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First locally acquired chikungunya case in U.S. in six years found in N.Y.  The Washington Post New York Confirms State’s First Locally Acquired Case of Chikungunya  The New York Times New York confirms 1st locally acquired case of chikungunya virus in 6 years in US  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos New York health officials confirm state’s first locally acquired …

SANTA ANA, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels should be held responsible for the drug overdose death of one of its star pitchers because the team failed to follow its own drug policies and let an addicted and drug dealing employee stay on the job and have access to the players, a lawyer for the pitcher’s family said on Tuesday. …

The US supreme court will hear a hugely consequential case on Wednesday that will determine the future of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark civil rights law designed to prevent discrimination in voting. The case, Louisiana v Callais, involves a dispute over Louisiana’s sixth congressional district, which snakes from Shreveport in the state’s north-west to Baton Rouge in the center. …

Wildlife officials in Florida have discovered only the second case in the state of a deadly infection known colloquially as “zombie deer disease”, and are enforcing emergency measures to try to prevent a spread. The highly contagious chronic wasting disease (CWD) was found during routine screening in the carcass of a young white-tailed doe that was struck by a vehicle …

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A person living in New York has tested positive for the chikungunya virus in what state health officials say is the first reported transmission of the mosquito-borne illness within the United States in six years The state Department of Health said Tuesday that the virus, which has been spreading in China and elsewhere, was identified in a …

New York Confirms State’s First Locally Acquired Case of Chikungunya  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government has seized more than $14 billion in bitcoin and charged the founder of a Cambodian conglomerate in a massive cryptocurrency scam, accusing him and unnamed co-conspirators of exploiting forced labor to dupe would-be investors and using the proceeds to purchase yachts, jets and a Picasso painting. In an indictment unsealed Tuesday, Brooklyn federal …

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over a $1.4 billion defamation judgment against him for his false claims that the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a hoax. In rejecting Jones’ case, the Supreme Court leaves in place the record-breaking sum he was ordered to pay after he was found liable in …

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — New York health officials have confirmed the state’s first locally acquired case of chikungunya virus, and the first such case in the country in six years. The state Department of Health said Tuesday that the mosquito-borne virus, which has been spreading in China and elsewhere, was identified in a person living in Nassau County on Long …

State officials are urging caution after a presumptive case of avian influenza has been identified in an ailing duck at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. A student found the duck earlier in the week, according to the Hawaii Department of Health. Laboratory testing confirmed the duck carried the H5 subtype of influenza A virus. Confirmation of avian influenza, or …