By DEVNA BOSE, Associated Press
Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet another tough year.
There have been 8,485 cases reported in 2025, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s twice as many cases as this time last year, based on the CDC’s final tally.
Rates of whooping cough,
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By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline.org
Opponents are turning to legal challenges to try to block or delay major public transit expansions — even after voters approve them.
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By JAKE COYLE, Associated Press
The Vietnam War cast a long shadow across one of the most fertile periods of American filmmaking, and has led filmmakers for the half-century since to reckon with its complicated legacy.
These 10 films, assembled to mark the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, range from indelible anti-war classics to Vietnamese portraits of resistance,
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By Arthur Allen, KFF Health News
While the most serious measles epidemic in a decade has led to the deaths of two children and spread to 27 states with no signs of letting up, beliefs about the safety of the measles vaccine and the threat of the disease are sharply polarized, fed by the anti-vaccine views of the country’s most
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The majority of theme park injuries in the first quarter of 2025 were related to big roller coasters, according to a state report, although less intense rides and attractions also made appearances.
Coasters at Universal Orlando, Walt Disney World and SeaWorld Orlando were listed six times for the January-March period by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The
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TALLAHASSEE — A significant source of tax revenue for Orlando’s tourism industry is in flux as the Florida House eyes using money collected from visitors to give homeowners a property tax break.
The House’s tax package would transform the tourist development tax, defund the marketing agency Visit Orlando and upend a major means of financing entertainment and sporting venues like
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Dr. Robin Back admits, right out of the gate, that he has a sweet tooth. But that’s not the reason he employs Jelly Belly brand jelly beans in his wine-tasting presentations.
It’s because Jelly Belly beans, famous for their potency and vast array of flavors — from cappuccino and buttered popcorn to chili mango and chocolate pudding — taste exactly
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DENVER — Often before a trip, many of us purchase cheap, small plastic containers, plastic foldable toothbrushes, and any number of items with plastic components. That way, we can discard them while traveling as we use up those conveniently sized consumables.
But what if there is an affordable and environmentally friendly alternative to these travel-size plastic bottles, bags and tubes?
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So what are you going to do about it?
How are you going to resist? Will you push back? Keep your head down and hope the flood passes over your head? Say something, risking your well-being when they sweep everyone up in one of their raids? Or fight, knowing what you decide, at this harrowing moment, shapes the rest of
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