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  1. Did a Russian lab worker die from pneumonic plague? What we know — and don't know

    A photograph taken inside a medical laboratory shows two people, in white plastic hazmat suit with masks and goggles over their faces, with their hands reaching inside a glass case, white gloves, holding vials next to other research equipment.

    An unnerving story has emerged from southeastern Russia involving the death of 28-year-old woman from pneumonia and fears that she may have been exposed to a form of plague at the lab where she worked. But the

  2. Cornell protesters demand university president resign over handling of alleged frat-house gang rape

    Dozens of people gather on a university campus.

  3. New York state declares measles disaster emergency

    A sign advising people to take health precautions is seen displayed on a window.

    New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a statewide disaster emergency on Monday over a measles outbreak, the first such declaration ​by a U.S. state since cases began surging in ​2025. New York has reported 108 measles ‌cases so far this year, with seven cases in New York City and 101 elsewhere in the state.

  4. Student reportedly loses hand from police grenade amid France's education protests

    Three helmed persons wearing firefighter-type uniforms are shown near a structure on fire, with orange flames shown.

    A teenager's hand was blown off as high-school protesters clashed with riot police in northern France on Monday, a local official said, on ‌the eve of a national demonstration by the pupils' union against underfunding, overcrowding and dilapidation.

  5. Former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn sentenced to life in prison for wife's murder

    Caleb Flynn is seen listening to a judge reading out the jury

    A former music pastor in Ohio who appeared briefly on American Idol was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, after a jury convicted him last week of murdering his wife while he was having an affair.