Legionnaire’s outbreak linked to hot tubs kills one, sickens dozens in North Carolina
(Reuters) – An outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease that has killed one person and sickened dozens of others in North Carolina…
Factbox: U.S. vaping-related deaths rise to 20
(Reuters) – Michigan and Pennsylvania state health officials confirmed one death each from a mysterious lung illness linked to e-cigarettes,…
Eating nuts might help limit weight gain
(Reuters Health) – Despite their high calorie counts, daily doses of nuts might help people keep off excess weight, especially…
Touch-button survey points to frustration among ER workers
(Reuters Health) – A pilot study aimed at gauging the real-time mood in busy emergency rooms suggests doctors and nurses…
New York court blocks state ban on flavored e-cigarettes
(Reuters) – A New York court on Thursday temporarily halted a state ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, giving…
Celiac families may not need two toasters
(Reuters Health) – Often when someone in the family has celiac disease, two sets of kitchenware are used to avoid…
U.S. judge denies industry motion to lift Massachusetts’ four-month ban on vaping sales
Demonstrators gather at the Massachusetts State House to protest against the state’s four-month ban of all vaping product sales in…
U.S. judge keeps intact Massachusetts’ toughest-in-nation vaping ban
BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday denied an industry bid to put on hold Massachusetts’ four-month ban on…
U.S. Supreme Court takes major case that could curb abortion access
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up a major abortion case that could lead…
Bayer says October U.S. glyphosate trial delayed until February
FILE PHOTO: Logo and flags of Bayer AG are pictured outside a plant of the German pharmaceutical and chemical maker…
Australia to fund research on medicinal cannabis as demand grows
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia will provide A$3 million ($2.03 million) for research on the use of cannabis to help cancer…
Main issues in UAW-GM labor talks narrow to wages, pensions: source
FILE PHOTO: General Motors assembly workers and their supporters gather to picket outside the General Motors Bowling Green plant during…
Florida couple says a bobcat attacked them on their morning walk
The woman had injuries on her face, arms and hands that “are consistent with an animal attack,” Lauderhill Assistant Fire…
Bronx fire: 10 injured, including 9 firefighters, in New York City apartment fire
The fire was first reported around 8:15 p.m., and started on the sixth floor of the building in the Mount…
World Teachers’ Day: Black men make up only 2% of teachers in the US.
Fersner was observing the boy’s class as part of his school’s teacher cadet program in South Carolina that he’d joined…
Police release controversial horseback arrest video
Galveston Police released body cam video of the controversial arrest of Donald Neely who was arrested and led handcuffed down…
When an elderly woman went missing, these four ‘junior detectives’ saved the day
The Roseville Police Department alerted the public on September 30 that Glenneta Belford, who has dementia and is mostly non-verbal,…
Food cart spins out of control at Chicago airport
A quick-thinking American Airlines employee managed to stop a catering cart that was spinning out of control, avoiding catastrophe. Source…
If this woman stays off her smartphone for an entire year, she’ll win $100,000
Elana Mugdan, a 29-year-old fiction writer from Queens, New York, has taken up that challenge in hopes of landing a…
Scientists hope to digitally unravel scrolls charred by Vesuvius with light 10 billion times brighter than the sun
W. Brent Seales, who heads the University of Kentucky’s Digital Restoration Initiative, told CNN he and his research team just…
Video shows woman taunt lion inside enclosure
The Bronx Zoo says the woman who trespassed inside its lion enclosure put herself in serious danger. Source link
Father and son 3D-print a Lamborghini
A father and his 11-year-old son are working together to build their very own Lamborghini using a 3D printer. Source…
Mordicai Gerstein, children’s book author and illustrator, dies at 83
Gerstein was the master behind such books like “The Night World,” “The Sleeping Gypsy,” and “The Man Who Walked Between…
Woman crosses Mississippi River with log
A professional log roller hoped to cross the Mississippi River. CNN’s Randi Kaye tells her story. Watch “Full Circle” every…
Man hit by lightning has shoes blown off, clothes charred
A Texas man is expected to recover after he was hit by a lightning strike that left his clothes charred…
A massive 98-pound Burmese python was captured in Florida
Run? Freeze? Faint? Cynthia Downer and Jonathan Lopez came across one on September 22 at Big Cypress National Preserve in…
Florida man sentenced to 10 days in jail after he overslept for jury duty
The 21-year-old from West Palm Beach, Florida, was summoned for a hearing in court last month. A circuit court judge…
12 arrested in connection with alleged rapes at Alabama university
Investigator Jay Harrington of the Calhoun-Cleburne Major Crimes Unit says the alleged victims are between 12 and 16 and the…
6,000-acre wildfire burning in Colorado
Hundreds of firefighters in Colorado are battling a 6,000-acre wildfire that threatens communities near Salida, a city located 142 miles…
