Warning: Disturbing footage. NYPD officers opened fire on a woman allegedly wielding at least one knife in Times Square on Monday. Tom Hanson reports from New York City.
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Times Square stabbing victim, suspect, and police response all make headlines as CDC omits Pennsylvania measles deaths
Born in the era of print deadlines, the public report was once the ledger of record. Now, the Times Square stabbing—victim, suspect, and police response—commands the headline (4,13,16,37), while two measles deaths in Pennsylvania remain omitted from the CDC's weekly update (14,26), pending review. The norm: violence in public earns immediate coverage, disease in private waits for confirmation. Survived by a city in need of both clarity and candor, preceded in death by the old habit of counting every casualty on schedule. The standing closer: In lieu of flowers, request your local health agency update its database before the next press release.
“You get a murder in Times Square, police shoot the suspect, and every detail's headline news. Two measles deaths in Pennsylvania don't even make the CDC's weekly update. Bodies in the street get the siren, bodies in the database get a pending review. That's the difference between a front page and a footnote.”
“The CDC is just being thorough. It's important to ensure the numbers are accurate before updating the database. Public safety comes first, but sometimes the process takes a little longer. People want transparency, but they also want precision, right?”
The receipts
The police fired at the woman, who was holding two knives, after trying to use less lethal force, officials said. A woman, 32, was killed, and a man, 68, is in stable condition.
The US declared measles eliminated in 2000. The last two years carry more cases than the rest of the century combined - the worst count since 1991 The Hill / CDC measles data, July 2026
The CDC hasn’t added 2 deaths to its measles database. Here’s why.The deaths have been at the heart of a bitter political dispute between RFK Jr. and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D).
Two people were stabbed, one fatally, near Times Square on Monday afternoon, with responding authorities shooting and killing the female suspect, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. One of the victims died from their wounds at the…
One of the two people stabbed in Times Square on Monday has died, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says. The suspect is also dead after being shot by police.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday said it would not include two measles-associated deaths in Pennsylvania in the federal agency’s weekly outbreak update, explaining it is still investigating the cause of the deaths…
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