The virus, which was first reported in Wuhan, a city in China’s Hubei province, has spread to nearly 559,000 people across 176 countries and regions. Over 127,700 have recovered from infection, while more than 25,300 have died, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University. China has reported more than 81,900 cases and nearly 74,300 recoveries. With more cases now being reported outside China than within, the country now claims the outbreak has been largely contained....

Anxiety is common in people undergoing cancer treatment. As many as 19% of adults with cancer experience clinical levels of anxiety. The rate is even higher in children, with up to 27% experiencing anxiety. The findings of the review conducted by the Canadian researchers, which were published in Original Investigation on August 7, revealed that mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) reduced anxiety and depression in adult cancer patients for up to six months after treatment....

And while it may or may not have caused Twitter to crash for a little while, there were many gamers with differing opinions on one of the most played games of all-time being included in Nintendo’s premier fighting game. If you’re still on the fence about Minecraft Steve, Alex, Zombie and Enderman appearing in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, you may want to give series director Mashairo Sakurai a chance. This Saturday, Sakurai will have a special stream that shows off everything that the Minecraft characters can do in the fighting game....

The event has changed courses over the past two weeks with additional minigames as opposed to nine Hunger Games events. The winners each week earn $10,000 and an additional $10,000 goes to a random viewer. ShotGunPlays & Technoblade won Week 1, Technoblade & iBallisticSquid won Week 2, traves & cscoop won Week 3 and Vikkstar123 & Preston won Week 4. If you’re expecting Vikkstar123 to defend his title this week, then you’re going to be disappointed....

During a community rally at Powderhorn Park earlier today, several Minneapolis City Council members, who’re part of a veto-proof majority, informed the public of their decision to disband the police department. City Council members Cam Gordon, Steve Fletcher, Phillipe Cunningham and Jeremiah Ellison were reportedly present at the event, as well as Andrea Jenkins, Alondra Cano, Lisa Bender and Jeremy Schroeder, according to local news. The members stated their intention to strengthen the city’s community-led safety initiatives with the absence of a police force....

WATCH: Olum opens MLS 2017 scoring The scoreline may not do full justice the showing from the expansion franchise, though the Portland Timbers were very deserving of the win, with three goals coming late on after the visiting side had pulled to within one. Lawrence Olum opened the scoring just 14 minutes into the match, but the Timbers had to wait until after the break to find a second through Diego Valeri....

The Tennessee Smokies, the Cubs’ affiliate in the Double-A Southern League, were responding to Kaepernick’s disapproval of a July 4-themed Nike shoe that included a depiction of an early U.S. flag. The Smokies’ social team tweeted images of a so-called Betsy Ross flag that the team’s grounds crew drew in the dirt around second base. The team included Kaepernick’s Twitter handle and made reference to Nike’s slogan, “Just Do It....

Brandt rushed back the next day with one of her graduate students, Seth Jayson, a camera and a raft of high-powered lights. She spent the next few months researching documents and studying Jayson’s photos to confirm her intuition. Such thoroughness is the reason “it’s a rare art historian who would want to contradict her,” says Jack Wasserman, Temple University professor emeritus. Met director Philippe de Montebello, his curators of European sculpture and painting, and the head of Italian Renaissance art at London’s National Gallery have lined up with Brandt on the attribution to Michelangelo....

The Portuguese tactician has been quick to bemoan a supposed “defensive” mindset adopted by a number of United’s Premier League rivals this season, with much of his focus directed towards those at Stamford Bridge. ‘Martial can still be Man Utd’s star’ Mourinho believes unfair praise is being lavished on a Blues side eight points clear at the top of the table as they are a counter-attacking side in the mould of those squads he assembled in west London....

Debi Vazquez and her daughter DaNae were devastated when their Chihuahua, named King, vanished in San Antonio, Texas, in 2014. The dog had been out in the rain with the family’s other two dogs, but did not return when called. King was not wearing his new collar because the owner’s feared it would get dirty. The whole family scoured for the beloved pet but after an extensive search, which included social media posts and the offer of a reward, they eventually gave up....

