More polio detected in New York City wastewater, data shows
Matteo Colombo/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — More evidence of polio has been detected in New York City wastewater, according to the state Department of Health.
So far, only one case of polio has been identified, in a previously healthy 20-year-old man fro…
Seattle COVID ‘state of emergency’ to end Oct. 31
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell. (AP File Photo/Elaine Thompson) (SEATTLE, Wash.) — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has ordered that the state of emergency that has been in place since the beginning of the pandemic will end on October
Maternity care is getting harder and harder to access in the US, new report finds
March of Dimes/US Health Resources and Services Admin.(NEW YORK) — Maternal care is becoming increasingly difficult to access in the United States, according to a report released Tuesday by the March of Dimes, a nonprofit organization focused on impro…
New York psychiatrist sentenced in sledgehammer murder plot case
Jason Marz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A New York City psychiatrist who pleaded guilty to plotting the murder-by-sledgehammer death of her child’s father was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years in state prison, but not before a dramatic moment in court in whic…
Allen Foundation to give $10M in arts and culture grants
One of the sectors hit hardest by the pandemic is about to get a much-needed cash infusion thanks to the late Paul Allen’s foundation. The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has chosen ArtsFund to administer the $10
DOJ asks Supreme Court not to intervene in Trump dispute; says he has no claim to documents marked classified
joe daniel price/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to avoid intervening in the government’s ongoing documents dispute with Donald Trump, asserting that the former president is not entitled to have …
Closing arguments conclude, jury to decide Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz’s fate
David Taludkar/Getty Images(PARKLAND, Fla.) — The fate of confessed Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz will soon be in the hands of the jurors who will determine if Cruz will be sentenced to the death penalty or life in prison for carrying out the Marjory …
Supreme Court seems conflicted over California regulation on pork from pregnant pigs
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court justices appeared deeply conflicted on Tuesday over the treatment of pregnant pigs, the prices consumers pay at the grocery store and California’s attempt to shape the pork industry with a ban on meat from moth…
Police respond to hoax shooting reports at multiple Florida schools
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(BOCA RATON, Fla.) — Police departments in Florida responded to “swatting” calls at multiple high schools on Tuesday.
Swatting is a hoax where someone calls emergency services and reports a nonexistent crime to get law enfor…
Scientists pan analysis Florida’s surgeon general posted on COVID-19 vaccines
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Vaccine experts are pushing back on an analysis published by Florida’s surgeon general that warns COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of cardiac-related deaths in young men, calling the study poorly des…