Water bead-related ER visits among kids rose over 130% between 2021 and 2022: Study
pablohart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pediatric water bead-related emergency room visits increased over 130% in one year, a new study published in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine shows. Water beads are small balls of polymer that
Gaza death toll surpasses 40,000 in grim milestone, says Hamas-run Health Ministry
People stand by the tombs of a family members after corpses were unearthed from temporary graves at the al-Amal hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip and handed over to their families for burial, on
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigns months after college protests
President of Columbia University Dr. Nemat (Minouche) Shafik testifies during a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing about antisemitism on college campuses, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2024. (DREW ANGERER/AFP via
Arizona man pleads guilty over threatening to kill FBI agents, politicians
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Arizona man pleaded guilty to making threats against federal officials on Tuesday, having repeatedly urged fellow social media users to shoot FBI agents and attack politicians, authorities said. Michael Lee Tomasi,
Russian court sentences American Ksenia Karelina, former ballerina, to 12 years for treason
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ksenia Karelina, a dual American-Russian citizen, was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in a Russian penal colony on treason charges, local media reported. Karelina was arrested in January and charged with treason,
Backpacker dies after suffering 'sudden medical complications' at national park
Gaj Rudolf / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 37-year-old backpacker has died after suffering “sudden onset medical complications” while hiking at a national park in Michigan, authorities said. The currently unnamed 37-year-old female hiker from Battle
Mother, 28, 'involuntarily' missing for two weeks, police say
Manassas Park Police Department via Meta (NEW YORK) — A 28-year-old mother has been missing for two weeks under what police in Virginia said are believed to be “involuntary” circumstances. Mamta Kafle was last seen on July
Jury hears opening arguments in trial against Nevada official accused of killing journalist
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The murder trial against Robert Telles — the former Clark County public administrator accused of killing journalist Jeff German in September 2022 — began with opening statements on Wednesday. Telles, 47,
Locked door in shooting of Ajike Owens a focus of testimony in Susan Lorincz manslaughter trial
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The state rested its case on Wednesday afternoon after the second day of testimony in the trial of Susan Lorincz — the Florida woman who is charged in the fatal shooting
Wallace Amos Jr., founder of Famous Amos cookies, dies at 88
A box of Kellogg Co. Famous Amos brand chocolate chip and pecan cookies is arranged for a photograph in Ottawa, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, April 1, 2019. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Wallace “Wally”