An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease linked to a state fair this month in North Carolina has grown to 25 confirmed cases, including one death, according to the state division of public health. The source of the outbreak is under investigation but the North Carolina Division of Public Health said in an online post that many
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The acting U.S. spy chief broke with President Donald Trump and some Republicans who’ve criticized and questioned the motives of an intelligence community whistleblower who filed a complaint against the President, when Joseph Maguire said Thursday that he believed the “whistleblower did the right thing” and “followed the law every step of the way.” Maguire,
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Carson King raised more than $1 million for an Iowa children’s hospital, borne out of a request for beer money on national TV. But old racist tweets ended his relationship with the beer company that promised to match his fundraising. Anheuser-Busch announced it would no longer associate with King after he admitted posting two offensive
Continue Reading Every now and then we find ourselves in the right place, at the right time. For one Ohio teenager, that time came while he was spending the afternoon doing some gardening with his mother last Saturday. Lora Clark and her 16-year-old son, Zac, were in the front yard of their Butler home working on the
Continue Reading While 60% of adults think that the flu vaccine is the best preventive measure against flu-related deaths and hospitalizations, only 52% said they planned to get one this season, according to a survey by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID). NFID and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a press conference
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Texas Department of Public Safety officials overseeing a program Gov. Greg Abbott tapped to help halt potential mass shootings say staffing shortages and privacy concerns stand in the way of taking more preventive action against such massacres. But the department hasn’t specified the current number of analysts participating in what’s called the Suspicious Activity Reporting
Continue Reading A social studies teacher in Long Island, New York, told her students to write funny captions for images of freed slaves, sparking outrage among parents on social media. The teacher, who has been removed from teaching while the school district investigates, has since apologized for her “insensitive words and actions.” The teacher at J.W. Dodd
Continue Reading Call it a brunch rush gone wrong. On Tuesday morning, more than 136,000 eggs spilled onto Route 125 in Hegins Township, Pennsylvania when a tractor-trailer’s load shifted, causing the eggs to fall. Here’s what went down. Joseph Miles, 66, was delivering the eggs, already fertilized, to an incubator. He was driving through the township Tuesday
Continue Reading The Illinois State Museum will be returning 42 aboriginal artifacts to Australia after 10 months of discussions. The 42 objects are important to the Aranda and Bardi Jawi people that live in Australia. They range from sacred and ceremonial artifacts to boomerangs, shields and body ornaments. Members of the aboriginal groups will be traveling to
Continue Reading A Los Angeles-based executive who paid $400,000 to get his child into Georgetown University under the guise that he was a tennis recruit was sentenced Thursday to four months in prison, the federal prosecutor in Massachusetts announced. Stephen Semprevivo had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and was the third parent to be sentenced
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He certainly doesn’t need the money, but now we know how much actor Matthew McConaughey will make as a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin. ABC affiliate KVUE in Austin reports he’ll make $12,009.60 a year – about $6,000 a semester – for teaching film classes at the Moody College of Communication.
Continue Reading The judge in the murder trial of a white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor in his apartment blocked the lead investigator from telling jurors Wednesday that he didn’t think the shooting was a crime. David Armstrong of the Texas Department of Public Safety testified for a second day in Amber Guyger’s
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New Mexico authorities say a man who was trying to pull out an old tree on his property has died after a swarm of wasps attacked and stung him. The Chaves County sheriff’s office says 62-year-old Galdino Guzman suffered numerous stings and heavy swelling and died earlier this week after spending the night in intensive
Continue Reading Talk about bad timing. A Tesla electric police patrol car in the Bay Area ran low on power at one of the worst possible times last Friday — during a pursuit. It’s unclear exactly why the 2014 Tesla Model S 85 wasn’t fully charged and lost juice at such an inopportune moment, according to Fremont
Continue Reading California prosecutors won’t file charges against an off-duty officer who fatally shot a man three months ago inside a Costco store in Corona. Following a grand jury decision that charges are not warranted, Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin will not file criminal charges against Salvador Sanchez, a Los Angeles police officer, Hestrin announced Wednesday.
