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The growing concerns around the boom in sport betting

By Paul Solman, Frank Carlson

This Sunday in New Orleans, the Philadelphia Eagles will try to block the Kansas City Chiefs from taking home a historic third consecutive Super Bowl title. But there will also be a historic $1.4 billion riding on the game. Paul…

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PHOTOS: USAID signs covered with black tape or removed at Washington headquarters

By Laura Barrón-López, Shyla Duff, Steff Staples

Just blocks from the White House, signs identifying the headquarters of USAID have been removed or covered.

Community health centers face funding delays after Trump administration freeze

By Ali Rogin

PBS has confirmed that health centers in Arizona, Virginia, Maine, Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, Vermont, Rhode Island, Montana and Minnesota were unable, at least temporarily, to access funds. The Maine and Montana centers are receiving their funding again.

The U.S. dodged a bird flu pandemic nearly 70 years ago. Can we do it again?

By Alexandra M. Lord, The Conversation

By 1957, scientists had a significantly more sophisticated understanding of influenza, worrying them that a pandemic similar to that of 1918 could easily erupt, killing millions again.

Live poultry markets ordered shut for a week in New York City due to avian flu outbreak

By Associated Press

The order came after seven cases of bird flu were found in poultry during routine inspections of live bird markets in the New York City boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens.

How Latino evangelical leaders are preparing for possible immigration enforcement in churches

By Deepa Bharath, Associated Press

Faith leaders representing thousands of Latino evangelical Christians in Florida and swaths of the Southeast worry about the sanctity of their sacred spaces, and the possibility of immigration raids and arrests.

This Kansas City ‘wellness court’ takes a new approach to mental health, substance use

By Gabrielle Hays

The new specialty court is designed to merge the city’s separate mental health and drug courts, considering offenses alongside resources, treatment and a pathway out of the legal system.

Rescuers search for missing plane along Alaska’s western coast

By Associated Press

The Bering Air Caravan, a single-engine turboprop, was heading from Unalakleet to Nome on Thursday afternoon with nine passengers and a pilot, according to Alaska's Department of Public Safety. Officials lost contact with the plane less than an hour into…

NCAA limits women’s competition to athletes assigned female at birth

By Eric Olson, Associated Press

The move came one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports.

Ohtani’s ex-interpreter sentenced to nearly 5 years for bank and tax fraud

By Amy Taxin, Associated Press

Ippei Mizuhara has acknowledged using the money to cover his growing gambling bets and debts with an illegal bookmaker, in addition to $325,000 worth of baseball cards and his own dental bills.