The United Nations Security Council has voiced “deep concern” over a humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region for the first time since conflict erupted there five months ago, calling for reported atrocities to be investigated.
Artful photos inside Houston’s ONYX strip club tell a story of beauty and confidence
In recent years, pole dancing, once the preserve of the strip club, has been given a much larger stage — from the 2020 Grammys, when FKA Twigs performed a routine during a tribute to Prince, to the floors of major gym franchises, where the practice has become a fitness mainstay.
University of Kentucky’s Terrence Clarke Is Killed in Crash
The 19-year-old Boston native had been hampered by injuries in his freshman year but decided in March to forgo his remaining eligibility and turn pro.
Battle of the Seas: Cruise Lines vs. the C.D.C.
Cruise companies and their allies are fighting against rules that have kept U.S. ships from sailing. But experts say controlling the coronavirus onboard is a complex puzzle.
New blood markers may reveal heart attack in chest pain patients
A patient arrives at hospital with chest pain. Doctors suspect heart attack and rapid diagnosis is important, but the tests to confirm it can be invasive and it could easily be something else. Could a simple blood test help to non-invasively rule heart attack in or out? A new study in open access journal Frontiers …
India’s Covid crisis: what is to blame?
India is reeling from a new coronavirus surge, stretching hospitals to the limit with dire shortages of beds, oxygen and drugs.
Australian city orders new lockdown after virus escapes quarantine hotel
Australian authorities ordered a snap, three-day lockdown in the western city of Perth Friday after the coronavirus escaped from a quarantine hotel housing infected international travellers.
Valentino Dixon: He was convicted for a crime he didn’t commit; now he’s selling art to the Obamas
Eight witnesses and a confession from the real perpetrator couldn’t save Valentino Dixon from being handed a prison sentence of nearly 40 yeas for a crime he didn’t commit.
WHO jab experts want more AZ clot data from outside Europe
The World Health Organization’s vaccine advisors called Thursday for more data on the incidence of blood clots in people who received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine outside Europe.
California goes from worst to first in virus infections
Just a few months ago, California was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. Hospitals in Los Angeles were drowning in patients, and ambulances were idling outside with people struggling to breathe, waiting for beds to open.