Continue Reading Climate activists took to the streets in San Francisco and painted murals directly on two blocks of the city Financial District’s main thoroughfare. The murals on Montgomery Street were painted as part of the Strike for Climate Justice protest that took place on Wednesday. Endorsed by the Sunrise Movement, Idle No More and other Bay
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If you bought a lottery ticket in Texas, it’s time to check it — because someone out there is $227 million richer. Some mystery winner has the jackpot-winning ticket for the Mega Millions that was drawn on Tuesday, the Texas Lottery announced. The lucky numbers on the ticket match all six of those drawn: 6-14-24-42-46
Continue Reading In 2006, US scientists published a landmark study that linked lower levels of a gene known as PCSK9 to lower rates of heart disease. Researchers then sought to test the thesis by identifying subjects with a rare mutation that resulted in even lower levels of PSCK9. Just two were discovered, including a young woman living
Continue Reading The CEO of BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, whose June arrest for driving under the influence became public last week, resigned Wednesday amid accusations of a coverup. “Throughout my life, I have been dedicated to one thing: helping people live longer, happier and better lives through access to affordable healthcare,” the CEO, Patrick Conway, said
Continue ReadingThe whistleblower complaint at the center of Congress’ impeachment inquiry alleges that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office to “solicit interference from a foreign country” in next year’s U.S. election. The White House then tried to “lock down” the information to cover it up, the complaint says. The 9-page document released Thursday
Continue Reading Mattel is probably most known for its hyper-feminine Barbie dolls — but now, they’re making something a little bit different. Mattel launched a line of gender-inclusive dolls Wednesday, called “Creatable World.” The line’s premise is all about customization — of hair, clothes and accessories — creating a toy that isn’t dictated by gender norms. Some
Continue Reading The federal government may be getting close to cracking down on e-cigarettes amid concerns about the risks of vaping. The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to finalize its policy on flavored e-cigarettes and vaping products in the coming weeks, acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Ned Sharpless said Wednesday. In response to questioning during a
Continue Reading The “OK” hand gesture is now a hate symbol, according to a new report by the Anti-Defamation League. The ADL added that symbol along with several others on Thursday to its long-standing database of slogans and symbols used by extremists. The finger-and-thumb OK sign is universally known for meaning everything is all right or approval
Continue Reading (CNN) — The whistleblower complaint on President Donald Trump and Ukraine was released Thursday morning, accusing the President of using his power “to solicit interference from a foreign country” in the 2020 election. White House officials, the whistleblower said, were “deeply disturbed” by Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. The officials
Continue Reading New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has split from his longtime girlfriend Sandra Lee, according to a joint statement the pair issued Wednesday. “Over the recent past, we have realized that our lives have gone in different directions and our romantic relationship has turned into a deep friendship,” the statement read. “We will always be family
Continue Reading (CNN) — The whistleblower complaint on President Donald Trump and Ukraine was released Thursday morning.
Continue Reading One person has died of Legionnaires’ disease and 13 more cases have been confirmed among people who attended a state fair this month in North Carolina, a state health department official said late Wednesday. The infected people reportedly went to the Mountain State Fair in Fletcher between September 6 and 15, according to North Carolina
Continue Reading An 87-year-old woman is accused of killing her disabled, adult grandson for fear that no one would care for him after she died, according to police. Bradenton police arrived at a Florida apartment complex around noon on Sunday to respond to reports of a deceased individual. There they found the body of 30-year-old Joel Parks,
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Continue Reading The United States Mint is to memorialize Christa McAuliffe, the teacher and astronaut who died in the Challenger disaster in 1986, with a commemorative silver dollar coin. The 37-year-old social studies teacher from Concord, New Hampshire, was chosen for NASA’s “Teacher in Space” program, and was one of the seven crew members aboard the Space
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