CDC Sounds Alarm On Potentially Fatal 'Breakbone Fever': No Cure, No Vaccine
It sounds like a nightmare, and for some, it can be fatal.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a global travel alert for dengue fever, a potentially deadly mosquito-borne illness so painful it earned the nickname "breakbone fever."
The CDC issued a Level 1 travel notice on Wednesday, March 25, flagging a significant surge in dengue cases across the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.
The agency says a higher-than-expected number of US travelers have tested positive after returning from 16 countries — among them Colombia, Cuba, Bangladesh, Pakistan, an…
Guttenberg Wrestler Alan Vera Garcia, 33, Dies Weeks After Cardiac Arrest Playing Soccer
Alan Vera Garcia, a professional New Jersey wrestler, died on Monday, Sept. 23, weeks after going into cardiac arrest while playing soccer, according to multiple news reports. He was 33 years old.
Our dear friend and teammate, Alan Vera, recently suffered a sudden cardiac arrest while playing soccer. He is currently... Posted by USA Wrestling on Monday, August 5, 2024
Garcia, of Guttenberg, was born in Cuba and the first Cuban wrestler to win a national championship in the United States in Greco-Roman wrestling, his obituary on the Barquin Funeral Home site reads.
His obituar…
Montclair Lawyer James Ray III Convicted Of Murder
A 60-year-old Montclair lawyer has been convicted of murder in the 2018 death of the mother of his 6-year-old daughter, authorities announced.
James R. Ray III was found guilty of first-degree murder and weapons offenses following a six-week trial before Superior Court Judge Verna G. Leath, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said Friday, May 12.
The murder occurred nearly five years ago in the house the couple shared with their daughter on North Mountain Avenue in Montclair, when Ray shot Angela Bledsoe, 44, in the chest, face, and back, after she dropped the girl …
Maryland's Keith Smith Gets Life In Prison For Killing Wife
A man from Maryland was sentenced to life in prison Monday, Feb. 28 for killing his wife back in 2018 and trying to cover it up, WJZ reports.
Keith Smith, 55, received the sentence, plus three years, for stabbing his wife Jacquelyn to death, and having been convicted of first-degree murder last year, the outlet reports. Even his daughter testified against him.
Smith originally told investigators that Jacquelyn was giving money to a panhandler, who stabbed her dead, authorities said. After his wife was killed, Smith and his daughter fled town — only to be arrested three months lat…
