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The 31-foot-long vessel and some replica weapons recalling those used in the War of 1812 featured in a celebration that looks ahead to a new Coast Guard museum.
Officials ultimately confirmed 118 cases and seven deaths, and traced the bacteria to cooling towers in the neighborhood, including those at Harlem Hospital and the New York City Public Health Lab at 40 W. In July 2025, New York City health officials identified an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Central Harlem.
Lawsuits claim that dangerous bacteria spewed from improperly maintained cooling towers. A cluster of cases in Harlem was traced to two city-owned sites.
A total of 6,358 illnesses have now been reported across 15 states amid the outbreak, according to the FDA notice. The agency noted that it expects that number to increase despite the recall "due to the fact that it can take as long as six weeks for CDC and state officials to determine if a sick person is part of this outbreak." "The true number of sick people in this multistate outbreak is likely higher than the. Since the last update, six states have been added to the multistate outbreak -- Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina -- the FDA said Wednesday.
NORWOOD, Bronx (WABC) -- Over 40 people remain unable to return home Thursday morning after a deadly explosion and five-alarm fire tore through an apartment building in the Norwood section of the Bronx. The Red Cross said the fire displaced 45 people, including seven children, from 18 households and 27 apartments in the building. Officials also said one of those injured was a child younger than 1 year old, whose injuries were believed to be minor.
VALLEY STREAM, New York (WABC) -- A 75-year-old woman was hospitalized after being attacked by her two dogs on the front lawn of her home on East Avenue in Valley Stream, according to Nassau police and neighbors. It started with the mail man, they went after the mailman and then she was trying to get the mail and they went after her," said neighbor Frida Molines-Valme. Neighbors who spoke on condition of anonymity said the woman was knocked to the ground and mauled by the dogs, which they said would not let go.
The Israeli military said the strikes that Unlock these with Subscription Rights groups said Thursday (August 6, 2026) that an Israeli attack in south Lebanon that killed reporter Amal Khalil and wounded another journalist earlier this year was an apparent “war crime”. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International called for an independent investigation into the attack Two human rights groups have said an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon that killed al-Akhbar newspaper reporter Amal Khalil and seriously wounded freelance camera operator Zeinab Faraj was an apparent war crime. Both groups said the Israeli army.
The Spanish territory's mayor-president also says 100 deaths occurred as a result of 78,000 migrants crossing from neighbouring Morocco.
A US judge in New Mexico on Thursday ordered Meta to pay another $567m (£421m) for its failure to warn the public about dangers its platforms posed to children, marking the largest ruling against the company over child safety. The judge also ordered Meta to enact other measures, including ensuring that no account of a user under age 18 is recommended to an adult and that no adult can message an underage. In addition to being the largest fine Meta has received over child safety issues, the ruling also appears to be the first time that a social media company has been deemed a public nuisance.
Earlier this year, Coulibaly denied to Barron's that he was behind any kind of scam, saying that their reporting was, "Based on a misunderstanding of the technology and that his investors hadn't received returns from their deals because he himself hadn't received expected funds from a planned acquisition of his venture. Three former NFL players said they collectively lost more than $1 million in investments made with Coulibaly. And the purpose of this was to, to make these athletes think that they had these successful investments in these shops," said Jacob Adelman, with Barron's magazine.
David Owori, who played for the national team, died in hospital after he tried to stop robbers taking his phone The Ugandan football community is in mourning after the death of a player who was fatally injured during a robbery in the capital, Kampala, on Tuesday night. David Owori, who captained Sports Club Villa, a Uganda Premier League club, and represented the national team, was attacked after resisting an.