They Got Low Mortgage Rates During the Pandemic. Now They Can’t Move.

Many Americans bought their first houses when mortgage rates dipped to record lows. Some are ready to move but feel locked in by their low rates.

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Canada Culls Hundreds of Ostriches as a Court and a Kennedy Fail to Save Them

The birds, exposed to the avian flu, were killed after Canada’s Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal and a rescue effort by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fell short.

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Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles

One province with an outsized number of cases has seen a collision of politics and public health policy.

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Mamdani was elected with a thinner résumé than his predecessors as mayor.

The mayor-elect’s rivals focused on his inexperience during the campaign. Voters appeared to put more weight on his vision.

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Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack

A new analysis adds to the research about the link between viral infections and heart disease.

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Deputies Put Down 5 Escaped Monkeys They Were Wrongly Told Had Covid

Three other rhesus monkeys were still on the loose as of Wednesday after the truck carrying them rolled over on a highway in Mississippi, law enforcement officials said.

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Steven Hatfill, Covid Vaccine Critic, Is Ousted From H.H.S.

Dr. Hatfill said he was pushed out by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s chief of staff, who fired him when he refused to resign.

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Behind the Dismantling of the C.D.C.: Reform or ‘Humiliation’?

The agency has lost a third of its work force this year. The Trump administration maintains that the losses are necessary, but critics say that there is no real plan, only animosity.

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Mamdani’s Debate Guests Include Charlotte Bennett, a Cuomo Accuser

The guests of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee and front-runner, underscored his criticism of his main rival, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

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Mamdani invited debate guests who underscore his criticism of Cuomo.

Zohran Mamdani is expected to invite six guests, all of whom will reflect his criticism of his main rival, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

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