The COVID-19 pandemic led to at least 16,000 extra US heart disease deaths
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) found that for every person killed by heart disease in the US in 2019, about 1.25 died amid the spring peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
North Dakota leads the COVID-19 vaccine race as cases fall by 80%
North Dakota is flying through the doses sent to it by the federal government, using 78 percent of its allotted doses and vaccinating just shy of seven percent of its vaccine doses. Read more...
Amazon delivery driver finds five-month-old baby boy on the side of a road
An Amazon delivery driver on Monday discovered a five-month-old baby along a street after he was abandoned by a man who stole his mother's car in Texas. Read more...
Low North Carolina bridge destroys a truck a monthand theres nothing to stop it, says Department of Transportation
North Carolina man Jurgen Henn, who works in a nearby retail complex, said he heard so many crunches and metal grinding crashed over the years. Read more...
Suicide Bombings in Crowded Baghdad Market Kill at Least 32
Such attacks, once common in the Iraqi capital, have become rarer in recent years as U.S.-backed Iraqi forces have largely defeated the Islamic State. Read more...
Distributing vaccines in Africa is a huge challenge. These companies want to help.
Covid-19 vaccines need to be administered at an unprecedented scale. In sub-Saharan Africa solar-powered refrigeration networks will be vital. Read more...
New York Senator introduces new bill that would decriminalize sex workers in the state
New York Senator Liz Krueger and Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter announced Monday that they've introduced a new bill, the Sex Trade Survivors Justice Equality Act. Read more...
Liam Hemsworth shares a powerful post on Australia Day
Liam Hemsworthshared a powerful tribute to Australia's Indigenous people on Australia Day . Read more...
Hungarian Orchestra to Protest Municipal Grant Cuts
The city of Budapest reduces funding to its musical pride, the Budapest Festival Orchestra; political motives may be at play Read more...
Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House album review It will sweep you away
Prokofiev's Romeo And Juliet has claims to be the most dazzling of all romantic ballet scores. Read more...
Desperate search for missing siblings who vanished from a Melbourne train station
Siblings Zoe, seven, and 11-year-old Christian were last seen near Mernda train station in Melbourne about 3.30pm on Monday. Read more...
Mets GM Jared Porter Fired Over Harassment of Female Reporter
Jared Porter reportedly sent dozens of lewd text messages including one with a nude photo to a female reporter in 2016. Read more...
Kathleen Kingsbury Is Named New York Times Opinion Editor
She spent seven months as the sections interim head after replacing James Bennet, who resigned under pressure. Now she officially takes a job that has been a steppingstone to the top editor position at The Times. Read more...
Why Kamala Harris Is a Star of the N.Y.C Mayors Race
The candidates are competing over who can best capture Washingtons attention and assistance as New York navigates its recovery from the pandemic. Read more...
The Best Butterscotch Pudding Is Homemade
This unfussy, old-fashioned recipe is easy to stir together on top of the stove, and hard to mess up. Read more...
Lewis Hamilton equals Michael Schumacher's record of seven world titles
Lewis Hamilton has become accustomed to making history and, at a rain-soaked Turkish Grand Prix, the Englishman put his name in the record books once again as he equaled Michael Schumacher's record of seven world titles. Read more...
Heavy smokers face nearly DOUBLE risk of dying of COVID-19 compared to people who have never smoked
A new study from the Cleveland Clinic found that patients smoking one pack per day for more than 30 years were 1.9 times more likely to die from the virus than those who had never smoked before. Read more...
From Diego Maradona to The Best Of An Audience With 1980-2013 The best on demand TV to watch
The extraordinary, chaotic life of the late, truly great Argentinian is detailed in microcosm in Asif Kapadia's compelling account of Maradona's seven-year spell at Napoli. Read more...
Grindr is fined .7 million under European privacy law.
Regulators in Norway said Grindr had illegally shared details on users sexual orientation and locations with several advertising companies. Read more...
Wayne Rooney defers portion of his wages to help Derby through their cash crisis
EXCLUSIVE Rooney was instrumental in persuading other members of the squad to accept wage deferrals when he was a player at Pride Park last season, and has taken a similar approach as boss. Read more...