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A measles outbreak has become an official state emergency in Washington, with 36 confirmed cases and 11 suspected as of Tuesday afternoon. The state had the sixth-lowest rate of childhood vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella in the country as of 2017, according to the CDC. In his statement declaring …

For the first time since the National Safety Council started tracking preventable injury and fatality statistics in 1913, Americans are more likely to die from an opioid overdose than in a car accident. The NSC calculates the “Odds of Dying” based on statistical averages, dividing the one-year odds by the …

When my boyfriend suggested I move in with him and his wife, I laughed directly in his face. It was one thing to date a married man, it was another thing for all of us to live together in a cramped apartment. It felt like a clumsy modern remake of …

Soon after Robert Bowers was named as a suspect in Saturday’s deadly mass killing of 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, his profile and recent posts on the controversial social media platform Gab.com made clear that anti-Semitism was his motive. “Jews are the children of satan,” …

Robert De Niro issued a statement encouraging people to vote after it was revealed that the actor was targeted withone of a dozen mail bombs addressed to the likes of Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton and other Democratic politicians and media members. “I thank God no one’s been hurt, …

Megyn Kelly’s future at NBC is uncertain following controversy around a statement she made on the air on Tuesday. The network aired a rerun of Kelly’s 9 a.m. hour of the Today show on Thursday, and it’s unclear when —or if—she’ll be back. “Given the circumstances, Megyn Kelly Today will …

Chris Gethard‘s new book Lose Well is a guide written from the trenches for anyone trying to make something happen. And –spoiler alert –whatever that may, you will fail at it. You will eat dirt in small ways and miserably large ways. Some flameouts will be spectacular, demoralizing, publicly humiliating …

Just a week after Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were both in high school, and spoke in detail about the lasting impact that event has had on her life, a new study …

Johnny Depp called a recent Rolling Stone feature story about him “a sham” during an interview with British GQ. Rolling Stone published “The Trouble With Johnny Depp” in June and it appeared in the July print edition. The article offered an in-depth look at Depp’s life, including the numerous lawsuits …

Asia Argento’s new attorney, Mark Jay Heller —whose previous clients have included Lindsay Lohan and “Son of Sam” serial killer David Berkowitz — has hit back at the sexual assault allegation made by her former co-star, Jimmy Bennett. Yesterday, Heller released a 1,400-word statement on behalf of the Italian actress …