Second Texas Screwworm Case Confirmed as Outbreak Fears Grow

By Cassandra Garrison, Heather Schlitz and Leah Douglas LA ⁠PRYOR, ⁠Texas/MEXICO CITY, June 5 (Reuters) – A ⁠second case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite was confirmed in ​Texas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday, emerging just miles from where the first ‌U.S. detection in decades was reported ‌this week. The new case in …

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Democrat Xavier Becerra Projected to Advance to November Ballot for California Governor

June ⁠5(Reuters) – ⁠Democratic ⁠former cabinet ​secretary ‌Xavier ‌Becerra ⁠is projected ⁠to advance to ​the ​November ballot ⁠for ⁠California ⁠governor after Tuesday’s ​primary ​election, ⁠U.S. ⁠media said on Friday. (Reporting ⁠by Daniel Trotta in Carlsbad, ⁠California and Bhargav Acharya ​in ​Toronto) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.

Cuba’s Raul Castro, Wanted by US, Appears at Event in Havana

HAVANA, June 5 (Reuters) – Cuba’s ⁠former ⁠leader Raul ⁠Castro appeared at an Interior ​Ministry celebration in Havana, showed state ‌television on Friday, in ‌the elder statesman’s first ⁠public ⁠appearance since his indictment on murder charges ​last month in the United States. The Trump administration has accused the former ​defense minister of ordering Cuban military …

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Judge Halts Trump Administration Efforts to Impose Conditions on SNAP

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sided with 20 Democratic states and halted an effort by the Trump administration to force states to comply with a range of conditions to get billions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun granted a preliminary injunction in the lawsuit challenging …

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Five Dead in Russian Attacks in Ukraine’s Southern Kherson Region

June 5 (Reuters) – Russian attacks ⁠killed ⁠five people in ⁠Ukraine’s southern Kherson region in three ​separate incidents on Friday, the regional governor said. Oleksandr ‌Prokudin, writing on Telegram, ‌said a strike on a district ⁠of ⁠the region’s main city, also called Kherson, killed ​three people in their 70s and 80s whose bodies were found …

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FIFA to Allow Factory-Sealed, Disposable Water Bottles Into World Cup Stadiums

In a video released by FIFA, Chief Operating Officer Heimo Schirgi said fans will still not be permitted to bring in hard sided, reusable water bottles “due to safety and security reasons.” FIFA stated, “for the avoidance of doubt, reusable water bottles may not be brought into the stadium.” FIFA’s stadium rules had stated that …

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