Health officials issue warning after US patient contracts rare virus: 'It's important for everyone to guard against'

"Remain[s] a potential threat here in Illinois." by Christine DulionOctober 18, 2025 Health experts are warning residents across Illinois to stay alert after a patient contracted a rare tick-borne virus. It's the first time the virus has been...

Southcoast Health welcomes 12 new providers

TIVERTON – Southcoast Health has hired 12 new providers, the health system recently announced. The new providers are: Dr. Rachael Bednarz-Medeiros: She joins Southcoast Health Internal Medicine caring for patients in Fairhaven. She earned her...

Now Amazon Package Delays? AWS Still Suffering "Degraded" Service Across US-East

Update (1507ET): Fast forward to late in the U.S. cash session, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) is still experiencing "degraded" service in its US-East-1 (Northern Virginia) region, resulting in disruptions across a number of apps and websites...

As electric bills rise, more states ban disconnections in dangerous weather

Shelby Green’s lights were off. She could plug her phone into a wall socket, but it wouldn’t charge. It would be weeks until she received her next paycheck for her job as an undergraduate researcher at Florida State University in chemical...

Five years into presidency of UNR, Sandoval has his foot on the gas

University of Nevada, Reno President Brian Sandoval had the proof when he said, “We don’t wait for the future to happen, we make it happen.” The 17th president of UNR laid out aggressive plans for the future in an hour-long State of the University...

Tennessee attorney general defends law blocking outsiders from public records

(The Center Square) – Tennessee’s open records aren’t open to everybody, and the state Attorney General’s Office wants to keep it that way. The office of Jonathan Skrmetti has intervened in a federal First Amendment lawsuit to defend the...

Virginia Giuffre family celebrates Prince Andrew dropping Duke of York title

The family of late Prince Andrew sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre cheered after the scandal-scarred royal was forced to drop his Duke of York title Friday — calling it “vindication for our sister and survivors everywhere.” And the loved ones now...

Local vineyards combat disease growth due to cooler temps

The below normal temperatures have thrown a wrench in this year's grape harvest. One local vineyard shares its experience. Posted and last updated Temperatures generally have been below normal since the end of summer. Despite a few 80–90-degree...

Virginia Giuffre's Family Reacts After Prince Andrew Gives Up Royal Titles — and They've Asked Something of King Charles By KC Baker, Liz McNeil, and Simon Perry 46

NEED TO KNOW Virginia Giuffre's family is speaking out after Prince Andrew gave up his royal titles Excerpts from her forthcoming posthumous memoir detail the prince's alleged sexual encounters with Giuffre when she was underage He has denied any...

Letters for Oct. 20: AG Jason Miyares not ‘standing up’ for Virginians

Virginia AG race Re “Comparison” (Your Views, Oct. 15): I’m wondering if the letter writer remembers President Donald Trump saying, “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? Let’s see how she feels about it....

What caused the AWS outage as Amazon releases statement?

A technical hiccup in Northern Virginia led to thousands of companies going offline (Picture: Getty/Reuters) An outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday took out thousands of websites and mobile phone apps across the globe. AWS, a cloud...

Virginia sees home sales rise in major markets

SUMMARY: Home sales rose year-over-year in Northern Virginia, Central Virginia and Hampton Roads Rise in inventory gives buyers more options Experts see home sales growth as sign of more stable market Home sales rose year-over-year in Northern...

Virginia Beach man charged with stabbing 11-year-old boy

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach man is in custody and facing multiple charges alleging that he stabbed an 11-year-old boy on Saturday, Oct. 11, police said Friday. Joshua Rambo, 33, is charged with aggravated malicious wounding, stabbing,...

What am I not getting about Costco?

Write to us at startingpoint@globe.com. To subscribe, sign up here. I wanted to love it. I really did. It had allure. It had buzz. It had the promise of bargains so dazzling it’s like you’re stealing. And, most importantly, it had highly-rated,...

Man accused in abduction, stabbing of 11-year-old near Virginia Beach shopping center

VIRGINIA BEACH — A man accused in the abduction and stabbing of an 11-year-old boy near a shopping center has been arrested, police said Friday. Joshua Martin Rambo, 33, of Virginia Beach, was arrested the morning of Oct. 11 after authorities were...

Demolishing the White House East Wing to build a ballroom embodies Trump’s heritage politics

From ancient Egypt to Washington, D.C., rulers have long used architecture and associated stories to project power, control memory and shape national identity. As 17th-century French statesman Jean-Baptiste Colbert observed: “In the absence of...

Illinois Army captain says Dems are ‘rolling over’ on LGBTQ+ rights. He’s running for Congress to change that

In the Illinois 13th Congressional District, 32-year-old Army captain and biochemist Dylan Blaha is mounting a progressive primary challenge against Democratic U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski, who has represented the district since 2023. At the core of...

Excerpt of Virginia Giuffre book released, co-author describes abuse as 'Handmaid's Tale'

An excerpt from the forthcoming memoir from Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, was released by CBS News on Sunday. The released portion of the memoir details a 2021 trip Giuffre took to the Louvre Museum as she prepared to...

Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre's memoir excerpt released 

An excerpt from the forthcoming memoir from Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, was released by CBS News Oct. 19. The released portion of the memoir details a 2021 trip Giuffre took to the Louvre Museum as she prepared to testify...

Candidates for lieutenant governor lay out different visions for education in Virginia

The candidates for Virginia lieutenant governor have made education a central campaign pillar. Democratic state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi’s website describes the need to fully fund public schools so children in Virginia “have access to top notch public...