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Baby, 17 Days Old, Found Dead From Fire That Killed Her Mother

12 février 2026 à 02:56
Two days after a fatal house fire in Queens, firefighters returned to the wreckage and found Emma Alcantara’s body. She and her mother, Miguelina, lived in an illegal basement apartment.

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The mother and baby who died in a Queens fire lived in a basement that had not been certified for occupancy. Seven other residents and two firefighters were injured.

LaMonte McLemore, Founding Singer With the 5th Dimension, Dies at 90

11 février 2026 à 23:27
His group notched smooth hippie-era hits like “Up, Up and Away” and “The Age of Aquarius” in embracing a genre-blurring sound they called “champagne soul.”

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LaMonte McLemore, second from left, performing with the 5th Dimension on television in 1970. With him, from left, were Florence LaRue, Ron Townson, Billy Davis Jr. and Marilyn McCoo. From 1969 to 1972, the group notched 20 Top 40 singles.

Four States Sue Administration Over Loss of Public Health Funds

12 février 2026 à 01:18
The states, all led by Democrats, claim the cuts were intended as retribution and will harm efforts to control H.I.V. and other sexually transmitted infections.

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The headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The agency administered block grants for H.I.V. prevention that were allocated to public health departments in California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota.

House Passes Strict Voter ID Bill, Amplifying Trump’s Claims of Fraud

12 février 2026 à 01:04
The measure had no path forward in the Senate, where Democrats are all but certain to block it and Republicans have said they will not try to skirt filibuster rules to ram it through.

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The strict voter identification measure would require proof of American citizenship to vote and allow the Department of Homeland Security to seize voter rolls in any state.

Mexico May Be on Brink of Losing Its Measles-Free Status

12 février 2026 à 01:04
The country’s confirmed cases have topped 9,000 since last year, raising fears that a high-stakes evaluation in April could lead to its status being revoked.

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A health worker administering a dose of the measles vaccine in Mexico City last week. “We are confident that the outbreak will be controlled,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday.

Bud Cort, Who Starred in 1971’s ‘Harold and Maude,’ Dies at 77

12 février 2026 à 01:00
The role, one of his first, made him a household name and a film idol of the anti-establishment 1970s. But it also limited his growth as an actor.

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Burt Cort as the teenager Harold Chasen who falls in love with a 79-year-old woman in Hal Ashby’s movie “Harold and Maude,” from 1971. Panned at first, it became a cult classic.

Trump Orders Dept. of Defense to Buy Electricity From Coal Sources

12 février 2026 à 00:11
Mr. Trump is trying to revive coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel. At the White House, coal executives awarded him a trophy as the “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal.”

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President Trump signed an executive order. On the desk beside him is a trophy labeled “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal.”

Gallup Will No Longer Track Presidential Approval Ratings

11 février 2026 à 23:36
The monthly poll has been used to measure presidential performance for almost nine decades.

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Gallup’s decision comes as President Trump has escalated his threats against the press, and has sued several news media organizations, including at least one pollster, over the last several years.

Customs and Border Protection Said to Have Fired Anti-Drone Laser That Triggered Airspace Closure

12 février 2026 à 03:12
People familiar with the episode said the use of the technology was not coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned out to be a party balloon, they said.

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The Federal Aviation Administration’s decision Tuesday night to close El Paso’s airspace up to 18,000 feet blindsided officials in El Paso.

Mamdani Finds Allies, and Skeptics, in Albany as He Asks for Funding

11 février 2026 à 21:53
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City visited the State Capitol to press lawmakers for their cooperation in helping fund some of his initiatives.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani told state lawmakers on Wednesday that the city’s projected budget deficit was $7 billion over two years, lowering a previous estimate of $12 billion.
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