KRI Nanggala 402, which was taking part in a training exercise, failed to respond to a routine reporting call during a planned torpedo drill on Wednesday. An electrical failure that may have rendered the submarine unable to resurface was given by the Indonesian navy as a possible cause. The 44-year-old vessel is believed to be around 60 miles north of the island of Bali, where an oil slick and the smell of diesel fuel were reported....

“I walked out into Times Square, looked up on that big screen — and the very first thing I see is that shot,” Leach told Sporting News. Yeah, THAT shot. MISSING MARCH MADNESS: Best NCAA buzzer-beaters: Laettner No. 1? It was only four years into its immortality at that point, but Christian Laettner’s turnaround jumper in the 1992 East Region final — which lifted Duke to a 104-103 overtime victory over Kentucky — already felt as though it had haunted Wildcats fans for an eternity....

The disappearance of 21-month-old Nicola Tanturli was the focus of intense media coverage after he wandered away from his isolated home near Palazzuolo sul Senio in Tuscany’s Apennine mountains on Monday night. Giuseppe Di Tommaso, who was covering the story for RAI state television, said he was walking up a dirt road toward the family home when he heard noises coming from a ravine. Di Tommaso started to shout out the boy’s name and said that he had heard a voice say “mamma....

“I ask to see that my execution should be carried out forthwith,” said Grayson in a letter to the state Supreme Court justices filed Friday with the court. In August 1997, he was convicted of capital murder for stabbing 78-year-old Minnie Smith while burglarizing her home in George County in May 1996, The Associated Press reported. Grayson wrote in his letter that he would give up all his appeals....

Reeves’ remarks come after he announced that he was adding 19 more counties to the growing list of those with mask mandates, bringing the total to 41 as coronavirus infections and hospitalizations surge across the state. Residents of those counties are required to wear masks inside businesses, schools or other public indoor spaces when 6 feet of social distancing isn’t possible. Reeves’ orders also limit outdoor gatherings to no more than 50 people and indoor gathering to no more than 10 when social distancing can’t be maintained....

Mary Joanna Gomez, 56, was recovered “alive and in a stable condition” after a National Guard C-130 aircraft spotted the help message and identified a person nearby, the National Park Service (NPS) said in a notice, bringing much-needed relief to concerned family members. The woman was finally located off a trail approximately 3.5 miles from her vehicle, which was discovered by a park ranger on Saturday (Oct 26) and strategically used to narrow down the search zone....

Schmitt, a Republican who is running for a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri, filed 36 suits Friday and another nine on Monday, saying in a press release that the decision for kids to wear masks in schools should be up to parents and not “bureaucrats.” “Masking children all day in school is ineffective and these endless pandemic restrictions lead to lasting, negative psychological impacts on children and teens,” Schmitt said in the statement....

A Missouri legislative panel on Wednesday considered a bill its Republican sponsor said is intended to clamp down on the trafficking of devices and drugs used to induce abortion. The bill is among a range of efforts by red-state legislators across the country to restrict abortion rights in response a shift in the U.S. Supreme Court. But the committee raised concerns the bill could have unintended consequences and criminalize necessary medical procedures....

The lawsuit was filed when St. Louis, St. Louis County, and other jurisdictions implemented health mandates to stunt the spread of COVID. St. Louis County requires masks in indoor public places and on public transportation for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people ages 5 and older, The Associated Press reported. The county, pulling from an agreement between federal, state, and local public health officials, said until more individuals are inoculated, the measure is necessary to curb the spread of COVID....

The shooting occurred about 7:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Nelson’s mother, Roxanne Bruce, said Nelson was trying to defend his sister, who was involved in a fight with several people outside their home. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2017 According to Bruce, Nelson pulled someone off his sister, at which point he was shot multiple times. He was transferred to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, where he died....