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Dose box x from measles, mumps and rubella vaccines. Photo: Elaine Thompson (A.P.) A new report from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlights a vague reality: Measles, a highly contagious but vaccine-preventable viral disease, infected at least 860,000 people worldwide in 2019 and …

One of the world’s most respected radio telescopes, on the verge of destruction, has begun a race to uncover it by engineers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico after two complex cables supporting a 900-ton instrument platform broke. The platform, in which a large dish was made by cables …

Officers responded to a shooting Wednesday at Interstate 35 in Dallas, police said. The suspect, described by police as an “adult black man,” got out of his car and approached Noble as he sat in the car. Noble got out of the vehicle and fled south on the freeway when …

Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE U.S. stock futures were flat on Thursday night as rising cases of coronavirus on Wall Street and its potential economic impact continue to weigh on. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 24 points higher or 0.1% lower. S&P 500 …

Some pet lovers buy treats for their favorite animals. Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has taken the step forward by unveiling a 19-foot-tall sculpture of a gold-colored dog in honor of his chosen breed, the Central Asian shepherd. Turkmenistan’s state news agency said a monument to a dog, tail and head …