Authorities have ruled out electrical problems resulting in the drowning deaths of three family members in their New Jersey backyard swimming pool Monday, a local television station reported Wednesday.Investigators spoke with the electrical contractor at the East Brunswick home with sources reportedly telling WABC they believed there may have been an electrical issue in or near…
Voters in California will decide this November whether to restore affirmative action in college admissions and government contracting.The proposal would reverse a 1996 constitutional amendment approved by 55 percent of voters that banned “preferential treatment” based on "race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin."Wednesday's 30-10 vote in the state legislature gave the measure the two-thirds majority required…
(CNN)Want to get a better night's sleep? Get ready to spoon and snuggle with your spouse, partner or loved one all night long a new study has found couples who sleep together in the same bed improve …
Three are now hospitalized, including two elderly family members and one woman battling breast cancer. CARROLLTON, Texas — As North Texas watches COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge, one family is shouldering a health crisis that they never expected to face. That crisis, all began on May 30 when just a single relative, unknowingly infected with…
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Grand Traverse County Health Department announced Wednesday 8 businesses in Traverse City are now flagged as potential COVID-19 exposure sites.A contact tracing effort starting outside the county followed the path of a group of patrons who later tested positive for the virus:Thursday, June 18th: Mari Vineyards from 1 - 2…
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…