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Speaking to NPR-affiliate WABE, Dr. Robert Redfield, CDC director and virologist, addressed a potential second wave of infections which may emerge after the spike in hospitalizations and deaths forecast for April or May in models used by the Trump administration. The CDC is preparing “most likely, for another wave that we would anticipate in the late fall, early winter where there will still be a substantial portion of Americans that are susceptible,” Redfield said....

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which requested the testing by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said it would work aggressively to relocate all residents of the temporary housing as soon as possible. Levels of formaldehyde gas in 519 trailer and mobile homes tested by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Louisiana and Mississippi were — on average — about five times what people are exposed to in most modern homes, the CDC reported....

The CDC has yet to identify the source of the outbreak, and the agency believes the number of people who have been sickened by it “is likely higher than the number reported.” Of the 29 people who have been infected by the bacteria, nine have been hospitalized and none have died. “Michigan and Ohio have both reported large increases in the number of coli infections in their states. Public health officials are working to determine how many of these infections are linked to the outbreak,” the agency wrote in a news release on Wednesday....

A disgruntled fan base has narrowed its focus on the man in the dugout at Emirates Stadium, with calls for Wenger to be moved on in the summer growing in intensity. The Frenchman is due to be out of contract at the end of the season and is yet to discover if he will be offered an extension. ‘Critics don’t understand the game’ Slipping out of Premier League title contention and crashing out of the Champions League have done little to aid his cause, although the Gunners have reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup....

Along with an incessant soundtrack of disquiet over manager Arsene Wenger’s unresolved future, speculation over Sanchez and Ozil’s next move has persisted during the closing weeks of the season. Both players are out of contract in 2018 and extended terms remain unsigned. Wenger rejected ’every club’ to stay put “Alexis has been brilliant, scoring a lot of goals,” Cech, who is set to line up against former club Chelsea in the FA Cup final on Saturday, told reporters....

What is believed to have sparked the incident was the author’s first husband, Archibald Christie, asking for a divorce in August 1926. He had an affair with a woman named Nancy Neele, leaving his marriage to Agatha in tatters. Months later, on the evening of December 3, Christie left her home in Surrey. BBC reported that Christie’s car was found “hanging precariously over the edge of a chalk cliff later the same day....

While there are many different supposed origins of Father’s Day, it is most commonly linked to a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, who thought of the idea during a Mother’s Day sermon. Dodd came up with the idea in 1909 with her father in mind. He was a farmer and Civil War veteran as well as a widower who had raised six children. Working with the Spokane Ministerial Association and YMCA, she helped establish the first Father’s Day in Washington state on June 19, 1910....

There has been no equivalent story in my adult lifetime, and there is unlikely to be a similar story again any time soon. This is not the type of corporate development one typically reads about in The Wall Street Journal or sees discussed on CNBC. The story is a unicorn. The remarkable nature of the Elon Musk/Twitter saga, and the specific revelations about Twitter’s blacklisting of the infamous 2020 campaign-era Hunter Biden laptop story and its censorship/shadow-banning of myriad other right-leaning content creators, has led many on the Right to fete Musk with praise—at times, even fawning adoration....

The host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher mocked what he labeled as America’s applauding of overweight and obese people, saying healthy people “should be pointing out that being fat is unhealthy” in an episode aired September 6. Corden responded on The Late Late Show Friday night by detailing his own struggles with weight loss and criticized Maher for saying “fat-shaming needs to make a comeback.” Dozens of Hollywood celebrities and TV personalities applauded Corden’s rebuke of Maher’s regressive call to fat-shame, with The View co-host Meghan McCain thanking Corden for responding to a Maher in a comical yet stern rebuttal....

Pique postures as Barca president A section of fans at Parkhead unfurled a banner featuring a person in paramilitary uniform at the game, which Celtic won 4-0 to seal a 6-0 aggregate win. In the wake of the incident, Celtic released a statement that read: “Any support for a paramilitary or proscribed terrorist organisation has no place at Celtic Park.” The fine was also imposed for stairways being blocked, but the club were not punished over a charge relating to a kit infringement....