4 homeless men killed in New York City’s Chinatown area, apparently while they slept, police say
A suspect — a 24-year-old man who investigators believe also is homeless — is in custody, New York police Detective…
Simone Biles nails two more amazing moves that will be named after her
The US gymnastics star was taking part in the world championships Saturday in Stuttgart, Germany, where during her floor exercise…
‘Making a Murderer’ subject Brendan Dassey is petitioning for clemency
Dassey’s attorney Laura Nirider announced Wednesday his defense had filed a petition for clemency with Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers. In…
A San Diego backyard shed is for rent for $1,050 a month
The studio is located in the backyard of a home in the North Park neighborhood of San Diego, which is…
Bill Bidwell, long time Arizona Cardinals owner, dead at 88
“It is with great sadness that we share the news that our owner, Bill Bidwill, has passed away today at…
California tech executive kidnapped – CNN
Tushare Atre, 50, was kidnapped early Tuesday morning. “The investigation is still ongoing, but we have reason to believe the…
Galveston officer on horseback says on his bodycam that ‘this is gonna look really bad’ before leading an arrested man down the street
The comment was heard on body camera footage released Wednesday by the Galveston Police Department at the end of an…
A North Carolina man just won a $750,000 lawsuit after suing his wife’s lover
According to court documents, Kevin Howard recently won a judgment against his ex-wife’s lover for “alienation of affections” — a…
See victim's brother hug convicted ex-cop
Moments after Amber Guyger was sentenced to 10-years in prison for Botham Jean’s murder, Botham’s younger brother, Brandt Jean, gave…
Ex-Dallas policewoman Amber Guyger gets 10 years in prison for murder of Botham Jean
Brandt Jean went over to Guyger and the two hugged. Jean told her he doesn’t want her to go to…
News icon: Trump is screwing this up
CNN’s Anderson Cooper asks former ABC News anchor Sam Donaldson for his response to Trump’s defense against the impeachment inquiry.…
Jerry Seinfeld Defeats Lawsuit Claiming He Stole ‘Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee’
NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Jerry Seinfeld has defeated a lawsuit claiming he stole the Netflix hit “Comedians in…
Sanders presidential campaign pivots health scare to Medicare for All message
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential election campaign on Wednesday sought to use news the candidate had a heart…
J&J to pay $20.4 million to settle opioid lawsuits with two Ohio counties
FILE PHOTO: The company logo for Johnson & Johnson is displayed on a screen to celebrate the 75th anniversary of…
Motorbike ride-sharing alleviates Dhaka traffic chaos
(This September 27 story has been refiled to correct first name of Pathao CEO to Hussain, no other changes to…
Forget fall. A record snowstorm is threatening Montana this weekend
A winter storm warning is in effect until Monday morning for portions of north central Montana, the National Weather Service…
Skydiver dies after crash-landing on the highway
A 28-year-old woman died after she hit a big rig truck during her descent. Source link
Man uses truck to save tourists from charging elk
An Estes Park, Colorado, city employee is being hailed as a hero after he used his pickup truck to protect…
Snoop Dogg’s 10-day-old grandson dies
Corde Broadus, Snoop Dogg’s son, shared the news of son Kai’s death in an emotional post on Instagram, writing that…
Woman charged with serving meth-laced bean dip
Cassandra Medina-Hernandez gave some of the meth-laced dip to a fellow employee in the deli of the grocery store where…
Family of Best Buy customer blugeoned, burned
The Boca Raton grandmother died the next day, on August 20, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by her…
Thieves steal 50,000 apples from an Indiana orchard
Jon and Robyn Drummond, owners of Williams Orchard, reported to the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office last Saturday that thieves had…
Maryland police shoot and kill a man who stabbed 5 people
Reports came in around 1:45 p.m. ET of a man threatening people and demanding money at a liquor store at…
Gwyneth Paltrow and daughter Apple Martin look exactly alike in this rare Instagram photo
The photo depicting three generations — grandmother Blythe Danner, Paltrow and daughter Apple Martin — was posted on fashion journalist…
Police charge 7 more teens in fatal stabbing
Khaseen was killed in a fight in a strip mall near Oceanside High School on September 16. Tyler Flach, 18,…
The man accused of killing Texas county’s first Sikh deputy was wanted for parole violation, officials say
Robert Solis, 47, was arrested Friday, shortly after police say he killed Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal, an observant Sikh who years…
Diabetics who delay treating hypertension have more strokes, heart attacks
Among people with diabetes who develop high blood pressure, those who delay getting it under control may be more likely…
Shift work tied to poor mental health
People who work night shifts or varied schedules that disrupt their sleep may be more likely to develop depression than…
U.S. agents raid genetic testing labs, charge 35 in Medicare fraud probe
WASHINGTON/LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (Reuters) – U.S. federal agents raided genetic testing laboratories, and 35 people were criminally charged in four states…