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close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for May 18 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Massachusetts health officials confirmed on Wednesday the first case of monkeypox, a rare but potentially serious virus, in the United States so far this year. Monkeypox causes similar symptoms to smallpox , including fever, headache, muscle aches, exhaustion, chills, and skins lesions. At least seven cases of the virus have been reported this month in the United Kingdom, health authorities there said. An electron microscopic image shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virus particles as well as crescents and spherical particles of immature virions, obtained from a clinical human skin sample in this undated image obtained by Reuters on May 18, 2022. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regnery/CDC/Handout via REUTERS) The individual who contracted … [Read more...] about Massachusetts confirms first case of monkeypox in the United States this year

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for May 18 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! A court will decide Wednesday whether an elephant can be a person. Happy the Elephant, a resident of the Bronx Zoo in New York , is being considered for release by the state's top court. Happy, 51, has lived in the zoo since 1977. However, an animal rights group launched a coordinated campaign to free her in 2018, declaring Happy eligible for the rights of a "person" under New York law. "Held in isolation elephants become bored, depressed, aggressive, catatonic and fail to thrive," Nonhuman Rights Project wrote . "Human caregivers are no substitute for the numerous, complex social relationships and the rich gestural and vocal communication exchanges that occur between free-living elephants." ELEPHANTS IN THAILAND GET FRUIT-AND-VEGGIE BUFFET IN CELEBRATION OF … [Read more...] about Does New York zoo elephant have human rights? State Supreme Court to decide

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations on Wednesday significantly lowered its forecast for global economic growth this year from 4% to 3.1%, saying the war in Ukraine has triggered increasing global food and commodity prices and exacerbated inflationary pressures, upending the fragile recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The mid-2022 forecast from the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs said the downgrade in growth prospects is broad-based, including the world’s largest economies -- the United States, China and most significantly the European Union -- and the majority of other developed and developing countries. The World Economic Situation and Prospects report also warned that the current forecast of 3.1% “faces significant downside risks from further intensification of the war in Ukraine and potential new waves of the pandemic.” “This slowdown and the war in Ukraine -- triggering sharp increases in food and fertilizer prices -- will hit the developing countries … [Read more...] about UN drops forecast for global economic growth in 2022 to 3.1%

Jarrett Renshaw and Joseph Ax (Reuters) (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States   ● Thu, May 19 2022 United States Republican candidates endorsed by Donald Trump won their party's nominations for Pennsylvania governor and for North Carolina senator on Tuesday in the biggest test yet of the former president's influence in his party ahead of the midterm elections in November. But Madison Cawthorn, a Trump-backed Republican congressman in North Carolina, lost his bid for a second term after a dizzying string of self-inflicted scandals, while Trump's pick for Idaho governor, Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin, failed in her bid to oust the incumbent Republican, Brad Little. The biggest election night of the year so far delivered mixed results for Trump and his far-right movement. Votes were still being counted in the high-profile Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania, where Trump-backed TV personality Mehmet Oz was locked in a tight … [Read more...] about Two Trump-backed candidates win US primaries

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Heart surgeon-turned-TV celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick went into Wednesday essentially tied in Pennsylvania's hotly contested Republican nomination for an open U.S. Senate seat, expected to be among the nation's most competitive races in the fall. Both men emerged at their election night watch parties after midnight to say they would have to wait for vote-counting to resume Wednesday to determine a winner, with each saying he was confident of victory. Some counties had yet to tabulate mail-in ballots in the presidential battleground state. Counting of provisional, overseas and military absentee ballots could last all week. The state's lieutenant governor, John Fetterman, won the Democratic nomination hours after undergoing surgery to implant a pacemaker with a defibrillator to help him recover from a stroke he suffered on Friday. Democrats view the race to replace retiring two-term Republican Sen. Pat Toomey as perhaps … [Read more...] about Vote counting drags on in Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate primary

