YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP | | | | Nicole Fallert
Reporter & Newsletter Writer
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Morning! Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Here's what's breaking this morning: |
Nicole Fallert here, shopping last-minute Valentine's gifts. We have the news to know on Wednesday, from measles cases peaking in the U.S. to new insight into Nancy Guthrie's disappearance. Plus: Outcry at a New York City monument. |
Measles cases concern state officials |
Measles cases are on the rise across the country with more than 500 cases reported in South Carolina, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The U.S. is on course to lose its "measles elimination" status achieved in 2000 as a result of concerted vaccination campaigns. |
Earlier this week, the California Department of Public Health said cases were increasing across the state, all of which were among "individuals (who) were either unvaccinated or had an unknown history of vaccination." Meanwhile, D.C. health officials warned people who attended the National March for Life rally in Washington in January that they may have been exposed to measles. |
Know the symptoms of this vaccine-preventable disease to help reduce its spread. |
| • | Hearing from ICE officials: The Trump administration's top immigration enforcers testified before Congress for the first time since two Americans died at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis. The hearing came as Congress faced a Feb. 13 deadline to avert a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, with Democrats and Republicans deadlocked over potential reforms. | | • | Person detained in Nancy Guthrie case. The development in the case came after four black-and-white images and videos were released online by FBI Director Kash Patel. The images show a masked and "armed" individual "appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door the morning of her disappearance." | | • | Governors say "no thank you" to Trump dinner. The National Governors Association will not attend a meeting with President Donald Trump later this month after the White House excluded Democratic governors, chairman Kevin Stitt told members on Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter. | |
Supporters gather at Stonewall | People gather at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City on Tuesday. Eduardo Munoz, REUTERS |
People gathered at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City on Tuesday after the Trump administration had the National Park Service remove the LGBTQ+ Pride flag from the site, which is considered the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. |
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