution, marketing teams must shift from channel ownership to system orchestration — or fall behind. B2B marketing teams still structure around channel ownership, but AI works across channels simultaneously, turning the specialist-per-channel model into a bottleneck. As AI takes on execution, marketing value shifts toward system design, orchestration, and operating model decisions—not ...

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Trump's lawyers are in talks with the IRS to resolve president's $10B lawsuit
- FATIMA HUSSEIN 2 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trump 1 of 2 (ASSOCIATED PRESS) WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump are engaged in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit the president filed against his own tax collection agency over the leak of his tax information to news outlets between 2018 and 2020. In a federal court filing ...

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World Cup fans to pay train fares of $150 for the round-trip to MetLife Stadium — when it usually costs $12.90
- New Jersey Transit officials announced Friday in a press release that round-trip train tickets from Manhattan's Penn Station to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will cost $150 per person for World Cup match days. It usually costs $12.90 to make the 9-mile trip from Manhattan's Penn Station to the stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The stadium, which will host eight matches, including the July 19 ...

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