The 29-year-old forward was inconsistent last season as he continued to recover from a devastating leg injury that cost him almost all of 2017-18. Hayward, who left the Jazz and signed a four-year, $128 million contract with the Celtics in July 2017, posted a letter Wednesday on his blog addressed to Boston fans. “On the court, I think that’s something that Coach Stevens was cautious about with me last year,” Hayward wrote....

Harden has completely bought into coach Mike D’Antoni’s system. He’s transformed into an elite scoring point guard, going for 28.9 points and a league-high 11.3 assists a night. Westbrook, in his first season without former MVP Kevin Durant, is averaging a triple-double at 30.8 points, 10.2 assists and 10.6 rebounds per game. But if anyone is worthy of consideration among the favorites, it’s Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas. The 5-9 dynamo is walking the walk, posting 29....

From that seed grew the legend of the Celtics and Hayward. At the time, Hayward was just days beyond failing to sign a contract extension with the Jazz, setting him up for restricted free agency and possibly paving the way for an offer from Boston. It all just seemed so natural. Of course Hayward—a young tennis player plucked from relative recruiting obscurity years earlier by Stevens, who nurtured him into a star for the Bulldogs—would eventually rejoin Stevens on the NBA level....

A red-hot first half set the tone for the Celtics, who shot 20 of 43 (46.5 percent) from 3-point range in the game. Jaylen Brown scored 25 first-half points before finishing the game with 30 points. Jayson Tatum added 29 points on 10-of-20 shooting and Grant Williams sank six 3s off the bench to score 21 points in the game. For Milwaukee, the offense just wasn’t there. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored five points in the first half before scoring 23 points in the final two frames....

“I’m at a complete loss for words right now,” read text that appears at the beginning of the video. She showed what looks like recently piled up soil, which she infers is because they have buried someone else on top of her sister’s body. “There’s a body buried on top of my sister,” she said. In a follow-up video, you can hear a conversation with someone who appears to work at the cemetery where she explains how the process of purchasing plots goes....

Queen Elizabeth II died last week at the age of 96, and her passing has been met with both sadness and celebration. Many have condemned some public places for celebrating the queen’s death and Sky, a TV network owned by Comcast, censored some comments made by late-night host Oliver. While the network will not air the full version of the episode on its U.K. and Irish platforms, Oliver’s comments regarding the queen were shown on HBO’s broadcast, which aired on Sunday night in the U....

The research challenged earlier assumptions that the central section of the San Andreas Fault did not create severe earthquakes, compared to other parts of the fault. The authors suggested instead that serious earthquakes of large magnitudes have happened there in the past and could happen again. The San Andreas Fault is the border section between two massive tectonic plates under the surface of the Earth—the Pacific and North American plates....

This article will discuss central vision loss, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. What Is Central Vision Loss? In order to see, light must pass through the pupil, which is the small black dot in the center of our eyes. It is then translated into electrical signals by the retina, which is a sheet of cells located in the back of the eye. The optic nerves carry this information to the brain, which processes it....

Joseph Smith, of Fishkill, New York, along with co-conspirator Dennis Mason, understated startup costs, overstated the number of franchises operating, and exaggerated the financial success of existing franchises to potential franchise owners, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a press release. Smith and Mason advertised the sale of franchises for New York Bagel on Craigslist, at least in Washington state and Maryland. The duo charged potential franchise owners fees ranging between $7,500 and $44,500 to gain rights to open a store, according to the DOJ....

Some children born with cerebral palsy can maintain independence, while others need help with self-care. Since cerebral palsy is a lifelong condition that affects thousands of children and adults, it helps to understand the prevalence, risk factors, and survival rates of the condition. Cerebral Palsy Overview Cerebral palsy occurs when the brain is permanently damaged while a child is still in utero (the mother is pregnant), during delivery, or shortly after birth....