Another set hit Long Island, near West Hampton, and spread along the Sunrise Highway toward New York City. It is the closest wildfires have been to America’s largest city since it was directly hit last November,
New measles cases have been confirmed in New Jersey and Kentucky with the one common factor being a lack of measles vaccinations.
An unvaccinated resident in Bergen County contracted measles after returning from a trip overseas. The person spread it to two others, who are also unvaccinated, according to the New Jersey
Police charged a New Jersey man Thursday with possessing a gun at a Lancaster County firing range in September while he had multiple warrants for his arrest out.
The New Jersey Department of Health confirmed an initial measles case on Feb. 14 in an unvaccinated individual, and by Feb. 20, two additional cases were identified in people who had close contact with the original patient.
A New Mexico county bordering Texas now has 30 confirmed cases of measles after a deceased man tested positive.
The cases identified in New Jersey are separate from a serious measles outbreak that has swept through West Texas in the last month, with doctors diagnosing 124 cases in nine counties.
A measles alert was issued by the New Jersey Department of Health amid three cases of the highly-contagious virus in Bergen County.