US: Heavy Rain in Newark Valley, NY Leads to Flash Flooding

Heavy rains and flooding threatened Tioga and Broome counties in New York, with warnings issued for Sunday evening, July 13. This heavy rain caused significant damage and temporarily shut down Route 38 in Newark Valley for several hours. A state of emergency has been declared in Newark Valley.

Remembering civil rights activist

Remembering civil rights activist

SEATTLE, United States - Jay Hirabayashi (2nd from R), son of civil rights activist Gordon Hirabayashi, Judge Mary Schroeder (2nd from L) and other people associated with the late Hirabayashi, who fought the United States' internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, attend an event to commemorate his activities on Feb. 11, 2012, in Seattle. Gordon Hirabayashi, who was jailed for violating the curfew and internment orders, appealed his conviction before the U.S. Supreme Court and lost. Decades later in 1987, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in an opinion authored by Schroeder, overturned his conviction after he reopened his case in 1983.

9th cow in Japan with BSE heads for incinerator

9th cow in Japan with BSE heads for incinerator

TOKYO, Japan - Parts of a slaughtered 21-month-old bullock in Hiroshima Prefecture, which was confirmed as having bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) on Nov. 4, are carried away for incineration at a slaughterhouse in Fukuyama in the prefecture on Nov. 5. It was Japan's ninth case of mad cow disease.

9th mad cow case confirmed in Japan

9th mad cow case confirmed in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - An expert panel of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare meets at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 4 and confirms that a slaughtered 21-month-old cow in Hiroshima Prefecture had mad cow disease. The case is the ninth of its kind in Japan.

Delhi reports first woman monkeypox case, India's total rises to 9

STORY: Delhi reports first woman monkeypox case, India's total rises to 9 DATELINE: Aug. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view in India STORYLINE: A woman of foreign origin tested positive for monkeypox in New Delhi on Wednesday evening, confirmed a health department official on Thursday. It's the first woman monkeypox case in the country, overall fourth in Delhi and ninth in the country. So far, five cases have been reported from Kerala, including one death, and four cases from Delhi. The first case reported in the country (from Kerala) on July 14 fully recovered last weekend and was discharged from hospital. Only a couple of days ago, the Delhi government announced the setting up of 70 isolation rooms across six hospitals in the national capital for monkeypox patients or suspect cases. The Kerala government has also swung into action to contain the spread of the viral disease. As a precautionary measure, thermal scanning is being

Remembering civil rights activist

Remembering civil rights activist

SEATTLE, United States - Jay Hirabayashi (2nd from R), son of civil rights activist Gordon Hirabayashi, Judge Mary Schroeder (2nd from L) and other people associated with the late Hirabayashi, who fought the United States' internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, attend an event to commemorate his activities on Feb. 11, 2012, in Seattle. Gordon Hirabayashi, who was jailed for violating the curfew and internment orders, appealed his conviction before the U.S. Supreme Court and lost. Decades later in 1987, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in an opinion authored by Schroeder, overturned his conviction after he reopened his case in 1983. (Kyodo)

9th cow in Japan with BSE heads for incinerator

9th cow in Japan with BSE heads for incinerator

TOKYO, Japan - Parts of a slaughtered 21-month-old bullock in Hiroshima Prefecture, which was confirmed as having bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) on Nov. 4, are carried away for incineration at a slaughterhouse in Fukuyama in the prefecture on Nov. 5. It was Japan's ninth case of mad cow disease. (Kyodo)

9th mad cow case confirmed in Japan

9th mad cow case confirmed in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - An expert panel of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare meets at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 4 and confirms that a slaughtered 21-month-old cow in Hiroshima Prefecture had mad cow disease. The case is the ninth of its kind in Japan. (Kyodo)