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Nasty norovirus is back in full force with US cases of the stomach virus surging

Cases of a wretched stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States this winter, according to government data. The most recent numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show there were 91 outbreaks of norovirus reported during the week of Dec. 5, up from 69 outbreaks the last week

Man accused of attacking TV reporter, saying ‘This is Trump’s America now’

A Colorado man is facing possible bias-motivated charges for allegedly attacking a television news reporter after demanding to know whether he was a citizen, saying, “This is Trump’s America now,” according to court documents. Patrick Thomas Egan, 39, was arrested Dec. 18 in Grand Junction, Colorado, after police say he

Climate change added 41 days of dangerous heat around world in 2024

People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change, according to a group of scientists who also said that climate change worsened much of the world’s damaging weather throughout 2024. The analysis from World Weather Attribution and Climate

US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people

The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said federally required

Jimmy Carter, a forever president who brought decency to American politics

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, who died on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 100, will best be remembered for bringing two Middle Eastern foes to the table at Camp

Former President Jimmy Carter, a proponent for Black civil rights, dead at 100

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States and longest-lived former commander-in-chief, has died at the age of 100.   In February of this year, Carter made the decision to begin in-home hospice care without further medical treatment for brain cancer. Carter was diagnosed in 2015 and initially recovered from

Netflix’s ‘Missing You’ lands in time for New Year binge watch

LONDON (AP) — It’s Netflix’s resolution every new year to give viewers a headscratcher in January. Since 2020, the streamer has released a U.K. miniseries based on a thriller book by Harlan Coben over the holidays. It seems to have paid off: “Fool Me Once,” starring Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar and Joanna Lumley, launched