NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Researchers found unusually high hantavirus levels in rodents in the Pacific Northwest, suggesting greater exposure risk in the surrounding agricultural communities.The area with the biggest prevalence is the Palouse region, which includes parts of eastern Washington and north-central Idaho in the Pacific Northwest.Researchers from Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine found unexpectedly high levels of Sin Nombre virus (SNV), which is the strain most strongly linked to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) —among local rodent populations. WHAT IS HANTAVIRUS, THE CAUSE OF GENE HACKMAN’S WIFE’S DEATH?In summer 2023, they collected samples from 189…

Apple released iOS 26.5 on May 11, and that update brought end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging to your iPhone and more. But when Apple released iOS 26.1 in November, that update introduced a way to adjust some Liquid Glass elements across your device. This new setting could help resolve readability issues some folks on…

Reforms on pensions and taxation have emerged as the main sticking points between Budapest and Brussels in technical negotiations to unlock billions of euros in EU funding for Hungary, Euronews has learned. According to several European Commission officials, Hungary’s new prime minister, Péter Magyar, is resisting both reforms, arguing they…

Milan are on the brink of securing a coveted top-four finish as they face bottom-half Cagliari on the final day of the season. Sitting two points clear of Juventus and Como, they would secure a Champions League return with a win here.Second-half goals from Christopher Nkunku and Zachary Athekame propelled…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More than 300 suspects have been arrested in a sweeping multi-agency crackdown on child exploitation crimes across Southern California, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) announced Thursday. The large-scale enforcement effort, dubbed “Operation Firewall,” targeted a wide range of internet-facilitated offenses, including child…

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ToplineChina denied a recent Financial Times report that the country’s President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump that their Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, might ultimately regret launching his country’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine—with China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs calling the report “completely false.”Key FactsThe Chinese president allegedly made…

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