Russia ‘finding it difficult’ reveals Ramzan Kadyrov Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The Chechen strongman came clean over the lack of progress the Russian military has been able to make against Ukraine 's determined resistance. Kadyrov blamed the stalled Russian offensive on the fact NATO was supplying the Ukrainian defenders with state of the art arms and ammunition, he also argued that Western mercenaries were operating in Ukraine and frustrating Vladimir Putin 's plans. Related articles Putin has ‘surgery to remove fluid from his abdomen’ EU ramps up Indo-Pacific presence following China fears Kadyrov told the … [Read more...] about Putin’s Chechen ally lets mask slip as he admits Russia ‘finding it difficult’ in Ukraine

An 18-year-old has died after a sand hole he dug with his sister collapsed, leaving her in a serious condition. Levy Caverley and his 17-year-old sister became trapped in a horror accident at a beach in Ocean County in New Jersey, US yesterday (Tuesday, May 17). Only the younger of the two siblings from Maine could be rescued in time by police who were called to the barrier island of Toms River around 4pm. Using only frisbees, the teenagers managed to dig a 10ft pit in the sand which tragically collapsed on both of them. The girl is being treated in hospital . Toms River Police said in a statement that a number of emergency crews attended the scene. A spokesperson said: "On Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at approximately 4:09 PM, multiple police and EMS units were dispatched to the beach entrance near Seaview Road on the barrier island for reports of two teens trapped in the sand. "The family was visiting from out of town and spent the afternoon at the beach. They teens … [Read more...] about Teen, 18, killed by collapsing beach sand hole he dug with sister now in hospital

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers on Wednesday unanimously approved a report finding that Republican Gov. Kristi Noem's daughter got preferential treatment while she was applying for a real estate appraiser's license in 2020. The findings of last year's legislative probe, which was conducted by a Republican-controlled Government Operations and Audit Committee, repudiate Noem's insistence that her daughter, Kassidy Peters, didn't receive special treatment with her application. An Associated Press report on Noem's actions surrounding her daughter's licensure sparked the investigation. State lawmakers on Wednesday approved the committee’s findings by a voice vote and without discussion. Noem, who is running for reelection and is positioned for a 2024 White House bid, has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, despite holding a meeting that included Peters and key decision-makers from the agency that was evaluating her license application just days after the agency moved to … [Read more...] about South Dakota report: Noem’s daughter got special treatment

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he's considering a run for Congress after a legal battle over the state's political maps opened up a seat in Brooklyn. The two-term Democrat, who left office at the end of 2021, said Wednesday that he's formed an exploratory committee for New York's 10th Congressional District. The Democratic-heavy district will include a large slice of western Brooklyn, where he lives. New York's 10th District is currently represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, but the state's political maps are being redrawn under supervision of a New York judge after a court found they were unconstitutional and gerrymandered in favor of Democrats. The court this week unveiled new proposed maps that significantly draw a number of New York City-based districts. Nadler said he believed the maps were changed so much that they are also unconstitutional, but if the proposed districts become final at the end of this week, he intends to run in … [Read more...] about Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio exploring run for US House

close Video Buffalo shooting was 'pure evil’: Former DC homicide detective Fox News contributor Ted Willams discusses how the Buffalo shooting suspect was able to get a gun on ‘Your World.’ NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a plan to "combat domestic terrorism" and investigate violent extremism online following the mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo over the weekend. "NEW: We’re proposing a comprehensive plan to combat domestic terrorism , strengthen state gun laws, & investigate social media platforms promoting violent extremism. In wake of the racist act of terror in Buffalo, New York will lead the charge to confront this epidemic head-on," Hochul tweeted Wednesday afternoon. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference at the Brooklyn Army Terminal Annex in the Brooklyn borough of New York Jan. 20, 2022. (Paul Frangipane/Bloomberg via Getty Images) … [Read more...] about Gov. Hochul orders New York State Police to create new unit to fight hate speech online