Farmworkers in close contact with infected animals should be tested and offered treatment even if they show no symptoms, said Dr. Nirav Shah, principal director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Secret Service says it applied reforms since July 13 attack on Trump
The report said it had identified ‘several instances of behaviors and acts by multiple employees that warrant review for corrective counseling and, potentially, disciplinary action,’ and that they would be provided due process under the law.
Mud-caked volunteers clean flood debris in Spanish town as authorities struggle to respond
The deluge powered a flood that knocked down two of the four bridges in the town and made a third unsafe to cross.
Harris rebukes Trump for saying he will protect women whether they ‘like it or not’
Harris told reporters that the remarks revealed how the former president sees women and showed a disregard for their autonomy.
Average rate on 30-year mortgage in U.S. rises for fifth straight week
The average rate on a 30-year home loan hasn’t been this high since Aug. 1.
China sought to hack Trump and Harris campaign phones, officials say
Candidates’ phones were targeted by a Chinese attack on communications, but it was not immediately clear if attempts were successful.
Mississippi River dries up again at worst time for U.S. farmers
Months of limited rainfall have left the vital waterway so shallow that barges are starting to run aground, even after shippers started running lighter loads to prevent boats from hitting the river bottom.
Gas prices barrel toward 3-year low as election nears
Americans have long used gas prices as a way to gauge the country’s economy. Falling fuel costs typically lift presidential approval rates along with the standing of whoever’s in the White House – while rising costs have the opposite effect.
Prosecutors to recommend resentencing Menendez brothers in 1989 killings of their parents
The brothers were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Trump says if he takes office, he’ll fire special counsel Jack Smith ‘within 2 seconds’
Smith has brought two federal cases against Trump. One, accusing him of illegally retaining classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, was dismissed in July. The other, charging Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election.