Measles has been on the rise in the United States, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, the nation's administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has an urgent request for Americans:"Take the vaccine, please."The disease was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, but periodic outbreaks since the beginning of 2025 have seen more than 2,600 cases in all but six states, most of them among people who are not vaccinated. Oz's boss,Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has long been known to question vaccine protocols, also has encouraged people to get the measles shot.
Get your measles shot, Dr. Oz says
Congress wants to put time in a bottle
What will Americans think of us 250 years from now? Impossible to know, but lawmakers in Congress have voted to offer a window to our times byburying a time capsuleunder the U.S. Capitol on July Fourth in honor ofthe nation's 250th anniversary, to be opened July Fourth, 2276, the nation's 500th birthday. The maximum size is 50 by 32 by 48 inches, and anything inside must be able to last 250 years. What will go in? It hasn't been decided yet, but Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, offered a suggestion: "I know a couple of guys I'd like to put in it."
Ad Meter raises a toast to Budweiser
Budweiser went all-American for its Super Bowl ads, and it paid off with its second straightNo. 1 ranking on USA TODAY's Ad Meterand its 10th title overall. In the 60-second spot, Bud's iconic Clydesdale nurses an American bald eagle chick until it soars on its own to the swelling sounds of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" in a stirring production that left Lay's "Last Harvest," Pepsi's "The Choice" and Dunkin's "Good Will Dunkin'" in the dust. "That's what we wanted to bring to life: this idea of celebrating two icons,"Anheuser-Busch's Kyle Norrington told USA TODAY− and as for the soundtrack, he said, "Free Bird" was a no-brainer.
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Has Jimmy Kimmel canceled Bill Maher?
First, Bill Maherfeuded with Larry David; now, he fearsJimmy Kimmel is "very mad at me,"he told host Adam Carolla on his podcast. He didn't say why, but it could be this: When Kimmel's wife, Molly McNearney, revealed she hadlost ties with family membersafter giving them 10 reasons not to supportDonald Trump, Maher put in his own two cents. "Ten reasons? I can think of 100," he said on his show "Real Time." "But I would never present it to someone as an ultimatum. Ultimatums don't make people rethink their politics. They make them rethink you."
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Seahawks celebrate Super Bowl victory. See the jubilation.
TheSeattle Seahawkscelebrated its Super Bowl victory with confetti, Gatorade and the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the New England Patriots, 29-13, on Feb. 8, 2026.
Seahawks prevail in not-so-Super Bowl
Bad Bunny may have sucked up the headlines, but Super Bowl 60 is in the books, and the Seattle Seahawks are world champs after rolling over the New England Patriots 29-13. Fans may have agreedthe game was no barn burner, but it did set records of a sort. Seattle kick returner Rashid Shaheed made Super Bowl history with six fair catches; Seahawks kicker Jason Myers connected for five field goals, also a record; and the Patriots, appearing in their record 12th Super Bowl, lost the NFL's marquee game for the sixth time, the most for any franchise.− Compiled and written by Robert Abitbol
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