Thursday, May 23 2013 8:28 PM EDT2013-05-24 00:28:46 GMT
(ABC News)--Jodi Arias will not be put to death -- at least not yet. A judge declared a mistrial in the sentencing phase of her murder trial today, after the jury could not agree on whether to sentenceMore >>
Jodi Arias will not be put to death -- at least not yet...More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 7:54 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:54:49 GMT
(AP)--At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water — and apparently not even clean water atMore >>
At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water — and apparently not even clean water at that...More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:26 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:26:04 GMT
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts. Of the local Scout leaders votingMore >>
The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts...More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:04 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:04:54 GMT
(AP)--The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for years in a Cleveland house will get free McDonald's for the next year, a company spokeswoman confirmed Thursday. LocalMore >>
The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for years in a Cleveland house will get free McDonald's for the next year, a company spokeswoman confirmed Thursday...More >>
RICHMOND, VA. (AP) - A new report says adult obesity could reach nearly 50 percent in Virginia over the next 20 years, leading to an increase in disease rates and health care costs.
The report was released Tuesday by Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 29.2 percent of adults in Virginia were obese in 2011. The report says that if rates continue on their current trajectories, the rate could reach 49.7 percent by 2030.
That increase could contribute to millions of new cases of diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis and other obesity-related diseases over the next 20 years. And the report says the obesity-related health care costs in Virginia could climb by more than 23.8 percent during that time.
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