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Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig have discovered the organ harbored an animal virus but cannot yet say if it played any role in the man’s death. A Maryland man, 57-year-old David Bennett Sr., died in March, two months after the...

Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh met with union organizers at the White House on Thursday as the administration looks to boost unionization campaigns. Participants in the meeting, which featured an unscheduled appearance by President Joe Biden, discussed organizers’...

Nearly 40 law enforcement officials, tribal leaders, social workers and survivors of violence have been named to a federal commission tasked with helping improve how the government addresses a decades-long crisis of missing and murdered Native Americans and Alaska Natives, U.S. Interior...

The Senate has voted to confirm Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy, to serve as U.S. ambassador to Australia, and Philip Goldberg to serve as ambassador to South Korea. Kennedy served as U.S. ambassador to Japan from 2013-17 during Barack Obama's presidency. Goldberg is...

A military college student said in a lawsuit filed Thursday that armed services officials deemed him unfit for service because he tested positive for HIV. The 20-year-old student from Revere, Massachusetts, said in the complaint against state and federal military officials that he tested...

Three men were found dead of suspected drug overdoses involving fentanyl in downtown Los Angeles, police said Thursday. Officers discovered the dead men inside an apartment after police received a call about three unresponsive men late Wednesday, Los Angeles police said in a statement...

Two adults and two children were injured during a crash on Thursday in west Broward County. The driver of a blue Honda sports utility vehicle was traveling westbound on U.S. Route 27, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The Honda rolled over near Mile Marker 40. The vehicle’s four...

The residents of a Broward County mobile home park are getting ready be forced out of their homes after a battle of trying to be able to stay. Back in March, every resident at the park received a notice of eviction and were told they would have to be gone in 30 days. A later notice said the...

Americans should get used to “uncomfortable” postage rate increases in coming years as the U.S. Postal Service seeks to become self-sufficient, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Thursday. The Postal Service Board of Governors sets postage rates, but DeJoy said he'll advocate for raising...

DoorDash sales soared in the first quarter as it added new users, but the delivery company’s losses also widened as it paid more to acquire partner businesses and drivers. The San Francisco company said its revenue jumped 35% to $1.46 billion in the January-March period. That was well ahead of...

President Joe Biden marked Cinco de Mayo on Thursday by honoring the impact that Mexican Americans and other immigrant communities have had in the United States as he hosted a White House party with Mexico's first lady as the guest of honor. Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller, wife of Mexican President...

The Army must put more money and effort into repairing poorly maintained and substandard base housing for military service members and their families, U.S. senators demanded Thursday, amid persistent reports that mold and other issues threaten troops' health. One after another, members of the...

Sebastian Moros and Angelina Capuozzo are among the fans who will be celebrating Formula 1′s inaugural Miami Grand Prix in Wynwood. The Oracle Red Bull Racing and the Scuderia AlphaTauri teams have displays at the Racing Fan Fest from Thursday to Sunday in the area of Northwest Second Avenue...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was behind the podium on Thursday where he announced plans to bring the Women’s Health Protection Act to the floor. The act would protect abortion rights at the federal level. “Next week’s vote will be one of the important we take not only this session but...

U.S. regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to a rare but serious risk of blood clots. The Food and Drug Administration said the shot should only be given to adults who cannot receive a different vaccine or specifically request J&J;'s...

No charges will be filed in a shooting at the North Carolina home of rapper DaBaby, police said Thursday. Troutman police said on social media that the investigation into the April 13 shooting has been completed, news outlets reported. According to the post, investigators consulted with the...

Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that an escaped murder suspect and jail officer who aided him are “regarded as extremely dangerous” and the U.S. Marshals Service has taken over leading the search for the two fugitives. Law enforcement officials in Alabama have been looking for...

The three major U.S. banking regulators said Thursday they a plan to rewrite much of the outdated regulations tied to a decades-old banking law designed to encourage lending to the poor and racial minorities in the areas where banks have branches. The stated aim of the overhaul of the Community...

A low cost carrier will soon be the only airline to fly directly to Europe from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport ahead of the busiest travel season of the year. “We have already seen that we have massive interests from America and Europe to fly between Norway and Fort Lauderdale...

An attacker went on a stabbing rampage in a town near Tel Aviv on Thursday night, killing at least three people and wounding four others before fleeing in a vehicle, Israeli authorities said. Police said they suspected it was a Palestinian militant attack and launched a massive search for the...