How Dakota Johnson copes with depression in quarantine
"It's hard to feel totally positive all day, every day when the world is sad."
"It's hard to feel totally positive all day, every day when the world is sad."
A bionic eye could give sight to millions in just five years, experts say. The world’s first 3D artificial eyeball is capable of sharper vision than a real human eye. Images are converted through tiny sensors that mirror the light-detecting photoreceptor cells. The sensors are packed into a membrane of aluminium and tungsten shaped into...
MANAUS, Brazil – The mayor of the largest city in the Amazon rainforest said the coronavirus pandemic is killing indigenous people and warned of a “genocide” if Brazil’s right-wing government fails to protect vulnerable tribes. So far 25 indigenous people have died in the rainforest as the outbreak slowly penetrates remote villages, but more than...
An injured bald eagle has been rescued from an interstate in northern California. In a Facebook post, California Highway Patrol-Redding explained that it received a report of the injured eagle blocking a lane on the I-5 near Knighton. “Within minutes, officers arrived on scene and found a large bald eagle standing in the number one...
If you want to work for Facebook from your house in Peoria, Ill., don’t expect a Palo Alto, Calif.-sized paycheck. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday said half of the social-networking giant’s employees could be working remotely within the next five to 10 years, and that Facebook will begin allowing certain employees to work from...
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A Michigan doctor accused of misdiagnosing more than 250 children with epilepsy has surrendered his medical license, state officials said. Yasser M. Awaad, who worked as a pediatric neurologist at Oakwood Healthcare in Dearborn, gave up his license Wednesday after he was found negligent in complaints dating from 1997 to 2007 alleging he mistreated or...
It's a fashion faux paw.
The Players Association was expected to deliver its response to MLB’s 67-page health and safety manual Thursday while the league is supposed to provide answers to economic questions raised by the union by Friday. One of these issues is more vital to tackle first and completely. Because as the saying goes, you have nothing without...
Shares of SelectQuote jumped more than 40 percent in their stock market debut on Thursday, giving the insurance policy comparison Web site a market valuation of over $4 billion. The company’s stellar offering is the latest sign of thawing in the initial public offering market, which was shut to most companies when the coronavirus outbreak...
The Biden campaign said that Andrew Weissmann will headline the “virtual fireside chat” moderated by Anne Milgram -- like Weissmann an NYU law professor and the former New Jersey attorney general -- on June 2 at 8 p.m.
Adults’ noses may make them more vulnerable to catching coronavirus than kids — possibly explaining why cases are less prevalent among children, according to a new study. The receptors that let the virus inside cells are more common in the noses of adults than children, according to a report published in the Journal of American...
"...every kid is so different," she said.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar could be Joe Biden’s surprise veep pick — the Democratic presidential nominee has asked her to undergo rigorous vetting before potentially joining his ticket, according to a new report. The Minnesota lawmaker, who herself ran a failed White House bid, was officially approached by Biden’s camp, sources told CBS News’ Bo Erickson...
HONG KONG — It took only a few seconds. Shortly after I stepped off a flight from Singapore, an official at the Hong Kong immigration counter gestured for me to extend my arm, then strapped a bulky plastic box to my wrist. And just like that, I had a new companion for the next 14...
SANTIAGO – Trashpickers in Chile are warning that recycling, never popular in the far-flung South American nation, is poised to become the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 5,000 of Chile’s trashpickers, organized under a collective called the “Recycling Movement,” say they fear city dwellers quarantined inside their homes are increasingly opting for the...
Make way for orphaned ducklings! A quintet of motherless baby Mallards is safe and sound Thursday after a four-hour wild duckling chase in Central Park. “It’s very amazing!” cheered second-grader Poppy Fox, 7 — one of 30 onlookers watching the dramatic rescue. “In kindergarten I studied all about ducklings,” she said as the five were...
It's possible to have a beachy Memorial Day this year — but there are some dos and don'ts.
Dr. Vladimir “Zev” Zelenko -- who promoted the use of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, combined with azithromycin and zinc sulfate -- practiced in Monroe, near the Hasidic enclave of Kiryas Joel, according to reports.
She recently coached Miley Cyrus and her mom Tish through the process.
The woman was left in a vegetative state after the vicious attacker grabbed her as she was walking on E. 111th Street near 2nd Avenue just before 11:30 p.m. Monday.
Bronx-born music executive Andre Harrell, who died May 7, will have his life celebrated Sunday during a tribute broadcast.
President Trump says Republicans are working to draft a new coronavirus bill and that he plans to pressure states to allow churches to reopen as the pandemic ebbs. Trump said he met on Thursday with Senate Majority Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to discuss priorities for legislation — after Trump and McConnell flatly rejected a $3 trillion...
Memorial Day — which falls on May 25 this year — marks the unofficial start to the summer season. For many of us, that means we will soon be firing up our grills to cook up some tasty dishes. And lucky for those ready to try out a fresh round of grilling recipes, several brands...
They have high hopes for a coronavirus breakthrough. A team of Canadian scientists believes it has found strong strains of cannabis that could help prevent and then treat coronavirus infections, according to interviews and a study. Researchers from the University of Lethbridge said that a study in April showed at least 13 cannabis plants high...