Sharing is caring but one family will probably rethink that motto after their black bear kebabs sent multiple people to the hospital with a rare parasite. In a newly released report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, six family members were infected with trichinellosis which spreads through eating infected meat. An investigation began in 2022 when a suspected case was reported to the Minnesota Department of Health.
According to the CDC, a 29-year-old man was hospitalized for fever, severe myalgias, periorbital edema, eosinophilia, and other laboratory abnormalities.
AMHERST, Mass. (WKRC) - Each graduate at this college received a gift of $1,000 from their commencement speaker. But he asked them to do something with the money.
Robert Hale Jr. was the commencement speaker at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's 2024 ceremony. He gifted the roughly 1,200 new graduates some extra cash.
Hale is the founder and CEO of Granite Telecommunications.
Before giving out the money, he encouraged the graduates to not let failure define them by sharing a personal story where he lost nearly $1 billion overnight.
Pittsburgh, Pa (WJAC) — Defensive lineman Tyson Alualu, who had initially signed a multi-year deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars, reportedly had a "change of heart" on Saturday and has decided to re-sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Alualu reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 prior to flying to Florida to sign his deal with the Jags, giving him time to think and ultimately he decided to stay in Pittsburgh.
The veteran defensive end has spent the past four seasons in Black and Gold, and needless to say his teammates were more than excited to learn that he was staying in the Steel City.
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX) — The total line of duty deaths in the state of New Mexico is now at 184.
Over the last five years, in order, New Mexico State Police Officer Darian Jarrott, Alamogordo Police Officer Anthony Ferguson, Las Cruces Police OfficerJonah Hernandez, and New Mexico State Police OfficerJustin Hare all died after being killed by a deadly weapon.
KFOX spoke with the New Mexico Governor’s Public Safety Advisor Benjamin Baker about the troubling situation as police officers nationwide continue to face dangerous conditions.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators to talk about Supreme Court ethics and the controversy over flags that flew outside homes owned by Justice Samuel Alito.
Roberts' response came in a letter to the senators a day after Alito separately wrote them and House members to reject their demands that he recuse himself from major Supreme Court cases involving former President Donald Trump and the Jan.
JOHNSTOWN -- A new partnership is set to give more people with disabilities direct access to job training. The commonwealth is partnering with CVS Health to have a mock store training setup at the Hiram G. Andrews Center in Johnstown.
Students will be able to take part in a six-week program, training them to be cashiers and pre-pharmacy technicians.
"On any given day, CVS Health has 900 to 1,200 vacancies, so our new workforce development program will train future employees for CVS in the areas of sales associate and pharmacy technician,"
RICHLAND, Pa (WJAC) — The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation awards grant money to fire departments across the country and the Richland Township Fire Department received $23,000 to purchase 17 new air lifting bags.
Firehouse Subs on Scalp Avenue held a ceremony on Wednesday to present the donation.
Officials with Richland Fire Department say three of their bags recently failed and others were in need of being replaced, and this donation gives them a full complement of bags, which fill in mere seconds, in rescue efforts.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A man charged in connection with a 2014 murder was sentenced Tuesday.
Keith Reed was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in prison after he was found guilty in March of conspiracy third-degree in the 2014 shooting death of Tony Phillips.
The sentence is the maximum Reed can get for the crime.
Reed will be credited for time served, nearly four years, and his attorney, Tim Burns, said he is going to file an appeal in the coming days, citing Rule 600, claiming Reed was not given the right to a speedy trial.