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Gene Hackman And His Wife Tested Negative For Carbon Monoxide, Sheriff Says

Gene Hackman And His Wife Tested Negative For Carbon Monoxide, Sheriff Says

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities investigating the deaths of Oscar-winner Gene Hackman and his wife are waiting for more details from their autopsies to determine why they died. Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said Friday that both tested negative for carbon monoxide. Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found Wednesday at the…MORE

Texas Measles Cases Rise To 146 In An Outbreak That Led To A Child’s Death

Texas Measles Cases Rise To 146 In An Outbreak That Led To A Child’s Death

DALLAS (AP) — Texas health officials say the number of people with measles has increased to 146 in rural West Texas outbreak that led this week to the death of a school-aged child who was not vaccinated. The Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday that the number of cases in the outbreak had…MORE

Microsoft Shutting Down Skype In May

Microsoft Shutting Down Skype In May

Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011 and which had helped spark a transformation in how people communicate online. The tech giant said Friday it will retire Skype in May and shift some of its services to Microsoft Teams, its flagship videoconferencing platform. Skype users will be…MORE

Hundreds of Weather Forecasters Fired in Latest Wave of DOGE Cuts

Hundreds of Weather Forecasters Fired in Latest Wave of DOGE Cuts

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, hundreds of federal employees from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including weather forecasters, were fired, lawmakers and weather experts reported. The layoffs, which took place in the afternoon, affected meteorologists who provide critical local forecasts through the National Weather Service offices nationwide. Sources indicated that the cuts were implemented…MORE