Constance Zimmer attends FX’s ‘American Horror Story: 13’ celebration event at Hotel Chelsea on Sept. 23, 2026, in New York City. (Cindy Ord/WireImage via Getty Images)
Constance Zimmer has revealed she was diagnosed for breast cancer earlier this year.
The Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette actress took to Instagram on Sunday to write about her diagnosis. She shared all about the health development she kept a secret during the press tour for FX’s Love Story.
“October is #breastcancerawarenessmonth and I never thought I’d be honoring it with my own story. On March 13th when I was away from home– I heard these words from my doctor over zoom: ‘You have DCIS, also refereed to as Stage 0 breast cancer.’ The silence was deafening,” Zimmer wrote.
Love Story premiered on Feb. 12, almost exactly one month before Zimmer received the news.
“Here I was surrounded by women sharing their secrets about their Midlife truths – and I was holding onto the biggest secret I’d ever held. First, I had to call my husband and get home to tell our daughter in person,” Zimmer wrote. “The mental toll that followed was overwhelming on certain days as I began talking to many more doctors then I would’ve liked. Feeling like my options were limited and most suggested what was the quickest way to get this mass out ASAP, which was a mastectomy.”
Zimmer took time to decide whether or not she wanted the procedure. Eventually she was able to find a doctor who was able to do the operation without removing her breast.
“She was the first doctor to make me feel like what I wanted mattered and that made me weep with joy,” Zimmer wrote. “It did take 3 surgeries – 3 weeks in a row, but she did it, she saved my breast and it looks good too!”
Zimmer went on to receive an Emmy nomination for her role in Love Story. During her public press tour, she decided to keep her diagnosis and treatment private. “I then followed my surgeries with radiation, while celebrating my Emmy Nomination,” Zimmer wrote.
Now, Zimmer has announced that she is cancer free.
“From hospital gowns to Emmy glamour this was one hell of a ride,” Zimmer wrote.
Measles cases in Pennsylvania have surpassed 1,000 so far this year as the state continues to battle an outbreak of the virus.
Monday’s update from the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) brings the total number of 2026 measles cases in the state to 1,004 across 39 counties.
At least 198 people have been hospitalized, and five measles-associated deaths have been reported, DOH data shows.
Two of the deaths were among unvaccinated adults: an 18-year-old and a 40-year-old. The other two deaths were among infants who were too young to have received the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine.
The fifth death occurred in an unvaccinated resident of Lancaster County, in southeastern Pennsylvania, but it is unclear how old the individual is. Lancaster County is the epicenter of the state’s outbreak, with 391 cases confirmed so far.
Fewer than 1% of the state’s cases are among those who are fully vaccinated with the MMR vaccine, according to DOH.
Last week, following confirmation of the fifth death by the Pennsylvania health department, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told ABC News in a statement it was “deeply saddened to hear of another death” in the state.
“Under Secretary [Robert F.] Kennedy’s leadership, CDC has mounted an aggressive response to measles outbreaks across the country. Texas, South Carolina, Virginia, Kansas, New Mexico, and Wisconsin requested CDC Epi-Aids and worked alongside federal teams to help bring their outbreaks rapidly and successfully under control,” the statement read.
“CDC has not received a formal Epi-Aid request from Pennsylvania. If requested, CDC stands ready to deploy epidemiologists to support the state’s identified needs,” the statement continued.
A CDC Epi-Aid is a rapid, short-term field investigation from the federal health agency of an “urgent public health problem.” The Epi-Aid provides resources such as, but not limited to, increasing the workforce available for rapid response and building epidemiologic capacity, according to the CDC.
Meanwhile, measles cases in the U.S. have surpassed 3,800 so far in 2026, with cases confirmed in 45 states and Washington, D.C., according to the latest data from the CDC.
The CDC currently recommends that people receive two doses of the MMR vaccine, the first at ages 12 to 15 months and the second between 4 and 6 years old. One dose is 93% effective in preventing measles infection and two doses are 97% effective, the CDC says.
