Monkeypox cases in US fall, hit lowest level since June: CDC
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Monkeypox cases are continuing to decline in the United States as the outbreak keeps showing signs of receding.
As of Oct. 12, the U.S. recorded a seven-day average of 60 cases, according to the Centers …
Selma Blair leaves ‘Dancing with the Stars’: “My body is definitely taking a hit”
Disney+Selma Blair is stepping down from Dancing with the Stars.
During Monday night’s show, the Cruel Intentions actress said she “has to pull back” after getting results from several MRIs.
“I had these MRIs and the results came back and it all adds…
Mom celebrates 1-year-old with limb difference in emotional video
Courtesy Nicole Edwards(NEW YORK) — A Pennsylvania mom is raising awareness and celebrating limb differences one year after her daughter, who also has a limb difference, was born.
Nicole Edwards posted a TikTok video on Oct. 7 of what she would have …
Scoreboard roundup — 10/17/22
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Cleveland at NY Yankees (Postponed)
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
NY Rangers 6, Anaheim 4
Arizona 4 Toronto 2
Boston 5, Florida 3
Washington…
Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school: Report finds
Google Maps Street View(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) — A considerable amount of radioactive waste was found at a Missouri elementary school near St. Louis, according to a new report.
In August, Boston Chemical Data Corp. studied soil, dust and plant samples at Ja…
Cigna received millions of Medicare dollars based on invalid diagnoses, lawsuit claims
AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images(NEW YORK) — Health care giant Cigna improperly obtained tens of millions of dollars in Medicare funding by making certain Medicare Part C recipients seem sicker than they actually were, the federal government alleged in …
Jury begins deliberations in case against ‘Steele dossier’ ‘collector’
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(ALEXANDRIA, Va.) — A federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, is deliberating the fate of Igor Danchenko, the Russian national accused of lying to federal investigators about information he collected in 2016 for former Br…
Forecast shows fall MIGHT almost be here
Precipitation forecast map shows high chance for rain (darker green) in Western Washington (image courtesy of the National Weather Service) Summer might finally end and make way for fall, and it might happen this weekend. That pesky
Missouri police allegedly dismissed claims about abducted Black women before woman escaped from basement
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images(EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo.) — Missouri police officers have faced criticism from some members of the community after they were accused of dismissing claims about the abduction of Black women weeks before a woman mad…
4 friends killed in ‘violent’ shooting, dismembered, thrown in Oklahoma river; person of interest named
Okmulgee Police Department via Facebook(OKMULGEE, Okla.) — Four close friends who mysteriously disappeared in Oklahoma were killed in a “violent” shooting at a scrapyard, dismembered and thrown in a river, according to police.
The owner of the scrapy…