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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has acknowledged nearly 12,000 more deaths in the state from COVID-19 than had been publicized by her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo. On Wednesday, New York quietly updated its COVID death toll to nearly 55,400 based on death certificate data submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . This is a 27 percent increase from the 43,415 that Cuomo reported to the public as of Monday, his last day in office.  The reason for the discrepancy is that the count used by the former governor in his news briefings only included laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 deaths reported through a state system that collects data from hospitals, nursing homes and adult care facilities.  This means the tally excluded people who died at home, hospice, in state prisons or at state-run homes for people living with disabilities.  It also did not count people who likely died of COVID-19 but never got a positive test to confirm the diagnosis. When these missing groups are added t

The mother of a Kentucky woman who vanished more than six years ago says the FBI has turned its focus to three homes constructed by the missing woman’s boyfriend around the time of her disappearance. Crystal Rogers, 35, was last seen July 3, 2015 by her boyfriend Brooks Houck. He told police she was playing games on her phone that evening, but was gone the next morning. The Bardstown, Kentucky, woman’s maroon Chevrolet Impala was later found on the side of the Bluegrass Parkway with a flat tire. Her purse, keys, and uncharged phone remained inside the unlocked vehicle. The FBI announced Tuesday that it was scouring a local neighborhood in connection with Rogers’ disappearance. ‘Based on information collected over the last year by the federal investigation into the disappearance of Crystal Rogers, FBI Louisville is now conducting several searches in the Woodlawn Springs subdivision,’ the agency said Tuesday on Twitter. Krystal Rogers was last seen July 3, 2005, by her boyfriend, Brooks

The AFL Grand Final will be held at Optus Stadium in Perth if Melbourne's Covid outbreak can't be brought under control in time, footy bosses have announced. Chief executive Gillon McLachlan said the AFL was still in talks with the Victorian Government, which would need to give permission, but the alternative Perth venue would be 'amazing'. McLachlan said his focus was to have as many people in the grandstand as possible and Optus Stadium has a larger capacity than other Covid-safe rivals such as the Adelaide Oval. He added there have also been initial discussions with Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan about the move. The 2020 Grand Final was held at Brisbane's Gabba stadium during Melbourne's second wave with 29,707 fans in attendance.    Optus Stadium in Perth hosting the 2021 Round 22 match between the Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles on August 15 Dockers and Eagles fans at Optus stadium in Perth on August 15   Melbourne and Geelong are set to t

A Colombian man has been found in a Florida park a month after he disappeared from Miami International Airport when American Airlines refused to allow him on a flight home because he did not have proof of a negative COVID-19 test. Miguel Ángel Roldán had traveled to Los Angeles to get vaccinated against COVID and visit a friend, and had flown on to Miami in order to get a flight home. He attempted to board the second leg of his return flight home but was refused entry into the Medellín-bound plane because he was unable to produce the proper documentation to confirm he had tested negative for the virus. He then vanished, and was last seen leaving the airport at around 5pm on July 24. But he was finally spotted by Felicia Batista and her husband while they were on their way to volunteer at a church in Hollywood, Florida - around 20 miles away from the airport. The couple recognized the 23-year-old from the photos that had been shared on the news and stopped to talk to him while they wait

Dressed in white coats and carrying stethoscopes, three young men walked unchallenged into Kabul's 400-bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital and made their way to the upper floors. Then, outside the building, situated opposite the heavily fortified US Embassy, there was a loud bang. The noise, from the detonating suicide vest of a comrade, acted as a signal for the trio to pull a selection of hand grenades and AK-47 assault rifles from beneath their medical clothing, before opening fire. By the time the chaos had died down, several hours later, more than 30 doctors and patients had been killed and roughly 50 more wounded. Further casualties included the three attackers, who were shot by Afghan special forces, plus the original suicide bomber, and a fifth member of the terror gang who had detonated a car bomb inside the hospital complex. A former Pakistani Taliban commander called Hafiz Saeed Khan led ISIS-K until he was killed by a drone strike in 2016 Their brazen and pitiless a

An Asian-American father who scolded his sons while on a walk says he was harassed by a white couple who flagged a public safety officer claiming he was abusing his child and told him to 'go to another town.' Last Wednesday, 42-year-old Michael Kim was walking back from a hike on Fire Island, New York, with his two sons, ages nine and five, when he claims he was harassed by a couple because he scolded his sons for play fighting and almost getting hit by a truck. 'I was completely shaken and yelled at them out of sheer terror,' Kim told NextShark. 'I stopped on the side of the road to scold them for misbehaving in such a dangerous manner.' Scroll Down for Video:  Kim says a man and woman approached him on their bikes and demanded to speak to him but he refused and the woman flagged down a Public Safety officer He says that's when the couple approached him on their bikes and demanded to speak to him. He said he refused to engage 'because I was busy deali

A young father visiting Miami Beach from Colorado with his family was shot and killed while shielding his one-year-old son from a crazed gunman, who police say opened fire at diners at an outdoor restaurant, and then celebrated the killing by dancing on top of the victim's body.   Tamarius Blair Davis, 22, of Norcross, Georgia, told investigators he shot Dustin Wakefield, 21, on Tuesday night because he 'was high on mushrooms, which made him feel empowered,' according to his arrest report. Davis allegedly told police he approached the patio area of the La Cerveceria restaurant just before 6.30pm and randomly decided to shoot Wakefield, who was on vacation from Castle Rock, Colorado with his young wife and their son.  In a short video taken immediately after the shooting and obtained by WSVN-TV, the gunman can be seen dancing while people are heard screaming. The gunman then walks up some steps, the weapon in his hand. Scroll down for video  This image provided by the Miami-

A jail doctor in Washington County, Arkansas, has been using an animal deworming drug to treat inmates with Covid-19 even though the US Food and Drug Administration has specifically warned against it. Ivermectin is often used as a dewormer in animals including cows and horses, and is not recommended for treating the virus. The FDA said it 'can cause serious harm'. During a finance and budget committee meeting for Washington County on Tuesday night the jail's physician Dr Rob Karas asked for a 10 per cent increase in the medical services contract, even after the county sheriff confirmed that the jail health provider had been prescribing the drug.  Dr Karas has faced calls to resign over the revelation.   PICTURED: An ivermectin prescription given to a Washington County employee. A jail in the Arkansas county has been using the anti-parasite drug to treat inmates with Covid-19 even though the US Food and Drug Administration has specifically warned against it Dr Rob Karas a

Fred Salter, 61, died after a session of kite surfing went wrong and he was lifted by the high winds and crashed into a beach house  A 61-year-old kite surfer who ignored friends' warnings of dangerous weather died after he was picked up by a sudden gust of wind on a Florida beach and slammed into the side of a beach house. Fred Salter, of Fort Lauderdale, was carried more than 400ft by the air before crashing into the second floor of a house on the block of 2600 North Atlantic Blvd. He survived the accident and was taken to a hospital around 10am on Wednesday, but died three hours later.  Chief Stephen Gollan, from the Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, said Salter was wearing a harness secured to his body. Fellow surfers told the Sun Sentinel they weren't sure why Salter didn't let go the kite, or why he didn't push the two release buttons on his harness to detach himself from the kite.  Salter was described as an experienced kite surfer. He devoted his social media to  pos