Associated Press

Tens of thousands of people are entering their sixth day with no electricity as the Carolinas and Virginia prepare for a significant winter storm that could bring more snowfall than some parts of North Carolina have seen in years.

The measles outbreak in South Carolina has surpassed the recorded case count in Texas’ 2025 outbreak. Health officials have logged almost 600 new cases in just over a month, for a total of 789.

The United Parcel Service is planning to cut up to 30,000 operational jobs this year as the package delivery company continues with its turnaround efforts and reducing the number of Amazon shipments it handles.

Big winter storms can bring nasty weather — maybe it’s snow, or sleet, or freezing rain. Or maybe just extreme and dangerous cold. Slight differences can lead to one or another.

The breach is believed to have happened late last year, and affected 72 million email addresses, according to information cited by the cybersecurity website Have I Been Pwned.

International health officials will meet in a few months to reevaluate the United States’ measles-free status. Experts fear the vaccine-preventable virus has regained a foothold and that the U.S. may soon follow Canada in losing the achievement of having eliminated it.

Health experts say the U.S. flu season appears to be waning with two straight weeks of decline in measures of flu activity. In South Carolina, the state's Department of Public Health is reporting 45 flu-related deaths this season.

Federal health officials say at least 45 people in nearly two dozen states, including South Carolina, have been sickened with salmonella food poisoning tied to the Super Greens brand of diet supplement powder.

RJ May, who resigned earlier this year, admitted to sharing hundreds of videos of involving children over a five-day period in 2024.

U.S. health officials have made unprecedented changes to childhood vaccine recommendations, alarming pediatricians and other medical experts. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that all children get vaccinated against 11 diseases, down from 18 a year ago.