What is hantavirus, the infection that killed Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa?
Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from hantavirus infection, officials in New Mexico announced Friday. Hantavirus, found throughout the world, is spread by contact with rodents or their urine or feces. It does not spread between people.
Freedom Caucus in Wyoming claims victory with approval of most priorities
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Leaders of the first Freedom Caucus majority in a U.S. statehouse took a victory lap in Wyoming on Friday after wrapping up a legislative session in which most of their conservative priorities were
US senator presses Pentagon to use key safety system in DC-area helicopter flights
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Senate Democrat on the committee overseeing aviation challenged the Pentagon on Friday to justify not using a key safety system on routine military helicopter flights in the U.S. capital
A single day of Trump and Musk’s cost-cutting campaign remakes huge sections of government
WASHINGTON (AP) — A series of decisions revealed Friday provided a glimpse of the turmoil engulfing federal agencies since President Donald Trump and Elon Musk launched their campaign of disruption, upending how government functions in ways big
In 2015, Obama committed the US to achieving UN global goals by 2030. Trump just rejected the goals
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In 2015, then-President Barack Obama committed the United States to achieving newly adopted U.N. global goals by 2030, including ending poverty, achieving gender equality and urgently tackling climate change. The Trump administration now
Defendant in $250 million pandemic food fraud case pleads guilty to wire fraud
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man accused of witness tampering in a courtroom hallway pleaded guilty Friday to wire fraud for his role in a scheme that prosecutors said stole $250 million from a federally funded program meant
US Justice Department investigating high egg prices, Wall Street Journal reports
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The high price of eggs and whether producers have conspired to raise prices is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the
Gene Hackman died of heart disease, suffered from advanced Alzheimer’s, autopsy shows
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman was in an advanced state of Alzheimer’s and died of heart disease and other factors likely days after his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of a rare syndrome
George Santos’ ex-fundraiser is sentenced to a year in prison for wire fraud
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A former campaign fundraiser for ex- U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to one year and one day in prison for impersonating a high-ranking congressional aide while raising campaign cash for
West Texas reports nearly 200 measles cases. New Mexico is up to 30
A historic measles outbreak in West Texas is just short of 200 cases, Texas state health officials said Friday, while the number of cases in neighboring New Mexico tripled in a day to 30. Most of the
