When I was a kid, we wanted to grow up to be baseball players, or firemen, or astronauts. What do kids want to grow up to be today? Don't make me say it.
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CDC reports six measles deaths in 2026 as US battles worst outbreak in 35 years
www.theguardian.com
... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported six measles-related deaths in the US this year, according to figures published on its website on Thursday, as the country faces its most severe resurgence of the disease in decades.
The newly reported total is twice the number of deaths recorded in 2025, highlighting the spread of the highly infectious virus, which was officially declared eliminated in the US in 2000.
The country is currently experiencing its largest measles outbreak since 1991. More than 5,400 cases reported nationwide, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University International Vaccine Access Center tracker.
Pennsylvania has been the state most severely affected by the outbreak, with officials confirming six measles-associated deaths in the state this year. A child also died in New York on election day, followed days later by the death of an infant in Wisconsin. Active outbreaks have been reported in nearly every US state.
The Wisconsin department of health services confirmed the infant's death, while New York recorded its first known measles-related fatality in more than three decades.
The CDC did not identify which states accounted for the six deaths included in its official count. ...
FAA lifts nationwide ground stop, White House says no indication of "nefarious act"
www.cbsnews.com
... "At 8:15 tonight, Eastern time, we've opened up the airspace," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said during a news briefing Friday night. "Now does that mean every flight is going to fly right now? It's going to be slow. So if you're watching, you're at an airport, check with your airline."
The FAA had issued the ground stop on all departing flights due to "extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety." The ground stop lasted about five hours.
Duffy attributed the ground stop to outdated air traffic control technology and routers overloaded by data.
"What we have is an incredibly old air traffic control system," Duffy said in the news conference. "... Our routers actually got overloaded with data and ... they started to give us inconsistency in the data from those routers. And because of that, we shut the system down."
An update to the private communications network that connects America's air traffic control system caused the system to reboot, leading to a crash and a communications outage, multiple sources told CBS News earlier Friday. The system is operated by L3Harris, which did not immediately respond to CBS News' request for comment. ...
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AI tokens: How to navigate AI's new spend dynamics (January 2026)
www.deloitte.com
... Organizations should manage AI as an economic system driven by unpredictable, token-based costs, requiring disciplined infrastructure choices, governance, and FinOps practices ...
FAA lifts hours-long ground stop that stemmed from communications problems
www.scrippsnews.com
... U.S. cabinet officials said Friday the incident was a communications problem, not an indicator of an attack or emergency.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday night lifted a ground stop on U.S. air traffic, ending a multi-hour incident that halted flights after an air traffic communications issue. ...
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So, which way might the Democrats go?