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California Confirms Clade I Mpox Community Spread as World Cup Amplifies Import Risk

Three unrelated Southern California residents with no international travel history tested positive for clade I mpox, confirming community spread of the more severe variant. Officials are urging completion of Jynneos vaccination as

June 26, 2026

Health·News

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Lucchese Gambling Ring Collapses as Eight Plead Guilty in New Jersey, Including Convicted Killer and a Councilman

George 'Georgie Neck' Zappola, a convicted murderer released from federal prison in 2014, pleaded guilty to racketeering in New Jersey for his role in a Lucchese crime family gambling ring. Eight defendants

June 26, 2026

Government and Politics·News

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NFL Cancels Supplemental Draft, Blocking Sorsby a Year After $90K Gambling Pattern

The NFL refused on June 23 to hold a 2026 supplemental draft, cutting off former Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby's engineered path to the league after his NCAA gambling ban. His attorney

June 26, 2026

News·Sports

Coriandrum sativum coriander plant in flower, the fresh herb historically implicated in Cyclospora outbreaks across the United States

Cyclospora Outbreak Grows to 17 States With Source Unknown as US Summer Peak Begins

Cyclospora has infected 145 people across 17 U.S. states with no food source found, as the CDC and FDA investigation enters its active peak. The outbreak coincides with summer's highest-volume fresh produce

June 26, 2026

Health·News

Morbillivirus measles infection microscopy image — 2026 US measles outbreak has confirmed 2,104 cases

US Measles Tops 2,000 as Summer Travel Threatens 26-Year Elimination

Two unvaccinated children are dead in Texas, 2,104 measles cases have been confirmed across 41 U.S. states, and the summer travel season has just begun. In November, the Pan American Health Organization

June 26, 2026

Health·News

Sweepstakes Casinos Flee Indiana and Iowa Ahead of Simultaneous July Bans

Indiana bans sweepstakes casinos on July 1. Operators are exiting now, including McLuck, Hello Millions, and High 5 Casino. Six other states have already banned the $10 billion industry — and the

June 26, 2026

Business·Government and Politics·News

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NFL Cancels 2026 Supplemental Draft to Block Brendan Sorsby Over Gambling Violations

The NFL cancelled its 2026 supplemental draft Wednesday, shutting out quarterback Brendan Sorsby who admitted to placing more than 2,900 bets, including 40 on his own team, during his college career. Attorney

June 26, 2026

News·NFL·Sports

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World Cup Betting Boom Puts the CFTC’s Prediction Market Rulebook on the Clock

Kalshi hit $13.5 million in a single day of World Cup trading fees on June 24, the latest data point in a regulatory contest that the CFTC's July 27 comment deadline has

June 26, 2026

Business·Government and Politics·News

Scientific diagram showing CD8+ T cell development, activation, and differentiation stages in cancer immunotherapy

Mayo Clinic: Cancer Fight Starts in Thymus, Rewriting the PD-1 Playbook

Zhiming Mao spent years studying how the immune system learns to fight cancer, and this week, working in Mayo Clinic's labs, he found the classroom is far earlier in life than medicine

June 26, 2026

Health·News·Science

Shingrix recombinant zoster vaccine vials, now linked to a 24 percent lower dementia risk in nursing home patients

Routine Shingles Vaccine May Prevent 1 in 17 Dementia Diagnoses in Nursing Home Patients

Families admitting an older relative to a skilled nursing facility are asked, somewhere on the intake list, whether the patient has received their shingles vaccine. A Brown University study of 509,926 Medicare

June 26, 2026

Health·News

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California Confirms Clade I Mpox Community Spread as World Cup Amplifies Import Risk

Lucchese Gambling Ring Collapses as Eight Plead Guilty in New Jersey, Including Convicted Killer and a Councilman

NFL Cancels Supplemental Draft, Blocking Sorsby a Year After $90K Gambling Pattern

Cyclospora Outbreak Grows to 17 States With Source Unknown as US Summer Peak Begins

US Measles Tops 2,000 as Summer Travel Threatens 26-Year Elimination

Sweepstakes Casinos Flee Indiana and Iowa Ahead of Simultaneous July Bans

NFL Cancels 2026 Supplemental Draft to Block Brendan Sorsby Over Gambling Violations

World Cup Betting Boom Puts the CFTC’s Prediction Market Rulebook on the Clock

Mayo Clinic: Cancer Fight Starts in Thymus, Rewriting the PD-1 Playbook

Routine Shingles Vaccine May Prevent 1 in 17 Dementia Diagnoses in Nursing Home Patients

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Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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