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Thursday January 9th, 2025 morning edition

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“A celebrity with no public health experience named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went to Samoa, met with the prime minister, met with the secretary of health,” said Green.

As Kennedy pushed his anti-vaccination campaign — which Green has referred to as disinformation — the inoculation rate plummeted to 31% and the measles virus spread.

Samoan leaders asked the Hawaii governor for help, so he went to their island with dozens of health care providers to help vaccinate as many people as possible.

“We witnessed a child literally dying in front of us, just moments as we came into the village.

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, pictured at right, has warned senators against confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next health and human services secretary.

She said she’s met with lots of parents worried about the safety of vaccines because of misinformation being spread by people like Kennedy.

Over the weekend, Cassidy said in an interview with Fox News that Kennedy is “wrong” about vaccines. »

Man arrested trying to enter U.S. Capitol with machete as Jimmy Carter lies in state

Authored by cnbc.com

A machete and three knives that U.S. Capitol Police say were confiscated from a man who was arrested at a Capitol screening checkpoint as former President Jimmy Carter lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda, Jan. 8, 2025.

Police arrested a man trying to enter the U.S. Capitol with a machete and three knives Wednesday as former President Jimmy Carter, who died in late December, lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda.

Carter, who died Dec. 29 at age 100, was ceremonially carried into the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday to lie in state. »

Belarus launches military exercises near Ukraine border

Authored by pravda.com.ua
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Military exercises will be held in the Gomel district of Belarus with conscripts of territorial defence forces, reservists and military reserves from 8 to 31 January.

Source: Ministry of Defence of Belarus; Belaruski Hajun, an independent Belarusian military monitoring media outlet.

Quote from the Ministry of Defence of Belarus: "An exercises camp with persons liable for military service of the territorial defence forces is being held under the leadership of the head of the Gomel district executive committee from 8 to 31 January.". »

Deadlock updates will be "a little bit more spaced out" so Valve can "improve our development process," but you can expect bigger major patches when they arrive

Authored by gamesradar.com

That comes from Valve dev 'Yoshi' on the official Deadlock Discord server, who explains that the schedule adjustments will "help improve our development process."

While Deadlock was floating around in the ether for some time, it wasn't until August last year that Valve officially lifted the curtain on its Steam storefront page .

Unfortunately, it didn't take long for cheaters to pose an issue, but developer Yoshi confirmed in September that Valve was "working on anti-cheat," at least. »