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Al Drago/CQ Roll Call (NEW YORK) — Federal health officials have begun collecting samples of aged raw cow’s milk cheese across the U.S. to test for bird flu, the Food and Drug Administration announced. Sample collection started at the end of this month and is expected to be completed by the end of March 2025, the […]
Saeed Khan via Getty Images (LONDON) — Happy 2025! In some parts of the world, anyway. The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first country to ring in 2025, with its 133,500 citizens celebrating the new year at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday. The Micronesian nation was soon followed into 2025 by the Chatham […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (DURANGO, Mexico) — Four family members, including three Americans, were shot in an attack in Durango, Mexico, that left three of the four relatives dead, officials said. The three adults were all killed: two brothers who are U.S. citizens, Vicente Peña Rodríguez and Antonio Fernández Rodríguez, and their relative, who is a […]
(NEW YORK) — A woman who died after being set on fire on a New York City subway train this month has been identified, according to police. The woman was identified as 61-year-old Debrina Kawam of Toms River, New Jersey, according to the New York Police Department. Kawam was sleeping on a stationary F train at the […]
Jessica McGowan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Though Jimmy Carter was a U.S. president, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the founder of a global organization, The Carter Center, to his more than one dozen grandchildren and great-grandchildren, he was a grandfather first and foremost, his grandson Jason Carter told “Good Morning America.” “He’s an interesting guy, but he really […]
Disney/Eric McCandless Megan Thee Stallion may be known for her music, but her philanthropic efforts are also successful. In a collaborative Instagram post shared by Meg and her Pete and Thomas Foundation, she shared its accomplishments for 2024, which included serving “over 8,600 students, mothers, fathers, and senior citizens.” Megan then took some time to […]
Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly half of U.S. states are set to raise their minimum wage at the outset of 2025, boosting pay for millions of workers stretching from California to Maine. In all, 21 states will raise their wage floors on Jan. 1 in keeping with inflation-adjusted increases or as part of scheduled hikes […]
Hum Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As world leaders mourn the death of former President Jimmy Carter and remark on his political and policy legacy, doctors are remembering his efforts to prevent disease, and his legacy in furthering global public health. The 39th president spent five decades working to eradicate a […]
JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images (SEOUL) — A team of U.S. investigators arrived in South Korea to assist local aviation officials as they comb the wreckage of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft that crashed Sunday, killing 179 people. Three members of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board are leading the U.S. team, which also […]
mbbirdy/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Homicides across the United States are poised to plummet for the third straight year as 2024 winds down, driving the nation’s annual murder toll down to levels not seen since before the pandemic, according to preliminary data from cities both large and small. Based on available crime statistics from U.S. law enforcement […]
