2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (655+ words) This summer’s cyclospora outbreak that caused people in Florida to avoid eating iceberg lettuce appears to be winding down, according to federal health officials. The Food and Drug Administration said in an update earlier this month that it “remains confident…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (628+ words) CHESTER, NJ — It’s been 25 years since Will Jimeno, 58, of Chester, was pulled from the wreckage of the Twin Towers after being buried for roughly 13 hours, and his story continues to serve as one of courage and determination. On Sept. 11, 2001, at…...

3+ day, 14+ min ago   (66+ words) BROOKLYN, NY — A man has died almost a month after suffering an apparent medical episode in a Brooklyn courthouse. A 48-year-old man began to have a medical episode at Kings County Criminal Court on Aug. 17 around 9:35 a.m., police said. The…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (913+ words) By Nora Grace-Flood, New Haven Independent NEW HAVEN, CT — Firefighters ran into a burning building off of Ella T. Grasso Boulevard — not to rescue victims from smoke, but to raise money for research into a rare form of cancer. Around…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (233+ words) ISLIP, NY — Suffolk County health officials have confirmed the county’s second human case of West Nile virus this season, officials said. The person, who is older than 50 and lives in the Town of Islip, began experiencing symptoms consistent with West…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (271+ words) NEW YORK CITY — SweatHouz, a national recovery and contrast therapy brand, will open its first studio in Tribeca. Located at 30 Warren St., the new studio is expected to open sometime next month. The 8,000-square-foot studio will feature eight private contrast…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (263+ words) PLYMPUTH, MA — The attorney representing Lindsay Clancy's ex reportedly threatened legal action against "conspiracy theorists" in the wake of the Duxbury mom's triple murder trial. "The ex-husband of Lindsay Clancy, whose trial for strangling their three children ended in a…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (348+ words) LONG ISLAND, NY — The Long Island man accused of fatally knifing his father to death inside his apartment early Labor Day morning has a history of mental health issues, his defense attorney says. Edward Brown called 911 and reported he had…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (356+ words) UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — New York City's health inspectors are investigating after a second case of Legionnaires' disease was reported in the same Upper East Side apartment building in the past 12 months, according to a notice from the New York…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (123+ words) LOS ANGELES, CA — Authorities on Friday warned against getting in the water at nine Los Angeles County beaches due to high bacteria levels. The LA County Department of Public Health collects samples weekly from various sites year-round to test and…...