Target Shoppers May Have Been Exposed To Measles In Pennsylvania, Health Officials Warn Target Shoppers May Have Been Exposed To Measles In Pennsylvania, Health Officials Warn Target Shoppers May Have Been Exposed To Measles In Pennsylvania, Health Officials Warn
Target Shoppers May Have Been Exposed To Measles In Pennsylvania, Health Officials Warn Shoppers at a Pennsylvania Target may have been exposed to measles, and unvaccinated people face the greatest risk of infection, state health officials warned. A person who tested positive for the highly contagious virus visited the Target at 1745 Quentin Road in Lebanon County on Friday, Oct. 23, potentially exposing others between 5 and 8 p.m., the Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Wednesday, Oct. 28. Anyone who was at the store during that window should check their vaccination status and monitor for symptoms, health officials said. The infected person was instructed to isolate…

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Woman Struck By Vehicle In Pennsylvania Dies 8 Days Later, Coroner Says Woman Struck By Vehicle In Pennsylvania Dies 8 Days Later, Coroner Says Woman Struck By Vehicle In Pennsylvania Dies 8 Days Later, Coroner Says
Woman Struck By Vehicle In Pennsylvania Dies 8 Days Later, Coroner Says A woman died eight days after she was struck by a vehicle in Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Tuesday, Oct. 27. Mary A. Pavlik, 81 of Lehighton, was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest at 11:05 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 26, according to the Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. Pavlik was a pedestrian when she was struck at the intersection of Iron and South Third streets in Lehighton Borough, Carbon County, at approximately 9:20 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 18, Buglio said. Her cause of death was complications of multiple blunt force injuries, and the manner was ruled an acci…
Man Takes Officer’s TASER, Grabs For Gun In PA Trail Struggle: Police Man Takes Officer’s TASER, Grabs For Gun In PA Trail Struggle: Police Man Takes Officer’s TASER, Grabs For Gun In PA Trail Struggle: Police
Man Takes Officer’s TASER, Grabs For Gun In PA Trail Struggle: Police A man took an officer’s TASER and tried to pull a service pistol from its holster during a struggle that injured two officers on a Pennsylvania trail, police announced Monday, Oct. 26. Dallas Whitt Anderson-James was taken into custody on the Montgomery County Cross County Trail near Barnes & Noble in Plymouth Township on Wednesday, Oct. 21, according to township police. The encounter came hours after officers were called to the 2000 block of Chemical Road at approximately 4:54 p.m. for a report that Anderson-James was repeatedly contacting a woman despite a valid protection from abuse …
Man Killed In PA Motorcycle Crash, Police Say Man Killed In PA Motorcycle Crash, Police Say Man Killed In PA Motorcycle Crash, Police Say
Man Killed In PA Motorcycle Crash, Police Say A man was killed and a motorcyclist was hospitalized after a crash in Philadelphia on Wednesday evening, Oct. 28, police said. A 2020 dark gray Suzuki Hayabusa was traveling south on East Roosevelt Boulevard when it struck a man attempting to cross Bustleton Avenue at approximately 6:10 p.m., according to the preliminary investigation. Philadelphia Fire Department medics rushed the pedestrian to Albert Einstein Medical Center with severe injuries. Doctors pronounced him dead at approximately 6:46 p.m., police said. The man's identity remained unknown when police issued the release Wednesda…
Pennsylvania Woman Arrested In Long Island Massage Parlor Raid Pennsylvania Woman Arrested In Long Island Massage Parlor Raid Pennsylvania Woman Arrested In Long Island Massage Parlor Raid
Pennsylvania Woman Arrested In Long Island Massage Parlor Raid A Pennsylvania woman and a New York woman were arrested during a Long Island massage parlor raid prompted by community complaints on Wednesday, Oct. 28, Suffolk County police said. Xiaoqin Xu, 48, of Ambler, Montgomery County, and Cuiping Zhu, 42, of Flushing, Queens, were identified as the two employees arrested at the business at 294 East Jericho Turnpike in Huntington Station, according to police. Second Precinct Crime Section officers investigated the massage parlor alongside the Town of Huntington Fire Marshal and Ordinance Inspector after receiving complaints from the community, polic…

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Striking CTE Rate Among Former NFL Players Who Died Revealed In New Study A new study offers a sobering estimate of how common a degenerative brain disease was among former NFL players who died over a 16-year period. Researchers estimated that 74.5 percent of former players who died between January 2008 and December 2023 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, according to the study published Wednesday, Oct. 28, in JAMA Network Open. The finding estimates how many had CTE when they died. It does not establish that CTE caused their deaths. CTE is associated with repeated head impacts and can currently be definitively diagnosed only through examination of br…

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DoorDash Buying Instacart In $17B Deal: Here's What Could Change DoorDash is buying Instacart in a $17 billion deal, uniting two major brands for on-demand deliveries of groceries, meals, and other everyday essentials. The two delivery companies announced the agreement in a news release on Thursday, Oct. 29. DoorDash will pay $65 per share to acquire Instacart, with the deal expected to close in late 2027 or early 2028. DoorDash expects to keep Instacart's name and app after the acquisition. Both companies will continue operating separately until the deal is finalized. Instacart customers could gain access to more than 50,000 additional stores…

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DoorDash Buying Instacart In $17B Deal: Here's What Could Change DoorDash is buying Instacart in a $17 billion deal, uniting two major brands for on-demand deliveries of groceries, meals, and other everyday essentials. The two delivery companies announced the agreement in a news release on Thursday, Oct. 29. DoorDash will pay $65 per share to acquire Instacart, with the deal expected to close in late 2027 or early 2028. DoorDash expects to keep Instacart's name and app after the acquisition. Both companies will continue operating separately until the deal is finalized. Instacart customers could gain access to more than 50,000 additional stores…

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Actress Elke Sommer Dies: Golden Globe Winner Charmed Hollywood Elke Sommer, the international screen star who brought glamour and comedy to the “Pink Panther” film series, has died, according to multiple reports. The Golden Globe winner died Wednesday, Oct. 28, at her home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles after an extended period of declining health. She was 85. The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline reported her death. Sommer starred opposite Peter Sellers in “A Shot in the Dark,” the 1964 sequel to “The Pink Panther.” The role became one of her best-known performances in a career that spanned American and European cinema. She also appeared al…