A human case of bird flu in Canada is a rare event: The only other confirmed human case of bird flu in the country came in 2014. Sources tell Fortune that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) has been in touch with Canadian health authorities, providing clinical consultation. In the U.S. this year, 46 cases of bird flu in humans have been confirmed, nearly all of them farm workers who were exposed to infected poultry or cattle. In the United Kingdom and France, though, government officials have already raised the risk level of the bird flu disease from medium to high. The Canadian teen was not in school during their infectious period, Henry said.

Rachel Maddow opened her MSNBC show on Monday night with a sobering 26-minute monologue. “The Rachel Maddow Show,” the liberal network’s highest-rated program, drew 1.3 million viewers on Monday, about a million shy of her October average, according to Nielsen. In a crucial ratings metric — viewers under the age of 54 — it was the least-watched edition of the show since April 2022. That performance mirrors much of what has been happening at MSNBC in the week since Mr. Trump’s election win. MSNBC has averaged 550,000 viewers since Election Day, a 39 percent decline compared with the network’s average in October.

Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong revealed Vice President Kamala Harris’ stance on the war in Gaza was “one of the reasons” he blocked his paper from endorsing her for president. “Somebody had asked me, ‘Was that the reason?’ I said, ‘Well, that wasn’t the only reason.’ Clearly, that was one of the reasons and there are many other reasons,” Soon-Shiong said. His daughter Nika Soon-Shiong had previously tied the decision back to the war in Gaza as well, though her father denied it at the time. The elder Soon-Shiong’s answer comes after he referred to the war between Israel and Palestine as a “genocide” in an email to an L.A. Times editor on Nov. 3. Before the 2024 presidential election, the L.A. Times was rocked after the editorial board’s plan to endorse Harris was scrapped by Soon-Shiong.

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He also has questioned the role of women in combat and advocated pardoning service members charged with war crimes. I can tell you.”The 44-year-old Hegseth, a staunch conservative who embraces Trump’s “America First” policies, has pushed for making the military more lethal. During an interview on “The Shawn Ryan Show” podcast, he said allowing women to serve in combat hurts that effort. Some suggested he could be Pentagon chief in name only as the Trump White House runs the department. Smith said that while Hegseth’s combat experience is a plus, running the Pentagon requires a lot of other skill sets, and his nomination will need some time for consideration.

Senate Republicans selected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to be their leader in the next Congress, three sources with knowledge of the vote said, replacing longtime leader Mitch McConnell, who is stepping down after a record 18 years. “This Republican team is united behind President Trump’s agenda, and our work starts today.”Here are 5 things to know about South Dakota Sen. John Thune. Thune will be majority leader for the next two years after Republicans won control of the Senate in last week’s elections. He will replace Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who is stepping down after an 18-year tenure that made him the longest-serving leader in Senate history. All three candidates ran on promises to carry out Trump’s agenda, a clear point of agreement among them.

The names of full-fledged undercover officers — who work deep-cover operations with outlaw biker gangs, terrorist groups or drug cartels — are kept out of department records and are known to only a handful of superiors. The city attorney’s office didn’t respond to an email on Tuesday requesting further comment. But in the recent anonymous court declarations, some officers maintained that publishing the photos had put them in harm’s way. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. —©2024 Los Angeles Times.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world’s largest and most powerful military. The news was met with bewilderment and worry among many in Washington as Trump passed on a number of established national security heavy-hitters and chose an Army National Guard officer well known in conservative circles as a co-host of Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends Weekend.”While some Republican lawmakers had a muted response to the announcement, others called his combat experience an asset or said he was “tremendously capable.”Hegseth’s choice could bring sweeping changes to the military. He has made it clear on his show and in interviews that, like Trump, he is opposed to “woke” programs that promote equity and inclusion. He also has questioned the role of women in combat and advocated pardoning service members charged with war crimes.

Over the course of those two years, Nixon won reelection in a historic landslide, mocked journalism and threatened the Washington Post repeatedly. Before Watergate, Nixon had often fantasized with his top aide Roger Ailes about running his own conservative television network. While the 1st Amendment clearly protects the free press, what it cannot do is preserve the public’s trust in the free press. Donald Trump’s return to political power through last week’s election is just the latest byproduct of that failure. That sort of world of distrust and confusion is exactly what Gattuso/Reagan/Murdoch/Ailes had hoped to create, so that criminals like Trump could not be held accountable by a free press as the founders intended.

It’s important to vote for the individual candidates, rather than the parties they are in. In some cases, but the vast majority of my votes were for candidates of one party. I voted one party all down the ballot. I have always voted for one party and likely will continue to do so in the future. I did vote for the other party, but only when a candidate was uncontested.

“The movement to expand gun rights gained further momentum Tuesday as voters returned Donald Trump to the White House,” the story stated. The problem is that many government entities don’t recognize the Second Amendment. Forcing governments to recognize that doesn’t expand rights; it simply ensures the Second Amendment receives the respect it deserves. The Op-Ed continued: “Trump’s election promises to make the burgeoning Second Amendment movement stronger. “Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), however, has built a track record as a gun enthusiast and Second Amendment absolutist whose views may prove influential,” it stated.

On Tuesday, a man drove a vehicle into a crowd in Zhuhai in Southern China, killing at least 35 people. The incident seems to be intentional, and is sparking questions about the Communist Party’s record on public safety. Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered an increase in safety and social stability following the attack. The driver was a 62-year-old man, and he drove a small vehicle into a sports center where civilians were exercising. Under the Communist Party, citizens have accepted expanded surveillance in exchange for social stability.

The U.S. will continue to send arms to Israel although Israel has not improved humanitarian aid access in Gaza. The Biden administration had set a 30-day deadline for Israel to meet its aid criteria, which Israel failed to do. However, the State Department said that it will not decrease weapons aid. On October 13, U.S. officials stated that the country would reassess military aid sent to Israel if Israel did not increase aid access in Gaza. By law, if military forces are deemed to be committing “gross violations of human rights” the U.S. cannot supply aid.