A second Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital healthcare worker has been confirmed positive for the deadly Ebola virus. The worker provided care for the deceased patient Thomas Eric Duncan who also had the virus. According to Carrie Williams, a health department spokeswoman, the worker reported they had a fever and was immediately quarantined. The hospital is […]
When Eli Waller, 4, from Hamilton, N.J., died Sept. 24 while he slept, he had no symptoms of the Enterovirus D-68 – fever, sneezing, coughing, muscle aches or breathing problems. His parents, who thought he had a case of pink eye, kept him home from daycare that day and tucked him into bed that night. […]
Ello is a new, ad-free social network that threatens to become even bigger than Facebook, at a time when the popular social media website is losing its young users and causing rift with its current users for the blatant profiteering. A group of designers and programmers founded Ello six weeks ago, including Paul Budnitz of […]
Stephen Hawking admits that he doesn’t believe in God – he is an atheist! Hawking, one of the world’s smartest people alive today, finally answered the question that many people have often wondered about. Up until this point, he was cryptic about the faith question but decided to end those rumors. Anyone who really knows […]
Nearly 40,000 pounds of Foster Farms Chicken Breast Grilled Strips are being recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service on fears that the meat is contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. FSIS said the agency is recalling 3.5 pounds of plastic resealable bags of frozen Chicken Breast Grilled Strips with an Aug. […]
Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, gave birth to a little girl named Charolette Clinton Mezvinsky. During an interview with Glamor magazine in 2013, Clinton, 34, said she and her husband Marc hoped to welcome a baby in 2014. And, the former first daughter announced the […]
A 36-year-old Naperville, Illinois resident is accused of intentionally setting fire to a suburban Chicago air traffic control center Friday. Brian Howard is a contract employee of the center, and the fire he allegedly set brought the nation’s two busiest airports to a standstill. He has been charged with a felony – destruction of aircraft […]
General Motors Co. is making another recall – this time the issue involves a defect in the vehicles’ parking brake which could result in a fire. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the problem has been found in 2013 to 2015 Cadillac XTS and 2014-2014 Chevrolet Impala sedans. The company said the number […]
Rob Bironas, a former kicker for the Tennessee Titans, died following an overnight car wreck in Nashville. Metro police said Birona, 36, got into a one-vehicle accident around 11 p.m. Saturday after he lost control over his speeding SUV. The vehicle left the roadway and hit many trees before it landed upside down in a […]
Yelp will pay the U.S. Federal Trade Commission $450,000 to resolve the charges that it permitted children under the age of 13 to sign up through its apps. The FTC brought the complaint against Yelp, which connects local businesses to people. The FTC stated it violated several rules such as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection […]