The American doctor who tested positive for Ebola while working in Congo has been evacuated to Berlin to receive emergency care. Health officials are racing to trace infections in Central Africa and worry the scale of the outbreak is already larger than first reported. NBC’s Molly Hunter reports for TODAY.
UK report argues people have greater control over longevity than widely understood, but others say claim is simplistic Individuals bear at least 80% of the responsibility for their ill health in old age, according to a report aimed at challenging the belief that physical decline is either inevitable or primarily the responsibility of the state. The report , launched at the Smart Ageing Summit in Oxford last week, argues that individuals have far greater control over their longevity than is commo
The three victims of the mass shooting attack at a San Diego mosque are being remembered as heroes who prevented further tragedy. Investigators are now digging into the backgrounds of the two teenage gunmen, who authorities say had an arsenal of weapons at their disposal. NBC’s Morgan Chesky reports for TODAY.
Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Democratic primary outright, while Republicans Burt Jones and Rick Jackson will face off The Republican primary campaign for Georgia governor will go to a June runoff, with the lieutenant governor Burt Jones facing off against healthcare billionaire Rick Jackson – and locking out Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state and longtime political enemy of Donald Trump who was on track to finish a distant third. The Republican race to challenge the US senator Jon O
The Trump administration is defending what it calls its “anti-weaponization” fund, using $1.8 billion of taxpayer money to pay Trump allies who say they were wrongly prosecuted by the Biden administration, and is not ruling out compensating convicted Jan. 6 rioters. On Capitol Hill, Democrats grilled acting Attorney General and former Trump personal lawyer Todd Blanche. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Seven-term incumbent had spoken out against Iran war, government spending and Jeffrey Epstein files. Plus, Trump’s ‘board of peace’ receives just $23m to rebuild Gaza Good morning. Voters in northern Kentucky on Tuesday rejected the incumbent congressman Thomas Massie, who has been critical of Donald Trump, in favor of the president’s hand-picked candidate. Where else held primaries on Tuesday? Pennsylvania, Georgia, Alabama, Oregon and Idaho. Georgia also delivered a defeat to a prominent Trump
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Republican congressional candidate Ed Gallrein speaks after winning the Republican party's nomination during an election night event Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Covington, Ky.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Ukrainians lament appalling toll of fighting on their country’s bird population Russia sent kamikaze drones to attack the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia in February. They hit buildings and killed several people. One unreported victim of the bombardment was a male long-eared owl, blinded in one eye and found with a badly broken wing. A passerby scooped up the stunned bird, put him in a box and took him to the city of Dnipro. The owl – nicknamed Sunny – is now recovering in a cosy room belonging t
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FC/M23 soldiers provide security for the movement's authorities at the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB) in Goma, on May 19, 2026 during their guided visit to the laboratory responsible for analyzing and handling suspected Ebola cases.
