A woman some 8-months pregnant has a total stranger to thank for her life, and that of her baby.

When she was driving down I-95 in Martin County, Shedly Appolon remembered feeling dizzy. It was her 29th birthday; she was probably in a good mood, but biology and fate had a wicked gift in store for her.

In January, India recorded a mini-outbreak of the Nipah virus, an often lethal disease spread by contact between humans and animals.

There was little that could be done for the victims, as no specialized treatment for Nipah virus exists other than normal supportive care procedures such as the treatment of the resulting symptoms, rest, and hydration.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has reportedly been killed, and his body recovered following Israeli strikes on his compound earlier today.

Senior Israeli officials confirmed to multiple news outlets that Khamenei is dead after the strikes. Axios reported that the Israeli ambassador to the US informed US officials that Khamenei was killed, and Reuters cited a senior official who said Khamenei's body had been found. The confirmations came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there were "growing signs" that the Iranian leader is "gone."

European leaders reacted to the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, largely calling for restraint as well as de-escalation. At the same time, they said that Iran cannot have access to nuclear weapons. 

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that British forces were participating in coordinated defense efforts to protect the United Kingdom’s interests and allies, but were not taking part in the strikes. In a video statement posted on X, he said, “Our forces are active and British planes are in the sky today as part of coordinated regional defensive operations to protect our people, our interests and our allies, as Britain has done before, in line with international law.”

Leading up to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the Central Intelligence Agency assessed that if Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, he would likely be replaced by a hardline figure from the IRGC in Iran, according to a report from

The US and Israel have launched an joint attack on Iran as tensions between the Trump administration and that largest state sponsor of terror, Iran, have escalated in recent months. A senior Israeli official has also confirmed that Iranian regime officials were being targeted in the attack, per

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has advised US officials stationed in the Middle East to refrain from making comments that could make the already dicey diplomatic situation between Iran and the US worse. Rubio's remarks follow an appearance made by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on

Hamit Coskun, 51, has won a massive case in the UK High Court after his conviction was overturned. Coskun was brought up on charges of harassing the "religious institution of Islam" after he burned a Quran outside the Turkish Consolate while shouting

President Donald Trump promised to reduce drug prices for Americans; he's doing it in a variety of ways, and Americans already are paying less for drugs.

His administration has negotiated through Medicare to reduce the price of 10 drugs, including Eliquis, Jardiance, and Xaretto, effective Jan. 1, and will add 15 more drugs, including Entresto and Stelara, on Jan. 1, 2027. He further has required that Part D plans – Medicare's prescription drug benefit – cover all selected drugs. 

After years of unbridled government growth—which marginalized hard-working individuals and families while vesting more power with distant, unelected bureaucrats—voters across Wyoming and our country sent a clear message in 2024: They are tired of politics as usual that usurp local control, dip deeper and deeper into our wallets, and prioritize high-minded ideology ahead of kitchen-table issues.

Just miles from a designated World Cup venue, authorities in western Mexico have uncovered more than 500 bags containing human remains in a series of clandestine graves. The discoveries are centered in and around Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco state, where at least mass 22 grave sites have been located since last year.

The Metropolitan Police in London put out an alert that "Overnight, the Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square was graffitied with red paint. Officers were on scene within two minutes of being alerted shortly after 4am. A 38-yr-old man is in custody having been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage."