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Hello and welcome to your afternoon news update from The Associated Press. Today, the FDA chief’s resignation widens a leadership gap at the nation’s health department; prosecutors plan to retry Alex Murdaugh after high court overturned convictions; and foreign ticket holders from World Cup qualifying countries won’t have to pay bonds to enter the U.S.
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Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, speaks while, from left, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump, Joe Rogan and CEO of Americans for Ibogaine W. Bryan Hubbard listen in the Oval Office in April. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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FDA chief’s resignation widens a leadership gap at the nation’s health department
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Dr. Marty Makary's Tuesday departure from his post atop the Food and Drug Administration leaves the agency with only an acting commissioner. Meanwhile, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also has an acting director. And there's no Senate-confirmed surgeon general a year and a half into President Donald Trump's second term. Read more.
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Prosecutors to retry Alex Murdaugh in deaths of wife and son after high court overturned convictions
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Prosecutors said they plan to retry disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh on murder charges in the shooting deaths of his wife and younger son after the state Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned his conviction and life sentence. State Attorney General Alan Wilson said his office respected the court’s decision, but no one is above the law. Read more.
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Foreign ticket holders from World Cup qualifying countries won’t have to pay bonds to enter US
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The Trump administration is suspending a requirement that foreign visitors from countries that have qualified for the World Cup and have bought tickets for the soccer tournament pay as much as $15,000 in bonds to enter the United States, the State Department said Wednesday. The department imposed the bond requirement last year for countries that it said had high rates of people overstaying their visas and other security issues as part of the Republican administration’s broader crackdown on immigration. Read more.
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The hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius is seen at anchor at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, on Monday. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)
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Vin Diesel poses for photographers at the 79th international film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
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'The Fast and the Furious' and Vin Diesel roll into Cannes for 25th anniversary
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The cast of “The Fast and the Furious” rolled into the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday for a 25th anniversary celebration of the nitrous-boosting franchise. This year’s Cannes is largely bereft of Hollywood films. But to help cover the blockbuster-sized hole in this year’s lineup, the French festival is hosting a midnight screening of the first release in the 10-movie series.
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