A human-biting tick linked to a variety of diseases is rapidly expanding its reach in the Northeast.The amblyomma americanum tick, known as the lone star tick, is usually found in southern states, especially the Southwest,. The name comes from the white dot on the female's back, and is not named after Texas, where they are…
A North Texas family is battling a health crisis they never expected to face together after 18 members were infected with the coronavirus.The family believes it all started May 30, when one relative who didn't know they were infected, interacted with several others at a surprise birthday party.Those family members spread the virus to 10…
Image copyright Getty Images More than 100,000 people in England have been asked to self-isolate by contact tracers in the past three weeks to contain coronavirus, data shows.The individuals have all had close contact with infected people and have now been told to stay at home by the new NHS Test and Trace service.But the…
The National Park Service stopped staging pyrotechnics at Mount Rushmore in 2010 out of concern that it could ignite wildfires under drought conditions. The memorial is surrounded by 1,200 acres of forested lands, including ponderosa pines, and lies next to the Black Hills National Forest’s Black Elk Wilderness.Ian Fury, a spokesman for South Dakota Gov.…
Los Angeles Chargers running back Justin Jackson is one of the most outspoken NFL players on social media when it comes to politics and on Wednesday he took a few swipes at Democrats.Jackson, who was touted as being the “most progressive voice in the NFL” in GQ, appeared to be fed up with some of…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…