The outbreak in Aisne was announced by officials on Wednesday evening.... It comes as the virus is spreading in Europe with cases detected in Belgium and Luxembourg.A statement said:" A clinical suspicion has just been confirmed today by the national reference laboratory in a farmyard located in the town of Aubenton." Like several European countries, France is facing a new episode of highly pathogenic avian influenza( HPAI)." The origin of the outbreak in Aisne is the" purchase of poultry in a

NORFOLK, Va.— Edward Shames, a World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of Easy Company, which inspired the book and HBO miniseries “ Band of Brothers, ” has died.... He was 99.An obituary posted by the Holomon-Brown Funeral Home Crematory said Shames, of Norfolk, Va., died peacefully at his home on Friday. Shames was involved in some of the most important battles of World War II.... He volunteered for Operation Pegasus and then fought with Easy Company in Operation Market Garde

The process of recovery will take years — and in some ways, some of us may never recover. Businesses have failed, loved ones have been lost, and the psychological damage( especially for the young) may take years to heal.... Everything is closed except pharmacies, grocery stores and gas stations.... In recognition of the religious culture that pervades Italy( some 900 churches in Rome, for example) people are able to go to church but are encouraged to go to the church nearest them....