Infants aged 6 to 11 months living in or traveling to high-risk outbreak areas may receive an early, extra third dose of the MMR vaccine.
However, CDC data shows vaccination rates have been lagging in recent years. During the 2025 to 2026 school year, 92.4% of kindergartners received the MMR vaccine, according to data. This is lower than the 95.2% seen in the 2019 to 2020 school year, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Pennsylvania, more than 8,800 doses of the MMR vaccine have been administered by DOH staff. Of those doses, about 3,500 were administered in August and more than 2,500 were administered in September.
ABC News’ Youri Benadjaoud contributed to this report.
Measles cases in Pennsylvania have surpassed 1,000 so far this year as the state continues to battle an outbreak of the virus.
Monday’s update from the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) brings the total number of 2026 measles cases in the state to 1,004 across 39 counties.
At least 198 people have been hospitalized, and five measles-associated deaths have been reported, DOH data shows.
Two of the deaths were among unvaccinated adults: an 18-year-old and a 40-year-old. The other two deaths were among infants who were too young to have received the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine.
The fifth death occurred in an unvaccinated resident of Lancaster County, in southeastern Pennsylvania, but it is unclear how old the individual is. Lancaster County is the epicenter of the state’s outbreak, with 391 cases confirmed so far.
Fewer than 1% of the state’s cases are among those who are fully vaccinated with the MMR vaccine, according to DOH.
Last week, following confirmation of the fifth death by the Pennsylvania health department, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told ABC News in a statement it was “deeply saddened to hear of another death” in the state.
“Under Secretary [Robert F.] Kennedy’s leadership, CDC has mounted an aggressive response to measles outbreaks across the country. Texas, South Carolina, Virginia, Kansas, New Mexico, and Wisconsin requested CDC Epi-Aids and worked alongside federal teams to help bring their outbreaks rapidly and successfully under control,” the statement read.
“CDC has not received a formal Epi-Aid request from Pennsylvania. If requested, CDC stands ready to deploy epidemiologists to support the state’s identified needs,” the statement continued.
A CDC Epi-Aid is a rapid, short-term field investigation from the federal health agency of an “urgent public health problem.” The Epi-Aid provides resources such as, but not limited to, increasing the workforce available for rapid response and building epidemiologic capacity, according to the CDC.
Meanwhile, measles cases in the U.S. have surpassed 3,800 so far in 2026, with cases confirmed in 45 states and Washington, D.C., according to the latest data from the CDC.
The CDC currently recommends that people receive two doses of the MMR vaccine, the first at ages 12 to 15 months and the second between 4 and 6 years old. One dose is 93% effective in preventing measles infection and two doses are 97% effective, the CDC says.
Infants aged 6 to 11 months living in or traveling to high-risk outbreak areas may receive an early, extra third dose of the MMR vaccine.
However, CDC data shows vaccination rates have been lagging in recent years. During the 2025 to 2026 school year, 92.4% of kindergartners received the MMR vaccine, according to data. This is lower than the 95.2% seen in the 2019 to 2020 school year, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Pennsylvania, more than 8,800 doses of the MMR vaccine have been administered by DOH staff. Of those doses, about 3,500 were administered in August and more than 2,500 were administered in September.
ABC News’ Youri Benadjaoud contributed to this report.
The mother of 7-year-old Chicago girl Edimari Hernandez Chacon, who was fatally stabbed on a sidewalk in Chicago, October 3, 2026, breaks down amid family and friends during a vigil, Oct. 4, 2026, at the scene of the attack. (WLS)
The mother of a 7-year-old Chicago girl is demanding “justice” after her child was fatally stabbed over the weekend in what appears to have been an unprovoked street attack.
The mother of the young victim broke down in tears and collapsed to her knees during a community vigil on Sunday on a sidewalk in the South Side Chicago neighborhood where her daughter was attacked.
“My daughter’s death should not be left like this,” the mother, Estefany Hernandez, told ABC Chicago station WLS at Sunday’s vigil. “There must be justice for my little girl. She wasn’t bothering anyone.”
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as 7-year-old Edi Mari Hernandez Chacon. Members of her family told WLS she was also known as Eddimar Paola Hernandez.
