At least 35 people have been hospitalized in Florida for severe bleeding after smoking synthetic marijuana that they bought from local drug dealers, officials announced. ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is fully vaccinated, is receiving medical treatment for “mild COVID-19 symptoms” after he tested positive on Sunday. ...

The parents of accused Michigan school gunman Ethan Crumbley are locked up in the same jail as their teenage son, authorities said. ...

Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 22, was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial and was ordered to be treated at a state mental hospital to see if he can be made well enough to face prosecution. ...

New Jersey officials announced the state’s first confirmed case of the COVID-19 variant Omicron on Friday in a woman who had recently traveled to South Africa. The patient, a fully-vaccinated Georgia resident, tested positive on Nov. 28 and has remained ...

US District Judge Terry Doughty’s issued a preliminary injunction for workers across the country, a day after another judge halted the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in 10 states. ...

A federal judge put the brakes on a COVID-19 vaccination mandate from the Biden administration for health care workers in 10 states to get their first jab by next week. ...

Both cases were reported in the province of Ontario with individuals who had recently traveled to Africa. ...

The emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has international health experts worried, financial markets stumbled — and the Internet baffled over how the new name was chosen. ...

Missing tennis star Peng Shuai was seen having dinner with friends, according to video and photos released by Chinese state media -- but the Women’s Tennis Association isn’t satisfied. ...