The CDC reports that Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, New York City and 25 states now have "high” flu activity. Flu cases have jumped by more than a million in just one week to an estimated 4 and half million cases, and more than 2,000 people have died from the flu so far this season.
A former Democratic candidate for New York state Assembly allegedly stole $160,000 in taxpayer cash by defrauding the state's new campaign matching-funds program, federal prosecutors said Friday....