Bystanders who witnessed the deadly incident on Saturday morning detained the suspect, identified as 48-year-old Shavon Gayden, and held her at the scene until officers arrived, according to the Chicago Police Department.
Gayden was charged with first-degree murder and is scheduled to make her first court appearance on Monday, WLS reports.
WLS obtained court records showing Gayden’s criminal record includes prior convictions for assault, including a 2023 attack on a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus driver for which she was sentenced to two years probation. According to the court records reviewed by WLS, she violated her probation in 2024 by assaulting two shelter workers and was sentence to court supervision.
Police have not commented on a possible motive for Saturday’s stabbing, which remains under investigation.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said in a social media statement that he was “heartbroken” by the young girl’s death.
“No family should ever have to experience the unimaginable pain of losing a child, and no child should ever have to fear for her life simply walking through her neighborhood,” Johnson said. “We are praying for them and for everyone impacted by this horrifying tragedy.”
The incident occurred just before noon local time on Saturday in the Chatham neighborhood on the city’s South Side, according to a statement from the Chicago Police Department.
Chicago Alderman Michelle Harris said at Sunday’s community vigil that the suspect had allegedly gotten into an altercation with staff at a wireless store in the Chatham neighborhood just before the fatal stabbing, WLS reported.
The victim was walking southbound on the sidewalk when the suspect approached her, police said, “displayed a sharp object and stabbed the victim multiple times in the back.”
The girl was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
“Bystanders who saw the stabbing occur detained the offender,” according to the police statement.
Security video from the area appeared to show the young girl walking hand-in-hand with a woman that her family identified as her sister before the suspect stabbed the girl, WLS reported.
Additional video appeared to show bystanders rushing toward the scene to detain the suspect, who was outside the camera’s view.
Sen. Pete Ricketts leaves the Senate floor after a vote in the U.S. Capitol, September 30, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump is heading to Grand Island, Nebraska, for a rally on Monday evening, the latest in a campaign travel swing that includes notable stops in red states and one that comes as both parties eye critical races in the state.
Last week, Trump held rallies in Alabama, Oklahoma and Ohio; Nebraska is similarly red-leaning. Trump won the statewide vote in Nebraska three times by around 20 points each time. In 2020 and 2024, the Democratic candidate each time got one electoral college vote from Nebraska because Nebraska splits its electoral college votes.
But in the Senate race this year in Nebraska, incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts, first elected to the Senate in 2024 in a special election after previously serving as Nebraska’s governor, is facing a closely watched general election matchup against independent Dan Osborn, a union steamfitter who ran a closer-than-expected race for Senate in 2024 against GOP Sen. Deb Fischer.
Early in-person voting in Nebraska begins on Monday, the day of the rally.
Ricketts has argued that he’s best suited to keep delivering for Nebraska and that his opponent is secretly a Democrat.
There is no Democrat on the ballot for Senate in Nebraska, as the Democrat who won the Senate primary withdrew. Democrats are rallying behind Osborn as one of a few red-state independents running for Senate this year, although Osborn has insisted he won’t caucus with either party.
Ricketts has alleged that “Democrat Dan,” as he nicknamed Osborn during a recent debate, is trying to mislead voters while planning to effectively serve as a Democrat.
Ricketts has also faced newfound scrutiny after an ad released by an outside group last week featured a woman who called out his vote in 2022, while governor, to pardon a man who served a prison sentence for sexually assaulting her. Ricketts told reporters after the ad was released, “The pardon was granted nearly three decades after the crime, and anyone who knows me knows that I have always protected Nebraskans. That is my job, and it always has been.”
Osborn, meanwhile, has argued that he will be a fully independent voice for Nebraska and that voters there need change.
He also recently apologized for leaked audio from a campaign event where he maligned hypothetical Trump voters as having lives that “suck,” saying he was trying to discuss the anger he said Trump tapped into during his presidential runs.
ABC News has not independently obtained the audio; Osborn has not disputed the remarks.
