Cheddar News' Shannon LaNier is on the scene at the the New York Botanical Gardens Annual Orchid Show, where hundreds of varieties of the distinctive flower are on display.
The outbreak that began in early 2022 has been much less severe this year as fewer cases of the virus are being found among the wild birds that spread it, but there have still been more than 8 million birds killed this year to help control the spread of the disease.
Police say three young men of Palestinian descent who were attending a Thanksgiving holiday gathering were shot and injured near the University of Vermont campus.