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A mystery outbreak of pneumonia has hit several parts of China, and now Ohio is the first American location to report an outbreak of the illness, with an ‘extremely high’ number of children being hospitalized. The strain of pneumonia, now dubbed ‘white lung syndrome,’ has spawned 142 pediatric cases in Warren County since August. Warren County Health Department told Daily Mail, that not only is the number of cases above average, but it also meets the Ohio Department of Health’s definition of an outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that nationally, cases are not out of the...

It used to be females were XX. It used to be society had a definition for a woman. It used to be women could do her business in a restroom without a hairy man in the next stall asking to borrow a tampon. It used to be women could strive for blue ribbons but now have to quietly bow down to men and settle for participation ribbons. It used to be women could get dressed in a locker room without a fully intact XY picking up our panties that fell on the floor. It used to be little girls and...

It's a shame we don't have more honorable upstanding men in the USA instead of all the wimps today. The following from a Brazilian. Amazing Grace - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89g9yMGFGlM The Star Spangled Banner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W5i4KrghDw Apology (warning) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQdFynZxSUQ

A recent study by the Environmental Working Group using freshwater fish samples collected by the Environmental Protection Agency found contaminated fish in almost every state. "Nearly every single sample had PFAS in it, and at levels that consuming a single serving of fish would be equivalent to a year of contaminated water," said David Andrews, a senior scientist at the Environmental Working Group and one of the authors of the EPA study.

Car is upside down in only 14' of water. We have CONFIRMED Kiely is inside. Family Notified Law Enforcement on their way. ... We will be on scene the rest of the day, will have a live stream tomorrow, and will make an announcement as to what time later this afternoon.

Is anyone else getting phone calls to other countries on your bills? Is this the latest scam to use someone else's number to call wherever? I know they've been able to use other numbers that show up on Caller ID but didn't know they could bill to your number.

Lake Las Vegas is currently not getting filled with additional water after an intake pipe at Lake Mead can no longer draw water... Water needs to be supplied to Lake Las Vegas due to evaporation. The city reports delivering 1.3 billion gallons of water to the lake from July 2020 to June 2021. The city reports an increase to 1.5 billion within the past year because additional water was put in to compensate for Basic Water Co.’s ceasing operations. Lake Las Vegas is about a 30-minute drive from the Las Vegas strip. There are hotels there including Hilton Lake Las...

Help, please. I can't get into my Yahoo account due to an incorrect password. Verification code email from them isn't arriving in my regular email account.

The Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Monday, May 9, 2022, that an arrest has been made in the death of a newborn baby boy who was found deceased in Lake Pepin in 2003 . According to the BCA, Jennifer Lynn Matter, 50, of Belvidere Township, was identified through DNA as the child’s mother. Investigators interviewed Matter again Thursday, May 5, 2022, and asked her what was going on with her life in 1999. She said she was in a bad mental state. She had been in and out of jail, drinking too much...

Amazon said Wednesday that for the first time in company history it will charge sellers a 5% fuel and inflation surcharge. The e-commerce giant said the new fee will begin April 28 and is being imposed because inflation has worsened significantly in recent months. “In 2022, we expected a return to normalcy as Covid-19 restrictions around the world eased, but fuel and inflation have presented further challenges,” Amazon wrote in memo that was provided to CNN by the company. “It is unclear if these inflationary costs will go up or down, or for how long they will persist, so rather...

Lori Vallow Daybell has been restored to competency and will face a jury trial on murder charges. District Judge Steven Boyce issued a written order Monday morning saying Daybell is fit to proceed and ordered that she be released from a Department of Health and Welfare facility where she has been undergoing treatment in northern Idaho since last summer... Daybell and her husband Chad Daybell are charged with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit murder and first-degree murder in relation to the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan — two of Lori’s kids — and Chad’s first...

Warning: This story contains words and images that are graphic and cruel. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge and her staff mocked and ridiculed people during hearings and trials by routinely emailing each other cruel and obscene statements, jokes, and memes. The conduct happened in major felony cases, including high-profile capital murders. Emails and internal records obtained by ABC15 show no one was off-limits: Defendants, their families, jurors, witnesses, attorneys, even other court employees and top court officials. The judge was Erin O’Brien Otis.

The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office officially charged real-estate agent Willy Suarez Maceo with several murders Friday, labeling him a serial killer.

Like much of Central Texas, Liberty Hill Independent School District has seen major growth over the last few years. “I have only been here three years and we have grown from a little over 4,000 students to just over 7,000 in those three years,” said Steve Snell, Liberty Hill ISD superintendent. “About 30% of our new families were moving from California, 30% were moving from the other urban areas in Texas. Houston, Dallas, San Antonio.”

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has announced that Zagreb will withdraw its troops from NATO contingents stationed in the region if the situation escalates into a full-scale conflict. Speaking in a televised address on Tuesday, the leader said he saw “reports that NATO – not a separate state, not the United States – is increasing its presence and sending reconnaissance ships.” He insisted that the Zagreb authorities “have nothing to do with it and we won’t have anything to do with it, I guarantee that.” “Not only will we not send the army, but if there is an escalation, we will...

Surprising photos of soldiers in Almaty wearing UN peacekeeping helmets spark a response from the United Nations. Images released by the Associated Press on January 8 show several soldiers in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, wearing helmets with "UN" stenciled on them in the unmistakable colors of United Nations peacekeeping forces. The photos, made by photographer Vladimir Tretyakov and shared by independent journalist Jake Hanrahan, have added to questions over what exactly is happening in the restive Central Asian country.

In an effort to discourage wasteful water practices such as hosing off driveways or allowing irrigation water to run down streets, California water officials have imposed new drought rules for cities and towns throughout the state. The regulations, adopted Tuesday by the State Water Resources Control Board, prohibit overwatering yards, washing cars without a shutoff nozzle, hosing down sidewalks or watering grass within 48 hours after rainfall.... Violators could face fines of up to $500.

Indonesia has banned coal exports in January due to concerns that low supplies at domestic power plants could lead to widespread blackouts, a senior official at the energy ministry said on Saturday. The Southeast Asian country is the world's biggest exporter of thermal coal, exporting around 400 million tonnes in 2020. Its biggest customers are China, India, Japan and South Korea.

Earlier this month, crews dismantling the pedestal found a time capsule embedded in a granite block that some thought might have been the one placed in 1887. But after state conservators spent hours last week gingerly prying the box open, they didn't find the expected trove of objects related to the Confederacy. Instead, conservators pulled out a few waterlogged books, a silver coin and an envelope with some papers... The Lee statue was erected atop the soaring pedestal in 1890 in the former capital of the Confederacy. Its removal in September came more than a year after Northam ordered it...

A government panel of experts in Israel has recommended a fourth dose of a Covid-19 vaccine for all people aged over 60 and healthcare workers. The move was welcomed by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who said it would help the country get through a potential wave of the Omicron variant. The Israeli health ministry has so far confirmed 341 cases of Omicron. The overall Covid-19 infection rate is also back on the rise, with 903 new cases recorded on Tuesday.