The Coast Guard suspended its search Tuesday evening for six missing bridge workers in the aftermath of a crash that brought down a major Baltimore span and sent a construction crew plummeting into the frigid water below.Citing the cold water temperature and t... More »
Sola Mahfouz stopped going to school in 2007 when she was an 11-year-old living in Afghanistan.“A group of men, they came to our door and threatened my father, that if you continue to go into school, they will throw acid on our face or kidnap,” she recalled. S... More »
We're celebrating remarkable women in the worlds of food and design throughout Women Are Amazing Month (aka Women's History Month, Food52-style). Is there a woman we should be profiling? Let us know.As a child of parents from very different re... More »
We’ve just passed the 14th anniversary of the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare — although many of the law’s provisions didn’t take effect until 2014.In its early years, Obamacare was ... More »
Los Angeles County has agreed to a $12-million settlement to resolve allegations that its home improvement lending program wrecked the finances of many borrowers and left them vulnerable to foreclosure.The settlement, granted preliminary approval Monday by an ... More »
Over the last few months, a legendary name in the music world has faced a series of shocking allegations of sexual abuse.In civil lawsuits, four women have accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of rape, assault and a litany of other abuses, dating back three decades. One... More »
AmazonThese eclipse viewing glasses are made with the correct solar filter lenses. On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will take place, an anticipated astronomical phenomenon that will be visible across North America and won’t occur in this region again fo... More »
The Nevada secretary of state’s office said in a statement Monday that it “provided inaccurate guidance” to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign regarding whether the campaign needed to announce its vice presidential candidate prior to gathering signa... More »
Boots is to offer Covid vaccinations for almost £100 a shot, making it the latest provider to sell the jabs to those not eligible for a booster through the NHS.The company has confirmed it will offer the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to healthy customers in England ... More »
AI can make predictions about future events, such as the behaviour of the stock marketJames Thew / Alamy An artificial intelligence can predict the future as well as groups of people for events like political elections or economic trends. People are notoriousl... More »
Abortion is back on the docket at the U.S. Supreme Court, with the justices hearing arguments Tuesday about whether a pill used to terminate early pregnancies was properly evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The medication, mifepristone, has been us... More »
Medication abortions involving the drug mifepristone now represent the majority of abortions in America.Its use has grown since the federal government eased access to it starting in the pandemic — allowing pills to be prescribed online and sent by mail or pick... More »