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Jancys Santiago was sentenced to 25 years for a 2001 Bronx rape after a new DNA matching method, investigative genetic genealogy, helped crack the cold case. The victim gave impact testimony, and the sentence will run consecutively with a 20-year term for a separate Manhattan rape. The defense plans to appeal.
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A Vox newsletter Q&A with writer Jasmine Sun answers reader questions about AI existential risk, covering why the current panic feels different, how AI might cause harm, and which nearer-term threats are more plausible. It presents doomer and skeptic perspectives, concluding AI risk is complex but worth taking seriously.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told an anti-vaccine activist conference that they have a "friend in the White House," touting the administration's vaccine policy changes. The speech drew criticism from public health advocates and Pennsylvania's governor amid the worst U.S. measles outbreak in decades.
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A third person has died in a rare 'airport malaria' outbreak linked to mosquitoes reportedly transported on flights to Frankfurt, Germany. Six airport employees also contracted the disease, and officials say the infections involved Plasmodium falciparum and were not spread person-to-person.