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• US World Cup draw

• Daddy-Daughter Dance

• Thief passes swallowed egg

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Today’s Big Story

CDC Rolls Back Newborn Vaccine

• The CDC's vaccine advisory panel voted Friday to roll back the 34-year recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth. The panel, whose members were replaced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in June, voted 5-3 for the change.

• The new guidance lets women who test negative for hepatitis B decide with their provider whether their baby gets the birth dose. Sen. Bill Cassidy, who chairs the Senate health committee, called it 'a mistake' and urged acting CDC Director Jim O'Neill not to adopt the recommendation.

• Cases of acute hepatitis B among children fell by 99% after the CDC began recommending a universal birth dose in 1991. The vaccines prevented over 6 million infections and nearly 1 million hospitalizations from 1994 to 2023.

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Saturday’s Quick Hits

• Netflix agreed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for $82.7 billion, creating a streaming giant with over 300 million subscribers. Netflix will acquire Warner Bros.' library, including HBO, Harry Potter, and DC Comics characters like Batman and Superman. Federal regulators still need to approve the merger, and several lawmakers say that combining the two companies would hurt competition in the streaming market. (More)

• Indiana's House passed a new congressional map Friday that would give Republicans all nine of the state's seats instead of seven. The bill faces opposition in the Republican-controlled Senate, where leaders say they lack support. President Trump has pushed Indiana for months to redraw the map to help his narrow House majority. (More)

• Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed Friday to boost trade to $100 billion by 2030, deepening their partnership even as the U.S. tries to pull India away from Russia. America hit India with 50% tariffs in August over its purchases of Russian oil. Still, India keeps buying discounted oil while trying to stay on good terms with both Washington and Moscow. (More)

• The US men's soccer team will face Paraguay, Australia, and a European playoff winner in the group stage of the 2026 World Cup after Friday's draw in Washington. The Americans open June 12 against Paraguay in Los Angeles, then play Australia in Seattle and the playoff winner back in Los Angeles. As co-hosts with Mexico and Canada, the US avoided top teams like Spain, Argentina, France, and England in the draw. (More)

• The Trump administration restored library grants on Wednesday after a judge ruled its attempt to defund the Institute of Museum and Library Services was illegal. The agency had its budget cut in half earlier this year, and staff were put on leave. A federal judge said in November the White House couldn't bypass Congress this way. The institute funds libraries and museums in all 50 states. (More)

• The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether President Trump can end birthright citizenship, which automatically grants citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. Trump's executive order tries to stop children of undocumented immigrants and temporary visitors from becoming citizens at birth. Every lower court has blocked the order, saying it violates the 14th Amendment's guarantee that everyone born on US soil is a citizen. (More)

Weekly Dose of Positive

• An Australian TikToker's GoFundMe raised $1.5 million for 88-year-old Detroit veteran Ed Bambas, who works 40-hour weeks at a grocery store, so he can finally retire. (More)

• Louisiana’s Angola prison hosted a rare Daddy-Daughter Dance where 29 incarcerated men reunited with their daughters, some after years apart. (More)

• Every week, 69-year-old Syrian refugee Hazaa Alabdullah brings sandwiches and snacks for his English classmates in Ohio. He says, "This is my home, we are one family." (More)

• Minutes after her wedding and still in her dress, a New Orleans nurse stopped at a car crash on her way home and treated a critically injured person until paramedics arrived. (More)

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