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Crystal Sing / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Halloween can come with a lot of fun, but also lots of concern for parents worried their kids are eating too much candy. While some parents may respond to that stress by quickly getting all the candy out of their house or hiding it from their kids, one mom, Dani Lebovitz, a registered pediatric dietitian, says not so fast. Lebovitz, a kids nutrition expert and founder of Kid Food Explorers, says the days and weeks after Halloween are a perfect time ...

David Livingston/Getty Images, FILEMary Lou Retton is speaking out for the first time about a life-threatening health scare that required a nearly two-week stay in the intensive care unit. Retton, 55, Instagrammed a thank you to her fans and followers for their support as she battled what her daughters previously described as a very rare form of pneumonia. Pneumonia is an infection that causes the air sacs of the lungs to fill with fluid, according to the National Institutes of Health. "I a...

US Department of Justice(WASHINGTON) -- A Jan. 6 defendant who allegedly sent multiple antisemitic, doxxing threats to federal agents connected to his case violently resisted arrest in D.C. federal court Monday after being ordered detained by a judge as he awaits sentencing on several felony and misdemeanor convictions. Vitali GossJankowski, a former student at D.C.s Gallaudet University, was found guilty by a jury earlier this year for assaulting officers during the Capitol attack, including wi...

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(DETROIT) -- General Motors has reached a tentative deal with United Auto Workers to end their strike, GM and the union confirmed Monday. GM joins Stellantis and Ford, which reached deals in the last week. The tentative agreements, which must be ratified by union members at each of the respective carmakers, could end the strike against the Big 3 that began last month. The at-times contentious work stoppage thrust UAW President Shawn Fain into the national spotligh...

Scott Olson/Getty Images(DENVER) -- Hearings began this week on whether the 14th Amendment disqualifies Donald Trump from running for president in 2024 because of his actions around the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. On Monday morning in Denver, a historic five-day evidentiary hearing got underway for a lawsuit filed against Trump by six Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters represented by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). A similar hearing...

Marnie Griffiths/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Halloween brings spooky seasonal activities that fear and thrill seekers flock to. While many may think of fear as a largely negative reaction, doctors say it can stimulate the same centers of the brain as happiness and is positively reinforced by social bonding when it’s experienced without a threat of real danger. Below, two doctors break down the science of being scared and explain why fear can be so much fun. The body reacts to fear with a primiti...

Pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with a bombing campaign and total siege of the neighboring Gaza Strip, leaving the region on the verge of all-out war. Heres how the news is developing. All times Eastern: Oct 31, 7:42 AM EDT Israeli bulldozers, tanks continue push into Gaza The Israeli military has continued its ...

Joe Raedle/Getty Images(LEWSITON, Maine) -- Nearly three months before Robert Card would tear through a bar and a bowling alley in rural Maine last week -- killing 18 and injuring 13 -- he tried to buy a silencer for a rifle at a local firearms store, the owner said Saturday. “He came in and filled out the form, he checked off a box that incriminated himself saying that he was in an institution,” Rick LaChapelle, owner of Coastal Defense Firearms, said. “Our staff was fantastic, let him fi...

JACQUELYN MARTIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(TEL AVIV, Israel) -- Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant believes his country has "no other choice" but to defend itself and that Hamas underestimated just how "tough and stubborn" the people of Israel are. Echoing the sentiments of other Israeli leaders, he says Israelis have nowhere to go, saying, "this is a big and powerful weapon," Gallant told a small group of reporters during an hourlong roundtable in his Tel Avi...

UniversalFive Nights at Freddys, the movie adaptation of the hit horror game, topped the domestic box office with an estimated $78 million -- the biggest opening weekend for a horror title in 2023 and the second biggest for a movie based on a video game behind The Super Mario Bros. Movies $146.3 million. The film, made for just $20 million and starring Hunger Games vet Josh Hutcherson, pulled in an additional $52.6 million overseas, for a global haul of $130.6 million. Taylor Swift: The Eras...