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Mpox virus particles. Via CDC/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)(NEW YORK) -- Mpox cases are on the rise in the U.S., increasing to almost double what they were at the same time last year, according to new CDC data.There is a national year-to-date estimate of 511 cases as of mid-March, compared to 287 cases during the same period last year. New York City has been dealing with over 100 cases so far this year, whereas last year, the city only had 30.Mpox, formerly known...

Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick in 2018s A Simple Favor - LionsgateA sequel to the 2018 film A Simple Favor is officially in the works.Amazon MGM Studios announced Wednesday that director Paul Feig and stars Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively will reprise their roles for A Simple Favor 2, a co-production with Lionsgate.Other cast returning for the sequel include Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Joshua Satine, Ian Ho and Kelly McCormack.The synopsis for the film notes that its the &q...

Council approves new ordinances regarding vacant housing units, and public nuisance... The Jamestown City Council has unanimously approved two new local laws dealing with vacant housing, and public ...

Aedes aegypti mosquito, a known trasmitter of dengue. Photo via CDC(NEW YORK) -- Puerto Rico has declared a public health emergency as the number of dengue fever cases continues to rise.So far this year, there have been 549 cases reported with the plurality occurring in San Juan, according to the islands health department. There has been a 140% increase this year in cases from Jan. 1 to March 21, compared to the same period last year, the department said."This year, dengue cases have exceed...

Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl who escaped from his vandalized Central Park Zoo enclosure in February 2023, had high levels of rat poison in his system and was suffering from "severe herpesvirus" that he contracted from eating pigeons when he died last month in Manhattan.The post-mortem necropsy report was released Monday afternoon by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which runs New York Citys Central Park Zoo, revealing it...

John Turner/U.S. Air ForceIt is a little-known mission within the United States Air Force that operates almost entirely underground, shrouded in secrecy – and is critical to national security.Those tasked with the job are known as missileers. Their work requires them to be on alert 24/7, and they are responsible for the maintenance, security and operation of the United States’ arsenal of Minuteman III nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles. Their mission is one component of the U.S. nuc...

ABC News/KABCA juvenile died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound following an altercation with deputies in the lobby of a Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department station on Sunday evening, the department said.The juvenile, whose age and name have not been released, knocked on the door of the departments Industry station at about 7:40 p.m. on Sunday evening, law enforcement said in an updated advisory early Monday."The deputies walked to the lobby door," the department said. "At which...

Boris Lopez and Cecia Juarez(LOS ANGELES) -- A 10-month-old who was born at 26 weeks gestation has beaten the odds to return home from the hospital.Ellyannah, the daughter of Cecia Juarez and Boris Lopez, was discharged from Cedars-Sinai Guerin Childrens in Los Angeles on March 15 after spending the first eight months of her life in the neonatal intensive care unit, two weeks in the pediatric intensive care unit and then another month on the pediatrics floor."There were doctors [and] nurses...

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department/TwitterOne person was killed and five others, including an off-duty police officer, were injured in a shooting outside a bar in Indianapolis, law enforcement said early Sunday.At about 1:30 a.m. two officers -- who were in uniform but were off-duty -- were at a bar when there was a disturbance in the parking lot, Indianapolis Metro Police said during a press conference.Police exchanged gunfire with a suspect, and one of the officers was struck, police ...

LucasfilmAs that nerd from IT probably has already told you twice, the Star Wars movies are headed back into the theater.But the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission in San Francisco has announced plans for an "epic" screening of all nine of the so-called "Saga" films, with the Star Wars The Skywalker Saga May the 4th Marathon.Its not for the casual fan: Its approximately 21 hours of programming that starts on May 3 with 1999s Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and wraps up on...