Rutgers University and union representatives have announced an agreement on a framework for new contracts with several faculty unions, allowing a halt to a five-day strike that was the first such job action in the 257-year history of New Jersey’s flagship university, Rutgers said early Saturday that the agreement on …
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Authorities have launched a homicide investigation after a former police oversight commissioner was found dead in her Ann Arbor home on Thursday. Jude Walton, 51, had been the commissioner of Ann Arbor’s Independent Community Oversight Commission. Ann Arbor police said in a news release that they arrived at Walton’s home …
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Syphilis rates surged by an alarming degree in 2021 amid an overall increase in cases of sexually transmitted infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. There was a 32% increase in combined stages of syphilis between 2020 and 2021, the CDC said. Cases of congenital syphilis, which …
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The Biden administration is proposing the first-ever national standard for six “forever chemicals” in drinking water, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday. Per- and polyfluorinated substances are a group of compounds knowns as PFAS found in multiple water sources and can cause ailments like cancer, liver disease and more. The …
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The 6-year-old who shot his elementary school teacher in Newport News, Virginia, in January will not face charges, according to the case’s prosecutor, though it has not yet been decided whether any adults will be held criminally responsible. The prosecutor said that a child that young could not reasonably stand …
Read More »Daylight saving time is going to begin Sunday the same way the twice-a-year time change has started for the last 17 years, only to end in November 2024 — but that end won’t be permanent. Time ran out for a proposal that cleared a major hurdle in Congress in 2022 to …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is tracking a rise in stomach illnesses caused by infections with “extensively drug-resistant” bacteria that leave doctors with few antibiotic options to treat patients. The CDC warns it now poses a “serious public health threat.” Over the past few years, the …
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In his latest update since his snowplow accident on New Year’s Day, actor Jeremy Renner shared a behind-the-scenes photo from his upcoming Disney+ series and thanked fans for being patient while he was “in the shop now, working on me.” The Valentine’s Day post on Instagram gave Renner’s followers an …
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The man who killed a transit worker and injured multiple people in a Washington, D.C. subway station spoke threateningly to his victims, charging documents reveal. Multiple bystanders were integral in disarming the alleged attacker, the documents said. Isaiah Trotman, 31, was arrested on charges of first-degree murder while armed, kidnapping …
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A man has filed a defamation lawsuit against a Florida sheriff who posts weekly “Wheel of Fugitive” videos on social media, saying that he wasn’t a fugitive when his name and image appeared several times in 2021 in the sheriff’s posts inspired by the long-running TV game show “Wheel of …
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