Some experts fear rise in medical misinformation following RFK Jr.’s presidential announcement
Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A number of medical experts and health care officials are concerned about a rise in medical misinformation following the announcement by Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist, that he is runn…
Students are chronically absent across the country. COVID seems to have made it worse.
Stella/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Kimberly Dukes is up as early as 4 o’clock some mornings, driving around Atlanta in her Ford Expedition, knocking on families’ doors.
The executive director of the local group Atlanta Thrive, better known as “Momma Duk…
Price hikes slowed significantly in March
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Consumer prices rose 5% last month compared to a year ago, extending a months-long slowdown of price increases as the Federal Reserve aims to bring inflation down to normal levels without pushing the U.S. into a …
Mom files complaint, claims airline refused to accommodate son’s peanut allergy
Courtesy of Lianne Mandelbaum(NEW YORK) — A New Jersey mom is speaking out after she claims United Airlines staff refused to accommodate her son’s “life-threatening” peanut allergy during a recent flight.
Lianne Mandelbaum said she, her husband and t…
Biden speaks to family of “WSJ” reporter, says detention by Russia is ‘totally illegal’
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden spoke to the family of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who the United States says is being unjustly imprisoned by Russia, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre t…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s health deteriorating, ambulance called last week: Spokesperson
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The team of Russia’s top opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, is a sounding the alarm that his health is seriously deteriorating in prison and that an ambulance was called for him last Friday night because of “acut…
Amanda Bynes reportedly released from mental health facility
Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagicAmanda Bynes was released from a Southern California mental health facility on Monday and will start outpatient treatment sources tell TMZ.
The actress, 37, was released after both Bynes and the medical staff determined she was r…
Scoreboard roundup — 4/11/23
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
LA Angels 2, Washington 0
Pittsburgh 7, Houston 4
Chi Cubs 14, Seattle 9
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NY Yankees 11, Cleveland 2
Tampa Bay 7, Boston 2
Toronto…
Repair Schedule Changes for Hood Canal Bridge
State Route 104 across the Hood Canal of Puget Sound and connects the Olympic and Kitsap Peninsulas WSDOT is re-working its repair schedule on the Hood Canal Bridge this spring and summer. From 911 calls to a
WA Attorney General files Lawsuit Against Puppyland
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is going after Puppyland for deceptive and unfair consumer practices. A press release from the AG’s office reads: “The purchase of a family pet is a significant and meaningful transaction,” Ferguson wrote