CDC Confirms First US Case of Severe Bird Flu

The United States has now seen dozens of human bird flu cases this year, all of them mild—until now. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Wednesday that a patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of avian influenza caused by the H5N1 virus. This marks the first instance of severe … Read more

U. of Iowa to retire basketball star Caitlin Clark’s No. 22 at Feb. 2 ceremony

No Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball player will wear Caitlin Clark’s No. 22 again. The number will be retired in a ceremony Feb. 2 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, the Iowa athletic department announced Wednesday. Clark finished her college career last season as the all-time leading men’s or women’s scorer in NCAA Division 1 history and is widely … Read more

Tom Holland Jokes About Why Studios ‘Love’ When He Works With Zendaya

Tom Holland and Zendaya Cindy Ord/Getty Images Tom Holland is getting more comfortable talking about his relationship with Zendaya it seems. Holland, 28, joked during the Monday, December 18, episode of the “Dish” podcast that film “studios love” when he and girlfriend Zendaya, 28, work together on movies because they only need to book “one … Read more

Undersea internet cables face new threats

Undersea internet cables face new threats – CBS News Watch CBS News With undersea cables linking the world’s continents, recent incidents involving foreign vessels raise questions about their security. Chris Krebs, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director, weighs in on the growing threats. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, … Read more

New York man pleads guilty in Chinese ‘secret police station’ case By Reuters

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York resident who prosecutors say operated a “secret police station” in the Chinatown district of Manhattan to aid Beijing’s targeting of dissidents, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent. Chen Jinping, 61, entered the plea at a hearing in Brooklyn … Read more