Phaedra Trethan
News Reporter at USA Today
Journalist. Mom. Seamhead. Jersey girl. Cartoon connoisseur. Longtime @cpsj, former @phillyinquirer, now @USATODAY
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6 days ago |
usatoday.com | Thao Nguyen |Thảo Nguyen |Phaedra Trethan
Officials in Idaho released body and security camera footage showing officers fatally shooting an autistic teenager as he stood in a yard behind a chain link fence. In the video, police appeared to make no attempt to de-escalate the situation before opening fire within seconds. Victor Perez, who was autistic and had cerebral palsy, was shot nine times on April 5 while standing in the yard in Pocatello, a city of about 60,000 in southeastern Idaho.
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1 week ago |
tuscaloosanews.com | Christopher Cann |Arianna Otero |Phaedra Trethan |Donovan Slack
TALLAHASSEE, FL − Police say the son of a local sheriff's deputy opened fire at Florida State University on April 17, killing two people and injuring six others in the latest school shooting to rock a U.S. college campus. The alleged gunman, identified as 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, started firing near the student union at approximately 11:50 a.m., striking multiple people and triggering a campus-wide lockdown as students ran for cover, FSU Police Chief Jason Trumbower said at a news conference.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Greta Cross |Mary Walrath-Holdridge |Terry Collins |Phaedra Trethan
• A second child died from measles in Texas on Thursday, April 3. • The CDC reported that 607 measles cases have been confirmed in 22 U.S. jurisdictions, as of April 3. • In an X post on Sunday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is by getting the MMR vaccine. A second child has died from measles amid an ongoing outbreak that is sweeping across the country.
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2 weeks ago |
freep.com | Greta Cross |Mary Walrath-Holdridge |Terry Collins |Phaedra Trethan
Greta Cross Mary Walrath-Holdridge Terry Collins Phaedra TrethanUSA TODAYA second child died from measles in Texas on Thursday, April 3. The CDC reported that 607 measles cases have been confirmed in 22 U.S. jurisdictions, as of April 3. In an X post on Sunday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is by getting the MMR vaccine.
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2 weeks ago |
statesman.com | Alexis Simmerman |Phaedra Trethan |Terry Collins
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Texas on Sunday after a second child died from measles amid an outbreak since January that's resulted in nearly 500 cases in Texas and has spread across 22 states. The school-aged child, who was unvaccinated and had no underlying health conditions, died on Thursday in the hospital from measles pulmonary failure, the Texas Department of State Health Services said.
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Imagine having a baby at 50 years old. Imagine having *four* babies at 50 years old. Now, imagine having four babies at almost 100 years old. It happened in Philadelphia. Reporting for @USATODAY https://t.co/QWvWcaExWd
Mark Anson, 95, said "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" is a frequent request from his neighbors at his Indiana retirement community. "I thought (the song) was for old people," Anson said. "But it turns out I’m old, too!" Reporting for @USATODAY https://t.co/x4n6IH7n3A
