Getty Images It’s been a busy week — from lab leak theories at a COVID-19 origins hearing to the Supreme Court’s eagerly anticipated decision on access to the abortion pill mifepristone. But that’s not all that’s going on in the health space. Here are some interesting updates you may have missed, as reported by Yahoo … Read more
May 18—A 22-year-old man faces several felony charges after he was arrested following a brief foot chase by Reading police a day after he fled a traffic stop at high speed, running stop signs and nearly colliding with other vehicles, according to the criminal complaint. Waldy Rodriguez-Suero of the 300 block of North Second Street … Read more
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate is challenging the newly expanded authority of the appointed state attorney general to argue certain capital cases, a power that lawmakers shifted away from locally elected prosecutors under a new law after some expressed reluctance to pursue the death penalty. The law passed in April by … Read more
The Wellsbury Peaches are here to stay for at least two more seasons. Netflix has ordered a third and fourth season of “Ginny & Georgia.” The streamer shared the announcement on Wednesday during this year’s Upfronts presentation. More from Variety Created by Sarah Lampert, the dramedy follows Ginny (Antonia Gentry), a 15-year-old who is more … Read more
In hindsight, many NFL teams probably regret not taking the Chiefs’ Isiah Pacheco in the 2022 NFL Draft. Pacheco, a 5-foot-10, 216-pound running back from Rutgers, was selected by KC in the seventh round last year before reaching 1,027 rushing yards when combining the regular and postseasons. Was there a way to know he might … Read more
Updated 18 min ago Stocks to Watch Thursday: PacWest, Micron, Cisco, Walmart By Weilun Soon ↗️ PacWest (PACW) and Western Alliance (WAL): The regional banks jumped almost 7% and 5% respectively in early trading. That built on big rallies Wednesday, when Western Alliance soothed investor nerves by saying deposits have been growing so far this … Read more
A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse because of a common, undeniable factor: their struggle to pay back hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world’s biggest and most unforgiving government lender, China. Here are the key takeaways: TOO MUCH DEBT An Associated Press analysis … Read more
A Black woman palpates her breast to check for signs of breast cancer. (Getty Images) Breast cancer is the second-most-common cancer among women and the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Even though it’s slightly less prevalent among Black than white women in the U.S., Black women are more likely to … Read more
andrew miller trans butcher – Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images A transgender butcher has admitted abducting a schoolgirl while dressed as a woman and then subjecting her to a series of sexual assaults at his home. Andrew George Miller, who was known locally as Amy, pleaded guilty on Thursday at the High Court in Edinburgh, which … Read more
President Biden’s fledgling reelection team anticipates picking up more support from independent and Republican voters in the 2024 elections in part by seeking out White, rural and suburban voters, targeting two southern states where Republicans currently dominate and shoring up support among Latino voters who have shown a growing preference for GOP candidates. The strategy, … Read more