Trump, in a recent video he posted on his social media platform, praised Ricketts as someone who “will always put Nebraska first, and he’ll always put America first,” while slamming Osborn as someone who “will say anything to win. He’s dying to get to Washington so he can betray you, but we will not let that happen.”
There’s also a major U.S. House race in Nebraska, although it’s not in the congressional district where Trump is going on Monday. Grand Island is in the state’s 3rd District, represented by Rep. Adrian Smith and favored to remain Republican-held.
But the state’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes Omaha, is a top target for Democrats. Incumbent Republican Rep. Don Bacon is retiring; Omaha City Council member Brinker Harding, a Republican, and businesswoman Denise Powell, a Democrat, are running.
Ricketts has indicated during recent interviews that he will attend Monday’s rally, telling media outlets on Wednesday, “We will welcome President Trump to Grand Island on Monday, and we will be talking about the things we’ve done between Senate Republicans and the president to put more money back in people’s pockets.”
Harding, however, will not be at the rally, his spokesperson confirmed to ABC News on Thursday, because of “previously scheduled events.” Harding has Trump’s endorsement, although he has also sought sometimes to show where he disagrees with Trump.
Given Nebraska’s agriculture industry, the rises in the prices of fertilizer and fuel because of the war with Iran hurting trade have become major issues, as has the administration’s temporary lift on beef tariffs, which both Ricketts and Osborn have criticized.
Sen. Pete Ricketts leaves the Senate floor after a vote in the U.S. Capitol, September 30, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump is heading to Grand Island, Nebraska, for a rally on Monday evening, the latest in a campaign travel swing that includes notable stops in red states and one that comes as both parties eye critical races in the state.
Last week, Trump held rallies in Alabama, Oklahoma and Ohio; Nebraska is similarly red-leaning. Trump won the statewide vote in Nebraska three times by around 20 points each time. In 2020 and 2024, the Democratic candidate each time got one electoral college vote from Nebraska because Nebraska splits its electoral college votes.
But in the Senate race this year in Nebraska, incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts, first elected to the Senate in 2024 in a special election after previously serving as Nebraska’s governor, is facing a closely watched general election matchup against independent Dan Osborn, a union steamfitter who ran a closer-than-expected race for Senate in 2024 against GOP Sen. Deb Fischer.
Early in-person voting in Nebraska begins on Monday, the day of the rally.
Ricketts has argued that he’s best suited to keep delivering for Nebraska and that his opponent is secretly a Democrat.
There is no Democrat on the ballot for Senate in Nebraska, as the Democrat who won the Senate primary withdrew. Democrats are rallying behind Osborn as one of a few red-state independents running for Senate this year, although Osborn has insisted he won’t caucus with either party.
Ricketts has alleged that “Democrat Dan,” as he nicknamed Osborn during a recent debate, is trying to mislead voters while planning to effectively serve as a Democrat.
Ricketts has also faced newfound scrutiny after an ad released by an outside group last week featured a woman who called out his vote in 2022, while governor, to pardon a man who served a prison sentence for sexually assaulting her. Ricketts told reporters after the ad was released, “The pardon was granted nearly three decades after the crime, and anyone who knows me knows that I have always protected Nebraskans. That is my job, and it always has been.”
Osborn, meanwhile, has argued that he will be a fully independent voice for Nebraska and that voters there need change.
He also recently apologized for leaked audio from a campaign event where he maligned hypothetical Trump voters as having lives that “suck,” saying he was trying to discuss the anger he said Trump tapped into during his presidential runs.
ABC News has not independently obtained the audio; Osborn has not disputed the remarks.
Trump, in a recent video he posted on his social media platform, praised Ricketts as someone who “will always put Nebraska first, and he’ll always put America first,” while slamming Osborn as someone who “will say anything to win. He’s dying to get to Washington so he can betray you, but we will not let that happen.”
There’s also a major U.S. House race in Nebraska, although it’s not in the congressional district where Trump is going on Monday. Grand Island is in the state’s 3rd District, represented by Rep. Adrian Smith and favored to remain Republican-held.
