TheAnopheles gambiaemosquito is the most important transmitter of human malaria , whichkills half a million people a year . And now , an observational report reveals that the malaria leech is n’t the only human pathogen that these bloodsuckers are adequate to of passing on : They ’re also transmit diseases that are normally circulate by flea . Thefindingsare publish inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesthis week . The spotted fever bacteriumRickettsia felisis transmitted by the cat fleaCtenocephalides felis ....

Photo: Scott Legato/Getty Mammoth WVHhas canceled the final six shows of theirYoung Gunstour after some of their staff tested positive for COVID-19. “After an incredible weekend in Las Vegas with my family for the GRAMMYS, I flew back yesterday to meet up with my band and crew in North Carolina to continue theYoung Gunstour,” Van Halen, 31, said in a statement. The singer, songwriter and musician — who was on tour with Dirty Honey — continued, “This morning as everyone took COVID tests to re-establish the bubble that has served us on the tour, we came to find that members of our band and crew who didn’t travel with me were positive....

Photo: NYPDNew York City police are searching for a man who allegedly set his girlfriend on fire in their home on Tuesday and then fled the scene.A 32-year-old woman was discovered with trauma to her body that resembled burns at her 825 Columbus Avenue apartment on Tuesday around 11:45 a.m., the New York Police Department confirms to PEOPLE.“She was hollering for help,” neighbor Bonnie Chapman toldABC 7. “This girl was hollering for help and banging on doors....

Photo: gofundme Police in Oklahoma are investigating the brutal murders of five children and one adult. Early Tuesday morning, Muskogee police responded to reports that multiple people had been shot at a residence overnight, according toKFOR,KOKIand theTulsa World. Upon arrival at the home, officers saw the suspected shooter standing with a gun in his hand. He allegedly attempted to flee the scene, but after a brief chase he was taken into custody....

David Tronnes and Shanti Cooper-Tronnes.Photo:Facebook Facebook Tronnes — who initially claimed his wife slipped and fell in the bathtub — previously pleaded not guilty and wasfound mentally competent to stand trialearlier this year despite a diagnosis of schizophrenia. When Cooper-Tronnes married Tronnes, she believed he had inherited between $4 and $6 million dollars from his father, PEOPLE reported previously. Shanti Cooper. Tronnes had told police that on the day of the murder, he had pulled her from the tub and carried her to the living room — although they were both dry when emergency responders arrived minutes later....

Anthony Broadwater.Photo: Katrina Tulloch/The Post-Standard A 61-year-old man was exonerated this week for the rape of award-winning author Alice Sebold after a judge overturned his 39-year-old conviction, citing concerns the wrong person was put away for the 1981 rape. The Associated Press reportsthat Anthony Broadwater, 61, “shook with emotion” as he stood in an Upstate New York courtroom Monday, sobbing as a judge absolved him. “I’ve been crying tears of joy and relief the last couple of days,” Broadwater, who was released from prison in 1999, told the AP the next day....

Za’Zell Preston.Photo: facebook A California manwho killed his wife and propped her upon Christmas morning so that her children would open gifts in front of her body has been sentenced to prison. On Friday, William Wallace was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison afterbeing convicted of second-degree murderin the 2011 death of 26-year-old Za’Zell Preston, theOrange County Register,theAssociated Pressand theSouthern California News Groupreport. He was given credit for the nine years he has already spent behind bars....

Photo: GoFundMe A Texas mother of 3 was shot and killed in her car – as her three terrified children watched in horror. The perpetrator was her estranged common-law husband, who was stalking her since reentering the U.S. illegally after being previously deported for sexually assaulting a child, say authorities. On Friday at about 5:33 a.m., police rushed to a Valero gas station in East Austin, responding to a 911 call about shots fired, Austin Police Department Sgt....

Kaylee Suders, of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, was devastated when she learned that her boyfriend, Carter Brown, had died while on his way home from college to surprise her on April 15. Brown, 18, fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into another vehicle before colliding head-on with a second car. “I hadn’t heard from him a few hours and then… my mom told me. I was devastated. That’s my best friend,” Suders tells PEOPLE....

Photo: San Bernardino Police Department/FacebookA man who brought human and animal bones to a California police station, dropped them off and then walked away has been found, according to authorities.The individual, who has not been publicly identified, entered the San Bernardino police stationwith the remains in handon Thursday, according to a bulletin from the department.After approaching the public counter, the man put down the items and left. “It was unclear at the time if the remains were real,” police said....

One of the victims shot alongsideNipsey Husslelast month is speaking out about thefatal incident. Kerry Lathan remains in a wheelchair with a bullet in his back after he was shot alongside the rapper and another man outside Hussle’s Marathon Clothing Company store in Los Angeles on March 31, KCAL 9reports. The bullet will stay in his back for life as doctors fear he will have to remain in a wheelchair permanently if they try to remove it....

When 90-year-old Bob Wilson came across a news story about how a devastating wildfire had left hundreds of students and faculty members at Paradise High School without their homes and possessions, he immediately felt he had to do something to support these struggling families.“TheLos Angeles Timesran an article last week on the high school and how these kids were, you know, upended you might say, and they didn’t know where they were going to go, when they were going to get back to high school, or what’s going to happen,” Wilson told theSan Diego Tribune....

Mandy Harvey.Photo: Laura Moll Mandy Harvey, the formerAmerica’s Got Talentcontestant who stole viewers' hearts after showcasing her musical talents despite her hearing loss, is ready to open up about a new journey. Harvey, who was diagnosed with a connective tissue disorder calledEhlers-Danlos syndromeat 18 years old, says until she met her husband, she was convinced she didn’t want to have kids. “We struggled a bit at the beginning. We wanted to make sure that we could lay a good foundation in our relationship before we started even attempting that....