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The Moderna Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 26, 2024.Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesModerna on Monday said its experimental mRNA-based flu vaccine produced a stronger immune response than a currently available shot in a late-stage trial, clearing a path forward for the product and the company’s separate combination flu and Covid jab.Moderna in May voluntarily withdrew an application seeking approval of its combination shot targeting Covid-19 and influenza, saying it had plans to resubmit it with efficacy data from the phase three trial on its standalone flu vaccine. That decision came after discussions with the Food and…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 12:00 AM ET, Sat June 28, 2025 Intrepid Travel, the B-Corp-certified tour operator, is offering travelers the opportunity to “travel Intrepid” with a new 14-day mystery tour to Africa. The new tour, which is part of the brand’s Uncharted series, starts in Harare, Zimbabwe and ends on the island of Ile de Mozambique. But the trip’s 1,500-mile route in between remains a complete mystery, providing travelers with a unique opportunity to be surprised each day. Intrepid leaders will take travelers on swims beneath waterfalls, hikes up mountains, connections with local communities and much more. Travelers will…
Authorities searching for the shooter noticed a cellphone signal had been active on Canfield Mountain during the time the gunman was there, Sheriff Bob Norris said.”We had a cell phone activation that was in the same spot since about 3:16 [p.m.], and that it was in the same area,” he said at tonight’s news conference. “And we honed in on that cellphone, and we saw that there was a male, appeared to be deceased, with a weapon nearby.”Authorities believe the body belongs to the sole shooter in today’s violence that killed two firefighters who responded to a brush fire believed…
Kesha enjoying her freedom on her first new album since she left her old label and Ryan Coogler’s guts-spilling vampire film “Sinners,” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.Also among the streaming offerings worth your time, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: Charlize Theron in “The Old Guard 2” on Netflix, National Geographic’s 25-hour “SharkFest” and John Cena playing a U.S. president opposite Idris Elba as the UK’s prime minister in the comedy “Heads of State.” New movies to stream from June 30-July 6– Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” arguably the…
Navin Chaddha, managing director of the 55-year-old Silicon Valley venture firm Mayfield, is betting big on AI’s ability to transform people-heavy industries like consulting, law, and accounting. The veteran investor, whose wins include Lyft, Poshmark, and HashiCorp, recently discussed at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC evening in Menlo Park why he believes “AI teammates” can create software-like margins in traditionally labor-intensive sectors, and why startups should right now target neglected markets rather than compete head-to-head with giants like Accenture — though he acknowledged that disrupting outfits where relationships and trust matter is sometimes harder than Silicon Valley anticipates. This conversation has been edited…
Several potential defense witnesses from Bryan Kohberger ‘s home state of Pennsylvania are expected in court Monday for a hearing on whether they must testify at the former criminal justice student’s trial for the stabbing deaths of four college students in Idaho.Kohberger’s trial on four counts of murder and one count of burglary is on track to begin Aug. 11 in Boise, Idaho, after a judge declined his lawyer’s request for a delay last week.Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Monday’s hearing in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, concerns requests by Kohberger’s lawyers that a Monroe County judge order seven people to testify,…
NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors are set to start deliberating Monday in Sean “Diddy” Combs ’ sex trafficking case, weighing charges that could put the hip-hop mogul in prison for life.After receiving legal instructions from federal Judge Arun Subramanian, the jury of eight men and four women will head behind closed doors to deliberate. They’ll sift through seven weeks of sometimes graphic and emotional testimony about the rap, fashion and reality TV impresario ‘s propensity for violence and his sexual predilections, including drug-fueled sex marathons dubbed “ freak-offs ” or “hotel nights.”Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges…
At least one person is dead and two women are injured after three buildings collapsed in an explosion and fire in Philadelphia early Sunday, according to the city’s fire department.The Philadelphia Fire Department said it responded to 1900 West Bristol Street around 4:50 a.m. Three row houses “exploded in on themselves,” resulting in a fire, said Daniel McCarty, the fire department’s acting executive chief.“Preliminary reports where there were people trapped,” McCarty said. “We were able to locate two residents and transport them to area hospitals, both being elderly females, one being critical, one stable.”The fire department later said that one…
Reuters — China on Sunday announced it is immediately resuming seafood products imported from some Japanese regions, ending a nearly two-year overall ban imposed due to worries over Japan’s release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. In a notice on Sunday, China Customs said seafood products from 10 prefectures – Fukushima, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Niigata, Nagano, Saitama, Tokyo and Chiba – will still be banned from entering the country. Products from other regions will need health certificates, radioactive substance detection qualification certificates and production area certificates issued by the Japanese government for Chinese customs declarations, the…
“It hurts a little bit. Like certain companies … I really feel like they did care for a long time, especially with stuff like their trans health care, stuff like that. And now that they’re kind of pulling back on that DEI, it hurts. It feels like a betrayal,” they said.Companies rolling backAccording to a survey from Gravity Research, 39% of corporations are scaling back external Pride Month engagements this year. That’s a double-digit increase from last year, when only 9% of corporations were changing their Pride plans.An NBC News report also found that the organizers of several of the…