A US citizen who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of ​Congo, where an outbreak of a rare ‌strain has killed over 130 people, is not critically ill and his wife and four children have tested negative, the ​Berlin hospital where the family is being treated ​said on Friday. “Because the course of the ⁠illness can change, he remains under close observation and ​is receiving treatment,” Charite university hospital said in a ​statement. “He is being cared for in the high-security area of the specialized isolation unit.” The patient’s wife and four children “are currently ​asymptomatic and quarantined in a…

It’s Friday and for kids around here, at least, school is out for summer. Time to blast some Alice Cooper. We have an Easy, Medium and Hard Pips to solve, so let’s get right to it and then go enjoy the weekend and summer break!Looking for Thursday’s Pips? Read our…

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BOSTON (AP) — At Harvard University, earning straight A’s is about to get harder.Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday that it would limit the number of A grades awarded to undergraduates, adopting one of the most ambitious efforts by a major university to curb grade inflation. The decision…

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Topline President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Thursday that strained relations with Cuba may not improve through diplomacy, commenting on the island nation as the Trump administration has placed more economic and political pressures on it as the country’s leadership has denied allegations it is hosting…

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