Mounds of abandoned clothes and other personal items lie strewn along corridors leading out of Ukraine. The farther people carry their things, the harder it is, so they leave them behind, said Ludmila Sokol, a gym teacher fleeing Zaporizhzhia in the south. But their pets, they keep alongside them. Everywhere amid the exodus of more […]
Losing weight is hard enough, but maintaining that slimmer figure can seem like mission impossible for many people. Only about 20% of Americans who lose weight are able to keep it off long term, research has found. What’s their secret? A recent study aimed to find out. Researchers asked thousands of people who had lost […]
Joey and Paula Reed with a photo with a portrait of their son, Trevor Reed.AP Photo/LM Otero, File The family of an ex-Marine in Russian prison said they’re skeptical of charges against Brittney Griner. Trevor Reed was accused of attacking Russian police officers and sentenced to nine years in prison. Griner was arrested in Russia […]
A grand jury indicted a Colorado election official on 1o counts as part of an investigation into tampering with the results of the 2020 election. Driving the news: The criminal charges against Mesa County clerk Tina Peters announced Wednesday include seven felony counts for attempting to influence a public servant, criminal impersonation and identify theft. […]
The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday. David Bennett, 57, died Tuesday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Doctors didn’t give an exact cause of death, saying only that his condition had begun […]
A Fox News correspondent in Kyiv took issue Tuesday with suggestions made on air by colleague Greg Gutfeld that the media have been pushing a lopsided narrative on Ukraine to evoke an “emotional response” for profit. “Speaking as someone on the ground, I want to say that this is not the media trying to drum […]
HONOLULU (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that a helicopter that crashed in Hawaii last month and killed all four people on board nose-dived from 200 feet (60 meters) above ground after it unexpectedly stopped while making a shallow left turn. The agency’s preliminary report on the Feb. 22 crash on Kauai […]
An oilfield company in West Texas is facing charges after a husband and wife died from a gas leak inside a company-owned facility, as their children waited for them in a car outside, according to the Department of Justice. The charges, announced Tuesday, March 8, stem from the fatal incident on Oct. 26, 2019, authorities […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Negotiators for locked-out players and Major League Baseball bargained past midnight for the second time in a week, and Commissioner Rob Manfred’s Tuesday deadline to reach a deal preserving a 162-game season passed with no announcement. There was no word from Manfred of additional canceled games as the lockout entered its […]
These gas sippers are easy on the wallet By Jeff S. Bartlett Fuel economy is one of the most important factors to consider when buying a new car, because it has an impact on your weekly operating costs. This is especially a concern when with record-level gasoline prices that may continue to rise. But even […]