On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that, as of August 2016, there have been 50 cases of confirmed AFM across 24 states. That's nearly double over 2015, when 21 cases for the whole year were reported.

AFM has been linked to a strain of enterovirus that's now circulating again. Some doctors are warning this could be the same mysterious, polio-like illness detected in 2014 that paralyzed 120 children.

Packing 130-mph winds, Matthew was already lashing Haiti with torrential rains as it crawled north Monday.

Jamaica and Cuba are also in path of the storm, and the Dominican Republic was expected to absorb a glancing blow. But Haiti will likely feel the full impact of Matthew's fury later Monday when the center reaches its southwestern coast.

It was the Americans’ largest margin of victory since 1981.

Dozens of people were crushed to death Sunday in a stampede after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse an anti-government protest that grew out of a massive religious festival, witnesses said. The Oromia regional government confirmed the death toll at 52.

The issue of Donald Trump's taxes was back in the spotlight Sunday after the New York Times published a report based on documents it said were Donald Trump's 1995 income tax returns.

The documents — just three pages emailed to a Times reporter last month — appear to show that the Republican nominee reported a $916 million loss, which, according to experts hired by the newspaper, could have allowed him to pay no federal income taxes for up to 18 years.

Declines in New York real estate hit the businessman's fortune, knocking off $800 million, and making his net worth now around $3.7 billion, a Forbes probe has found.

In a sharp deterioration of relations, the U.S. on Monday suspended diplomatic contacts with Russia over Syria, while Moscow halted cooperation on a joint program for disposal of weapons-grade plutonium.

The U.S. move followed a threat last week from Secretary of State John Kerry after new Russian and Syrian attacks on the city of Aleppo. The State Department said Russia had not lived up to the terms of an agreement last month to restore the cease-fire and ensure sustained deliveries of humanitarian aid to besieged cities.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office on Monday ordered the Donald J. Trump Foundation to "immediately cease soliciting contributions" after a report that the charity lacked the proper authorization to seek public donations.

Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful Atlantic tropical storm since 2007, was expected to turn north Sunday night and land a heavy punch on Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti, forecasters said.


German officials are warning that a rightward shift in society bares strong economic risks, alienating potential investors and new businesses, especially in the East.

An unarmed black man fatally shot by police in a San Diego suburb Tuesday — after allegedly taking a "shooting stance," according to cops — was not mentally ill but had suffered from a mental breakdown over the recent death of a friend, his family said Thursday.

The shooting death of Alfred Okwera Olango, 38, in El Cajon sparked protests and occurred amid heightened tensions nationwide over the use of deadly police force against people of color.

They were found dead on Sept. 22 after an employee at the Maia Luxury Resort and Spa tried to wake them, according to the hotel and local officials.