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Michigan is reporting the state’s first measles outbreak since 2019, defined as at least three or more related cases, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS).Three cases were confirmed in Montcalm County, according to a MDHHS statement.Almost 25% of children under 3 years of age in Montcalm County have not received their first dose of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, according to the MDHHS vaccination data. The state is reporting a total of seven cases so far this year, including those infected in the outbreak.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has separately…

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OKLAHOMA CITY — An Afghan teenager accused of taking part in an Oklahoma plot to carry out an Election Day attack has pleaded guilty, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, a citizen of Afghanistan who was living in Moore, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to knowingly receiving and conspiring to receive a firearm and ammunition to be used in a terrorist attack, court records show.Zada, who was 17 at the time of his arrest, is awaiting sentencing and faces up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Zada also agreed to be removed from the United States after…

MS Dhoni took time out to click a selfie with a fan, who was sitting on a wheelchair.© X (Twitter) Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain MS Dhoni took time out to click a selfie with a fan at the Mumbai airport. Dhoni has resumed captaincy duties at CSK with regular skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad ruled out for the remainder of the season. After suffering a heavy defeat on his IPL 2025 captaincy debut against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Dhoni delivered a match-winning performance as CSK beat Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) earlier this week. With CSK set to take…

Three passengers were injured after a U.S. citizen allegedly hijacked a small plane at knifepoint in Belize on Thursday, police said.Akinyela Sawa Taylor, a U.S. citizen, hijacked a plane with 13 other passengers on board, officials said.Police received information the plane was hijacked by a passenger on board shortly before takeoff. Taylor wanted to be taken out of the country and demanded more fuel for the plane, police said.In this screen grab from a video, law enforcement officials run toward the plane in Belize after an American citizen hijacked a small plane, April 17, 2025.Belize Breaking NewsThe hijacker was fatally…

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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the school parent’s race© X (Twitter) It wasn’t the Olympic final but Jamaican sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s competitive edge remained intact as she stormed to victory in the parents’ 100m race during her son Zyon’s sports day, leaving fellow mums to chase her shadow. In a video that has gone viral, the triple Olympic champion was also seen stepping on to the line and doing some warm-up exercises before the ‘real’ event in her son’s school, even as fellow mums geared up for the race. Asked why she took part in the competition, the 38-year-old…

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said he was blocked Thursday from entering the El Salvador prison that is holding the Maryland resident who the courts say was erroneously deported from the United States last month.Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen in a video posted to his YouTube account, April 17, 2025.Senator Chris Van Hollen/YouTube The Maryland senator, who flew to the country on Wednesday, shared a video on social media showing guards stopping him and others from entering CECOT, where Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being held.The Supreme Court and a Maryland federal judge ordered that the U.S. government “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s…

LONDON — Astronomers have found possible chemical signs of life on a distant planet outside our solar system, though they caution more work is needed to confirm their findings.The research, led by scientists at the University of Cambridge, detected evidence of compounds in the exoplanet’s atmosphere that on Earth are only produced by living organisms and contended it’s the strongest potential signal yet of life. Independent scientists described the findings as interesting, but not nearly enough to show the existence of life on another planet.“It is the strongest sign to date of any possibility of biological activity outside the solar…