But the state’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes Omaha, is a top target for Democrats. Incumbent Republican Rep. Don Bacon is retiring; Omaha City Council member Brinker Harding, a Republican, and businesswoman Denise Powell, a Democrat, are running.
Ricketts has indicated during recent interviews that he will attend Monday’s rally, telling media outlets on Wednesday, “We will welcome President Trump to Grand Island on Monday, and we will be talking about the things we’ve done between Senate Republicans and the president to put more money back in people’s pockets.”
Harding, however, will not be at the rally, his spokesperson confirmed to ABC News on Thursday, because of “previously scheduled events.” Harding has Trump’s endorsement, although he has also sought sometimes to show where he disagrees with Trump.
Given Nebraska’s agriculture industry, the rises in the prices of fertilizer and fuel because of the war with Iran hurting trade have become major issues, as has the administration’s temporary lift on beef tariffs, which both Ricketts and Osborn have criticized.
A photo of Sean Teale. (Pip) | A photo of Sarah Jeffery. (Sarah Krick)
Even more stars have joined the latest popular book series adaptation at Prime Video.
The streaming service has announced more cast members for Things We Never Got Over, a new TV show based on Lucy Score’s bestselling novel.
Sean Teale will star as Lucian, Sarah Jeffery will play Sloane, Megan Stott will play Waylay, Lili Simmons will play Lina, Anthony Keyvan will play Stef and JoBeth Williams will play Liza J in the upcoming show.
They all join the previously announced cast members Molly Griggs, Matthew Noszka and Tommy Martinez. Griggs will play twin sisters Naomi and Tina, Noszka will play Knox and Martinez will play Nash, respectively.
“When runaway bride Naomi Witt (Griggs) arrives in the quirky town of Knockemout, Virginia, she expects to rescue her estranged twin (Griggs) and return to the life she left behind. Instead, her sister disappears, leaving Naomi with a niece she never knew existed, a town full of irresistible characters — including charming local sheriff Nash Morgan (Martinez) and his decidedly grumpy but infuriatingly sexy brother Knox Morgan (Noszka) — and a future she never imagined,” according to the show’s official logline.
Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder are co-showrunners on the upcoming show. They also wrote the series’ pilot and executive produce.
Score will serve as a co-executive producer on the project. She is a #1 New York Times bestselling contemporary romance author who has sold over 15 million books worldwide.
A photo of Sean Teale. (Pip) | A photo of Sarah Jeffery. (Sarah Krick)
Even more stars have joined the latest popular book series adaptation at Prime Video.
The streaming service has announced more cast members for Things We Never Got Over, a new TV show based on Lucy Score’s bestselling novel.
Sean Teale will star as Lucian, Sarah Jeffery will play Sloane, Megan Stott will play Waylay, Lili Simmons will play Lina, Anthony Keyvan will play Stef and JoBeth Williams will play Liza J in the upcoming show.
They all join the previously announced cast members Molly Griggs, Matthew Noszka and Tommy Martinez. Griggs will play twin sisters Naomi and Tina, Noszka will play Knox and Martinez will play Nash, respectively.
“When runaway bride Naomi Witt (Griggs) arrives in the quirky town of Knockemout, Virginia, she expects to rescue her estranged twin (Griggs) and return to the life she left behind. Instead, her sister disappears, leaving Naomi with a niece she never knew existed, a town full of irresistible characters — including charming local sheriff Nash Morgan (Martinez) and his decidedly grumpy but infuriatingly sexy brother Knox Morgan (Noszka) — and a future she never imagined,” according to the show’s official logline.
Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder are co-showrunners on the upcoming show. They also wrote the series’ pilot and executive produce.
Score will serve as a co-executive producer on the project. She is a #1 New York Times bestselling contemporary romance author who has sold over 15 million books worldwide.
Jamie Foxx appears in this image from an interview for ABC News. (ABC News)
At 58, actor, comedian and singer Jamie Foxx says he has “unfinished business” and is feeling more creative than ever, three years after a health scare sent him to the hospital.
