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Chairman of vaccine committee leaves for new HHS job

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s controversial vaccine advisory committee will be meeting later this week under a new chairperson, federal officials announced Monday. Martin Kulldorff is leaving the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to take a ...

Son of ‘El Chapo’ is set for a change-of-plea hearing in US drug case

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo" was set Monday to change his not guilty plea in a U.S. drug trafficking case, months after his brother entered a plea deal. Joaquin Guzman Lopez had been scheduled to be in court ...

How to watch the last supermoon of the year

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The last supermoon of the year will shine soon in December skies. The moon's orbit around the Earth isn't a perfect circle so it gets nearer and farther as it swings around. When a full moon is closer to Earth in its orbit, a ...

What is GivingTuesday? How to donate on the annual day of charitable giving

Since it started as a hashtag in 2012, GivingTuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, has become one of the biggest fundraising days of the year for nonprofits in the U.S. This year, nonprofits face uncertainty about how donors may respond to a range of changing factors. High prices may affect ...

Here’s why everyone’s talking about a ‘K-shaped’ economy

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — From corporate executives to Wall Street analysts to Federal Reserve officials, references to the "K-shaped economy" are rapidly proliferating. So what does it mean? Simply put, the upper part of the K refers to higher-income ...