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Physician assistant Danis Walker vaccinates a construction worker outside a Lowes Home Improvement store in New Orleans on June 11, 2021.

Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots

An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.

The National Hurricane Center says Rafael has strengthened into a hurricane as it approaches the Cayman Islands. The storm will move across Cuba and enter the Gulf of Mexico as a hurricane.

Hurricane Rafael forms in the Caribbean Sea and expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico

An active 2024 Atlantic Hurricane season continues as Rafael strengthens into a category 1 storm. It's expected to batter Cayman Islands and Cuba before swinging into the Gulf of Mexico.

This 2014 image provided by NASA shows a Taurid fireball recorded at the NASA All Sky Fireball Network station in Tullahoma, Tenn.

Taurid meteor shower to light up the night sky. Here's how you can see it

The North and South Taurids occur every year in September, October, and November. They may have originated from a comet that broke up about 10,000 years ago.

Tyler (Glen Powell) and Kate (Daisy Edgars-Jones) chase tornadoes in "Twisters." (2024)

Cinema forecast: Watch out for 'Twisters,' seek shelter with indies

What to see at the cinema and what to avoid this weekend.

The two labels above are some of the Yu Shang Food items being recalled.

Infant dies and 10 others sick in latest listeria outbreak tied to ready-to-eat meat

The cases appeared in California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York between July 31 and Oct. 24, the CDC said. Nine out of the 11 infected individuals were hospitalized.

This boss vowed to help his workers with child care. It hasn't been easy

Child care continues to vex working parents. In Wisconsin, the CEO of the Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry has been trying — and struggling — to make a difference.

Joshua Kamalo, de 43 años, en la playa de Haycraft Park, el miércoles 18 de diciembre de 2024, en Maalaea, Hawaii. (AP foto/Marco Garcia)

Aumento del voto por correo en EEUU tiene un precio: rechazan papeletas por firmas no coincidentes

La posibilidad de que los problemas de cotejo de firmas afecten a las elecciones más reñidas ha llevado a algunos grupos de defensa del derecho al voto del estado a pedir una revisión del proceso de verificación.

This monkey stole a pair of glasses (top left), tried them on — and returned them for a reward of mango juice. Spectacle-stealing, juice-loving monkeys are an issue in in Vrindavan, India.

Photos: Hey, that monkey just stole my glasses!

In one Indian town, monkeys will steal your glasses — and give them back if you toss them a container of mango juice. It's one more sign of the impact of urbanization on the wild.

McKinsey & Company to pay $650 million for role in opioid crisis

The powerful consulting firm McKinsey will "accept responsibility" and pay $650 million for helping to fuel the opioid crisis, but executives will once again dodge prosecution.

California’s new lawsuit says that ExxonMobil has known for decades that recycling would not effectively stem the flow of plastic waste. Despite that knowledge, the lawsuit says, the company actively promoted recycling as a viable solution to plastic pollution.

California sues ExxonMobil for misleading public on plastic recycling

California's lawsuit alleges that ExxonMobil has known for decades that recycling would not effectively stem the flow of plastic waste.

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