Celtics to face Warriors in NBA Finals
Andy Lyons/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The stage is set for the NBA Finals.
After holding off the Miami Heat in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals Sunday night, the Boston Celtics advanced to the championship series.
Celtics small forward Jayson T…
Nine-year-old survives school shooting but loses his cousin
ABC News(UVALDE, Texas) — When gunfire rang out at Robb Elementary School Tuesday, 9-year-old Daniel Garza said his teacher, Elsa Avila, ran to the door to lock their classroom, which was near the rooms where 19 students and two teachers were killed.
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<strong>The soaring cost of social media scams – and how to protect yourself</strong>
Criminals go where the action is – and these days, that’s social media. About 25% of all fraud losses reported to the Federal Trade Commission in 2021 resulted from scams that started with social media ads, posts,
How some in Afghanistan have reacted to the burqa mandate
TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) — The burqa mandate is back in Afghanistan, and, with it, a wave of disappointment and distress taking over the lives of millions of people in the country who do not believe in hijab.
Earlier this month, o…
Egypt uncovers 2,500-year-old coffins, bronze statues in ancient necropolis
FILE photo -AHMED HASAN/AFP via Getty Images(SAQQARA, Egypt) — Egypt has uncovered 2,500-year-old wooden coffins and bronze statues in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, the country announced on Monday, as it hopes a string of discoveries will help re…
FDA investigating hepatitis A outbreak possibly linked to organic strawberries
alvarez/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating an outbreak of hepatitis A that is possibly linked to two brands of organic strawberries that were sold at seve…
What restrictions were in place the last time COVID cases were so high
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Despite widespread vaccination and several available treatments, the U.S. is recording as many COVID-19 cases now at the tail end of the omicron peak as it was last summer during the delt…
Infant boy killed in drive-by shooting in downtown Pittsburgh: Police
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images(PITTSBURGH) — A 1-year-old boy was shot and killed during a drive-by shooting in downtown Pittsburgh on Sunday, police say.
Authorities received 911 calls for a child shot on the 100 block of Fourth Avenue around 2:44 p.m. T…
These are the symptoms of monkeypox and how to treat them
JUDY GRIESEDIECK/Star Tribune via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Cases of monkeypox continue to rise as a recent outbreak reaches countries in North America and Europe, where the disease is not commonly found.
As of Wednesday, 189 infections were confirmed…
One dead, seven injured during shooting at Memorial Day festival in Oklahoma
Tetra Images/Getty Images(TAFT, Okla.) — One person was killed and another seven were injured after a shooting broke out during a Memorial Day festival in Oklahoma.
About 1,500 people were in attendance at the festival at the Old City Square in Taft,…