Anderson Mayor Thomas Broderick Jr. is urgently requesting a Major Disaster Declaration from President Donald Trump to unlock FEMA individual assistance funds as Indiana recovers from historic flooding that killed at least seven people and displaced over 1,000 residents . The White River crested at a record 24.93 feet in...
A rapid wildfire ignited in East County San Diego on Wednesday afternoon, forcing immediate mandatory evacuations and smoke advisories across multiple residential communities. Designated as the Dehesa Seven Fire, the blaze started near Dehesa Road and Red Gum Road around three in the afternoon, spreading rapidly through dry brush under...
Michigan health officials on Wednesday confirmed a locally acquired case of eastern equine encephalitis in a Roscommon County resident, the state’s first human EEE case since 2021. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said no animal EEE activity had been detected in the state before the human case,...
The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother who killed her three children in January 2023, has entered its fourth week, with the defense presenting expert testimony that she was in the throes of postpartum psychosis and not criminally responsible . Clancy, 36, does not dispute the killings but...
A medical error at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown in Nashville has left a 72-year-old woman paralyzed from the chest down after she was given potassium instead of anesthetic during routine knee surgery . The incident occurred on August 14, 2026, and impacted four patients . The family of Glenda...
A severe weather crisis is unfolding across the United States, with devastating floods in the Midwest and a life-threatening heatwave gripping the South. In Indiana, at least seven people have died following days of severe storms and historic flooding . Governor Mike Braun announced a disaster relief fund and requested...
A heat-driven dust threat was forecast for parts of Arizona on Wednesday, while health officials continued warning that blowing soil can expose residents to Coccidioides, the fungus that causes Valley fever. ABC15 reported Wednesday that blowing dust was possible during the evening as an extreme heat warning covered central, southern...
Umatilla County’s advisory does not substantiate the supplied Aug. 19 Paradise Fire evacuation update. The county’s Paradise Fire notice, issued Aug. 5, raised evacuation levels to Level 2 for residences east of Tiger Canyon Road along Mill Creek Road, while its current advisory separately lists Level 3 evacuations for the...
A multi-state public health and environmental emergency is unfolding across the United States due to a parasitic outbreak and severe weather. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports thousands of cyclosporiasis cases linked to contaminated iceberg lettuce from Mexico distributed by Taylor Farms. Concurrently, historic flash flooding in...
Moderna shares jumped as much as 96% in premarket trading Wednesday after the drugmaker and Merck announced positive Phase 3 results for their personalized mRNA melanoma therapy, intismeran autogene (mRNA-4157/V940), combined with Merck's Keytruda . The INTerpath-001 trial met its primary endpoint of recurrence-free survival and a key secondary endpoint...
