A surprising change has happened at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Ralph Abraham, a former Louisiana health official, has been appointed as the deputy director. This is notable because Abraham has been vocal about his doubts regarding Covid-19 vaccines, even calling them "dang
In New York, a decades-old mystery is back in the spotlight. Prosecutors are set to retry a man accused of killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979. This is the third time this case is going to trial. Pedro Hernandez, now 64, was convicted in 2017, but an appeals court overturned that decision. The cour
A high school football coach in Virginia has vanished, and not just from his team's lineup. Travis Turner, the coach at Union High School, is now a wanted man. He's accused of some serious crimes, like having bad stuff on his computer and trying to talk to a kid in a creepy way. The police are looki
Some Republicans are now pushing to extend a key part of the Affordable Care Act, even though they once fought hard against it. This change of heart comes as many of these lawmakers face tough re-election battles in districts where healthcare is a big issue. The subsidies in question help people af
RealPage, a company that makes software for landlords, has agreed to change how it works after a big legal fight. The Department of Justice said the software helped landlords work together to raise rents unfairly. This is called "algorithmic collusion. " The deal means RealPage can't use the latest
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has had a bumpy journey, to say the least. After several setbacks and a failed mission, NASA has decided to cut back on the number of planned Starliner flights to the International Space Station (ISS). Originally, Boeing was supposed to send six crewed missions under a
The U. S. is pushing a new peace plan for Ukraine, but Russia is likely to reject it. The plan is more friendly to Ukraine than the previous one. Russia's President Putin has said that the earlier U. S. plan, which Ukraine thought was too pro-Russian, should be the basis for talks. He is unlikely to
Dark matter remains one of the universe's biggest mysteries. It's invisible, yet scientists believe it makes up a huge part of galaxies. The idea is that to make sense of what we see in space, there must be a lot of unseen matter out there. We know it's there because of its gravitational pull, but s
In the early hours of a Saturday morning, a quiet neighborhood in Northridge was shattered by gunfire. A 22-year-old woman, Maria De La Rosa, was inside a parked car with two others when tragedy struck. Two men approached the vehicle and opened fire, leaving Maria fighting for her life. Maria was k
The recent season of Dancing With the Stars has been a game-changer. It's not just about the dancing anymore; it's about the buzz on social media. The show has found a new audience thanks to TikTok, and it's paying off big time. This season, the finale was a grand event. All the eliminated contesta
