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Red Cross Issues Donor Deferral After Zika Found In FL

Red Cross Issues Donor Deferral After Zika Found In FL

It comes after the Zika virus was found to be circulating in mosquitoes in that area. Donations won’t be accepted for the next four weeks. The Red Cross said that it’s not out of the ordinary to issue a deferral, but it comes during a time when the organization is in a desperate need of…Read more

This Cybersecurity Company Kills Pokemon

This Cybersecurity Company Kills Pokemon

WASHINGTON — (CNN) There’s now money to be made in Pokemon extermination. Citing a concern that Pokemon Go players are wandering into private land and near electrical equipment, power utility companies in Florida have hired cybersecurity company LookingGlass to pull Pokemon off the map. “We’re now in the business of killing Pokemon,” LookingGlass CEO Chris…Read more

Kerry Insists The US Didn’t Pay Ransom To Iran

Kerry Insists The US Didn’t Pay Ransom To Iran

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday insisted that the United States never pays ransoms for hostages, rejecting accusations that a $400 million payment to Iran was a quid pro quo for the release of American prisoners. “First of all, the United States of America does not pay ransom and does not…Read more

Cities, Counties Scramble To Take On Zika

Cities, Counties Scramble To Take On Zika

It may not sound like much, but if a person averaged 10 mosquito bites a day, and after putting on long sleeves and applying repellant, they were only bitten twice, it represents an 80% drop, and “that’s important,” Persse said.
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Rio Olympics 2016: Russia Says 271 Athletes Cleared For Games

Rio Olympics 2016: Russia Says 271 Athletes Cleared For Games

WASHINGTON — (CNN) A total of 271 Russian athletes have been cleared to take part in the Rio Olympics, Alexander Zhukov, president of the Russian Olympics Committee, told reporters in Rio de Janeiro. One of those competitors will participate in athletics, he said. There are still some cases the International Olympic Committee has yet to…Read more

American Killed In London Knife Attack, 5 Others Hurt

American Killed In London Knife Attack, 5 Others Hurt

“I studied in London, so I used to come here frequently. It makes me fear because I have my family with me — I’m not the student anymore. … There is an insecurity feeling now throughout our visit,” he told CNN Thursday outside the British Museum near the crime scene.
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This Cybersecurity Company Kills Pokemon

This Cybersecurity Company Kills Pokemon

WASHINGTON — (CNN) There’s now money to be made in Pokemon extermination. Citing a concern that Pokemon Go players are wandering into private land and near electrical equipment, power utility companies in Florida have hired cybersecurity company LookingGlass to pull Pokemon off the map. “We’re now in the business of killing Pokemon,” LookingGlass CEO Chris…Continue Reading

Kerry Insists The US Didn’t Pay Ransom To Iran

Kerry Insists The US Didn’t Pay Ransom To Iran

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday insisted that the United States never pays ransoms for hostages, rejecting accusations that a $400 million payment to Iran was a quid pro quo for the release of American prisoners. “First of all, the United States of America does not pay ransom and does not…Continue Reading

Rio Olympics 2016: Russia Says 271 Athletes Cleared For Games

Rio Olympics 2016: Russia Says 271 Athletes Cleared For Games

WASHINGTON — (CNN) A total of 271 Russian athletes have been cleared to take part in the Rio Olympics, Alexander Zhukov, president of the Russian Olympics Committee, told reporters in Rio de Janeiro. One of those competitors will participate in athletics, he said. There are still some cases the International Olympic Committee has yet to…Continue Reading

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