(NBC News) The COVID-19 pandemic has hit another grim milestone. There are now more than 3.5 million cases in the United States. At the stame time, the head of the Centers for Disease Control is warning the country could see 200,000 deaths during the upcoming flu season if more isn’t done to slow the spread of coronavirus. “I think those…
(NBC News) — Health experts are bracing for a possible increase in cases of Lyme disease, due in part to more Americans enjoying the outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic. They also worry that some diagnoses may be missed because some symptoms are similar to COVID-19. “It can be low-grade fever, we can see malaise, fatigue, muscle aches and headaches in…
(KSL/NBC News) — A wind-driven wildfire had already burned one home and forced the evacuation of 3,100 others on June 28 when a Utah sheriff’s deputy noticed a concerning development near the fire’s south end. What looked like a flare-up or even a back-burn started by firefighters caused Utah County Sheriff’s deputy John Thomas to radio into dispatch after 9…
LANSING, Mich. (WOOD/NBC News) — Michigan police say an argument over face masks lead to a stabbing and deadly officer-involved shooting Tuesday. Michigan State Police say one man wearing a mask, and another man who wasn’t, got into an argument at a store near Lansing. After the man without the mask, 43-year-old Sean Ruis, was denied service as per store…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KARE/NBC News) — A pending change to Minneapolis, Minnesota’s park nudity ordinance is turning heads. As it stands currently, Minneapolis Park Board ordinance PB2-21 states no one 10 years or older is allowed to expose their genitals, pubic area, buttocks or female breast below the top of the areola in a park or parkway, but in a push…
(KSEE/NBC News) — Police say a woman who died shielding her three young children from gunfire in a Madera, California parking lot Tuesday was killed by a stalker. The shooting happened around 2:30 p.m. outside Camarena Healthcare Clinic. Madera Police says the woman was there for an appointment. “This is despicable. I can’t think of anything more horrific than to…
WASHINGTON (NBC News) — As 22 states set records for new coronavirus cases, tracking of infections is being shifted from the Centers for Disease Control to the White House. The Trump administration is asking hospitals to bypass the agency and send daily reports directly to a new system set up by the administration. Critics are concerned that the move will…
(KPNX/NBC News) — A Phoenix, Arizona police officer is being accused of misconduct after forcefully handcuffing a woman and shoving her against a car during a traffic stop. Body camera footage recently obtained and released by the woman’s attorney shows the arrest. The officer, Michael McGillis, pulled over the woman, 23-year-old Mariah Valenzuela, for allegedly traveling the wrong way on…
(WDIV/NBC News) — Doctors are starting to learn more about how COVID-19 can effect the brain, causing some patients to suffer from confusion or even delirium. In some cases the neurological symptoms were the first signs of their infection. “Some are having this, what we call ‘hyperactive delirium,’ where you can get very agitated and start to have these paranoid…
(NBC News) — The streaming wars have a new entrant this morning as NBC’s parent company, NBCUniversal, takes its “Peacock” service national. The service is playing catch-up to its established streaming rivals, but hoping that the free ad-supported, basic level of service will attract viewers to the more than 13,000 hours of movies and TV shows, as well live…
