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CDC website changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don't cause autism

NEW YORK (AP) — A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website has been changed to contradict the longtime scientific conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism, spurring outrage amo...

DATE: Nov 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump and Republicans once more face a tough political fight over Obama-era health law

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is once more targeting former President Barack Obama's signature health care law, picking a political fight before next year's elections that is remi...

DATE: Nov 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Verizon is cutting more than 13,000 jobs as it works to 'reorient' entire company

NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon is laying off more than 13,000 employees in mass job reductions that arrive as the telecommunications giant says it must “reorient” its entire company. The jobs cuts ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Novelist Rabih Alameddine and poet Patricia Smith win National Book Awards

NEW YORK (AP) — National Book Awards judges honored authors worldwide on Wednesday night, from Lebanese novelist Rabih Alameddine’s “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)...

DATE: Nov 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Nigerian court sentences separatist Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison on terrorism charges

ABUJA, NIGERIA (AP) — A court in Nigeria on Thursday convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu of all seven terrorism-related charges brought against him and sentenced him to life imprisonment...

DATE: Nov 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

The Latest: Delayed job report shows 119,000 jobs added in September

U.S. employers added a surprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, the government said, issuing a key economic report that had been delayed for seven weeks by the federal government shutdo...

DATE: Nov 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Advocacy groups urge parents to avoid AI toys this holiday season

They’re cute, even cuddly, and promise learning and companionship — but artificial intelligence toys are not safe for kids, according to children’s and consumer advocacy groups urging parent...

DATE: Nov 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Americans like democracy, but don't believe it or US institutions are working well, poll finds

About half of American adults believe democracy is functioning “very” or “moderately” poorly in the United States, while only about one-quarter think it's doing “very” or “moderately” well, ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Descendants obtain works of enslaved potter in landmark restitution deal

BOSTON (AP) — Inside the wide mouth of a stoneware jar, Daisy Whitner’s fingertips found a slight rise in the clay — a mark she hoped was a trace left behind by her ancestor, an enslaved pot...

DATE: Nov 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

US filings for jobless benefits remained in historically healthy range during government shutdown

New U.S. jobless claim applications fell last week, remaining within the healthy range of recent years, according to the government's first weekly layoffs data since before the government sh...

DATE: Nov 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Starbucks union says 30 more US stores are joining week-old strike

Starbucks' union is expanding its week-old strike against the company. Starbucks Workers United said baristas from 30 more stores in 25 U.S. cities planned to join the strike Thursday, inclu...

DATE: Nov 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

K-pop fans' environmental activism comes to UN climate talks

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Fans of K-pop have an intensity that's turned the music into a global phenomenon. Some are determined to channel that energy into action on climate change. Their push ha...

DATE: Nov 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press