Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday warned that it’s not a question of if, but when the novel coronavirus will spread in the United States, some places have already issued emergency declarations, and more could be coming from cities, counties and states. So far, there are 60 confirmed cases of the…… MORE
The mother of two children who have been missing for months has decided not to fight extradition from Hawaii to Idaho. Lori Vallow, 46, was arrested last week and faces multiple charges, including two felony counts of desertion and nonsupport of children, according to a criminal complaint filed in an Idaho court. Vallow chose to…… MORE
A Columbia University student walking down a street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side saved a man from dying from an opioid overdose using training he received at the university. Justin Tsui, a first-year student in Columbia’s psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program, spotted the man lying on the ground, not moving and propped up by…… MORE
Officials in California say the Church of Scientology is apologizing after releasing hundreds of balloons during a grand opening of a new church. Saturday’s release of the helium balloons angered Ventura city officials, who fear they will damage the environment in and around their community some 68 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Remnants of the…… MORE
A 10-year-old boy was accidentally shot by his babysitter when she was taking selfies while holding a gun, a Texas sheriff’s office said. The boy was taken to a hospital in critical condition, but is recovering. The incident occurred at an apartment in Houston on Tuesday evening when the 19-year-old relative who was watching the…… MORE
Clive Cussler, the bestselling author and sea explorer, died on Monday, his family announced in a Facebook post. He was 88. In the Facebook post, wife Janet Horvath said it had been a privilege to be with the author over the years. “I want to thank you, his fans and friends for all the support,…… MORE
A hospital in Delaware helped organize a wedding for one of its terminally ill patients and his fiancée. Doctors in August had found a small lump on Gus Jiménez’s lung, his wife told CNN affiliate WABC this week. He was diagnosed with NUT carcinoma, a rare and fast-growing cancer that cannot be cured, according to…… MORE
Five employees were killed Wednesday when a gunman opened fire at the Molson Coors complex in Milwaukee, police said. The suspected shooter, a 51-year-old man from Milwaukee, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police Chief Alfonso Morales told reporters. “It’s a horrible, horrible day for the employees here,” Mayor Tom Barrett told reporters. “It’s a…… MORE
A demolition company was hired to tear down a house last week in Dallas, Texas, but it mistakenly tore down a different home on the same street, according to CNN affiliate KTVT. Jeremy Wenninger inherited the 97-year-old house in a historic neighborhood when his friend, Mary Ann, died several years ago, according to KTVT. “I…… MORE
For a moment, it looked like Heaven Fitch was about to lose. The teen wrestling phenom was on the mat under her opponent in the last few seconds of the state championship match. That was, until she flipped out from underneath him in a backwards somersault and quickly scooted around to regain the upper hand.…… MORE
