Panthers send WR Diontae Johnson, 6th-round pick to Ravens, get back 5th-rounder, AP source says

Panthers send WR Diontae Johnson, 6th-round pick to Ravens, get back 5th-rounder, AP source says

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carolina Panthers have traded wide receiver Diontae Johnson and a sixth-round pick in 2025 to Baltimore for the Ravens’ 2025 fifth-rounder, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke To the Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the trade has not been made official. Johnson … Read more

Young Frankenstein actress dies aged 79

Young Frankenstein actress dies aged 79

Oscar-nominated actress Teri Garr died Tuesday at the age of 79, US media outlets report. Garr, known for her work in movies including Young Frankenstein, Mr Mom and Tootsie, died in Los Angeles after a 20-year battle with multiple sclerosis. She first talked publicly about the chronic autoimmune disease in 2002. Garr also appeared in … Read more

Colorado teen fights kidney failure after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounders

Colorado teen fights kidney failure after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounders

A 15-year-old high school freshman is hospitalized with severe complications of food poisoning after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers three times in the weeks before a deadly E. coli outbreak was detected. Kamberlyn Bowler, of Grand Junction, Colorado, had to be flown 250 miles to a hospital near Denver in mid-October, where she received dialysis … Read more

8 million people were infected with TB in 2023. WHO says that’s the highest it has seen

8 million people were infected with TB in 2023. WHO says that’s the highest it has seen

LONDON — More than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, the highest number recorded since the U.N. health agency began keeping track. About 1.25 million people died of TB last year, the new report said, adding that TB likely returned to being the world’s top infectious … Read more

Colts benching Anthony Richardson to start Joe Flacco at quarterback vs. Vikings, AP sources say

Colts benching Anthony Richardson to start Joe Flacco at quarterback vs. Vikings, AP sources say

The Indianapolis Colts are benching Anthony Richardson to start Joe Flacco at quarterback on Sunday at Minnesota, according to two people with knowledge of the decision. Both people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the team had not announced the change. Coach Shane Steichen said Monday he was “evaluating” whether … Read more

What is Unrwa and why has Israel banned it?

What is Unrwa and why has Israel banned it?

Getty Images Israel’s parliament voted on Monday evening to ban the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) from operating within Israel and occupied East Jerusalem. Contact between Unrwa employees and Israeli officials will be banned, crippling its ability to operate in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Almost all of Gaza’s population of more than two … Read more

NTSB preliminary report details fiery but safe emergency landing of a Frontier Airlines plane

NTSB preliminary report details fiery but safe emergency landing of a Frontier Airlines plane

LAS VEGAS — Federal investigators say an electrical system malfunctioned, the autopilot quit and some radio communications were disrupted aboard a Frontier Airlines plane shortly before the pilots made a fiery but safe emergency landing in Las Vegas earlier this month. No one among the 190 passengers and seven crew members was injured Oct. 5 … Read more