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Maskot/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Although rates of strokes in the adult population have generally decreased over the last several decades, the racial inequity gap persists, according to a new study in Neurology, which found that Black adults are still more likely to have strokes compared to white adults, and at younger ages. Researchers analyzed data on patients with their first stroke in Ohio and Kentucky from 1993 to 2015, and found that overall, the rates of strokes have decreased. However, ...

Ftwitty/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million civil lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump, his sons Eric Trump and and Donald Trump Jr., and other top Trump Organization executives are accused by New York Attorney General Letitia James of engaging in a decade-long scheme in which they used "numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentation" to inflate...

Amir Levy/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The death toll in Gaza has reached a grim milestone, with one of every 100 Palestinians there killed since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war, which started following Hamas surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. With 23,357 killed in Israels military operation in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health, the Gaza Strip population has now lost 1% of its 2.3 million residents. More than 10,000 of those killed were children, and about 7,000 a...

Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez went to the Senate floor Tuesday to defiantly address accusations of wrongdoing. Menendez, who has pleaded not guilty to all prior counts, pushed backed on the federal superseding indictment charging him in an alleged corruption scheme with Egyptians and Qataris. The superseding indictment, filed earlier this month by the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York, accuses the New Jersey...

ABC/Randy HolmesTom Cruises Mission: Impossible and Top Gun franchises live at Paramount Pictures, but the global superstar has just inked a huge deal with rival Warner Bros. Pictures. The "excited" star took to Instagram to share the news, noting, "I look forward to making great movies together!" Cruise has made movies with WB before, including his first huge hit, 1983s Risky Business. In the statement posted by the producer and actor, co-CEOS of the Warner Bros. Motion Pict...

Stephanie Keith/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Another batch of documents pertaining to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was unsealed Tuesday. The seven documents unsealed Tuesday total 1,482 pages. Over 215 documents have been released since last week. The unsealed documents include several depositions from Ghislaine Maxwell, one from Epstein, one from alleged Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre and another from Sarah Ransome, an alleged adult victim of Epstein, who was referenced throughout Monda...

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(LONDON) -- An internet seller who tricked eBay users into bidding for a walking stick that he falsely said belonged to Queen Elizabeth II has been sentenced. Dru Marshall, a 26-year-old man from Romsey, England, claimed to be a Senior Footman at Windsor Castle -- one of the queen’s many homes and where she was buried following her funeral in 2022 -- when he listed an “antler walking stick” for sale via online auction just one week after she passed away, accordin...

Lacaosa/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The ketogenic diet, described as “Atkins on steroids” for its focus on foods high in fat and low in carbohydrates, is an increasingly popular diet. If you’re looking to start the trendy diet in the New Year, here is what you need to know: What is the ketogenic diet? The ketogenic, keto for short, diet was developed in the 1920s after it was noticed that after fasting, epileptics would experience a marked reduction in their seizures. The diet is designed to...

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After a high-flying performance last year, the stock market has dropped at the outset of 2024. The turnabout has sent some investors looking for alternatives, including certificates of deposit, or CDs. A CD is a type of savings account that offers a fixed interest rate over a given period of time. If depositors remove their funds before their agreed-upon end date, however, they incur a penalty. Investor returns for CDs have soared over the past year in...

Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Golden Globes host Jo Koy is explaining himself after a joke about Taylor Swift appeared to fall flat during the broadcast.  Critics pointed out it wasnt the only joke of the night that didnt land. "Id be lying [if I said] it doesnt hurt," he said to GMA3 on Monday. "I hit a moment there when I was like, Ahh!"  He continued, "Hosting is a tough gig," and noted he had "an off night." Sw...