“Man, I almost died,” Foxx told ABC News’ Will Reeve in an interview that aired Monday on Good Morning America. “I was almost outta here. Stand-up comedy doesn’t come from an accomplished position. I have something to connect with people and say, ‘Hey, man, I went through some stuff and I’m gonna tell it as funny as I can, but as real as I can.'”
In 2023, Foxx experienced a brain bleed that led to a stroke. He said nurses told him afterward that his chances of survival were slim.
“I went back to see those nurses that kept me alive,” Foxx recalled. “She said, ‘But Jamie, I’m gonna tell you something, you a miracle. You’re a three percenter.’ I said, ‘What’s that mean?’ She said, ‘Less than 3% of people that come in with what you have walk out of here.'”
But Foxx said his close circle of friends and loved ones helped him make a major recovery.
“They saw me at my most, you know, vulnerable. I had to depend on people,” Foxx said. “I came to. I was in a wheelchair. I said, ‘What’s up with the wheelchair?!’ When we all go, it’s how they speak your name. It’s how they feel about you. So, I kind of keep that in the back of my head when I’m telling jokes.”
Following medical treatment and a recovery plan that involved playing pickleball, Foxx is back on stage, returning to his comedy roots.
“I’ve never been as creative as I am now, 58 years old, but I just still feel like there’s some things that I’m really trying to get at,” he said.
Foxx’s latest project is a new Hulu standup special called Take Care of Yourself, which was filmed in Oakland, California, where Foxx kickstarted his career when he won the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition & Festival back in 1991. He even welcomed one of his daughters, Anelise, to share the spotlight with him in the special.
“To be on stage with my little one, with my daughter, to have her on stage with me rocking, showing her musical talents, and she’s basically a quiet person, but her showing her artistry, that feels good,” he said.
The new standup special, Jamie Foxx: Take Care of Yourself, premieres Wednesday on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.
Disney is the parent company of ABC News, Disney+ and Hulu.
Jamie Foxx appears in this image from an interview for ABC News. (ABC News)
At 58, actor, comedian and singer Jamie Foxx says he has “unfinished business” and is feeling more creative than ever, three years after a health scare sent him to the hospital.
“Man, I almost died,” Foxx told ABC News’ Will Reeve in an interview that aired Monday on Good Morning America. “I was almost outta here. Stand-up comedy doesn’t come from an accomplished position. I have something to connect with people and say, ‘Hey, man, I went through some stuff and I’m gonna tell it as funny as I can, but as real as I can.'”
In 2023, Foxx experienced a brain bleed that led to a stroke. He said nurses told him afterward that his chances of survival were slim.
“I went back to see those nurses that kept me alive,” Foxx recalled. “She said, ‘But Jamie, I’m gonna tell you something, you a miracle. You’re a three percenter.’ I said, ‘What’s that mean?’ She said, ‘Less than 3% of people that come in with what you have walk out of here.'”
But Foxx said his close circle of friends and loved ones helped him make a major recovery.
“They saw me at my most, you know, vulnerable. I had to depend on people,” Foxx said. “I came to. I was in a wheelchair. I said, ‘What’s up with the wheelchair?!’ When we all go, it’s how they speak your name. It’s how they feel about you. So, I kind of keep that in the back of my head when I’m telling jokes.”
Following medical treatment and a recovery plan that involved playing pickleball, Foxx is back on stage, returning to his comedy roots.
“I’ve never been as creative as I am now, 58 years old, but I just still feel like there’s some things that I’m really trying to get at,” he said.
Foxx’s latest project is a new Hulu standup special called Take Care of Yourself, which was filmed in Oakland, California, where Foxx kickstarted his career when he won the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition & Festival back in 1991. He even welcomed one of his daughters, Anelise, to share the spotlight with him in the special.
“To be on stage with my little one, with my daughter, to have her on stage with me rocking, showing her musical talents, and she’s basically a quiet person, but her showing her artistry, that feels good,” he said.
The new standup special, Jamie Foxx: Take Care of Yourself, premieres Wednesday on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.
Disney is the parent company of ABC News, Disney+ and Hulu.
