The four-time Grand Slam tournament winner wrote on Instagram that she had suffered from bouts of depression since 2018 and will “take some time” away from the tennis court.
7-year-old boy swims for an hour to get help for dad and sister stranded in river
A 7-year-old boy in Florida is being hailed a hero after he swam ashore to get help when his sister and dad got swept away by a current.
Expert reveals why human lifespan has doubled in 100 years
CNN’s Bianna Golodryga speaks to Steven Johnson, author of “Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer,” about some of the discoveries and innovations that have led to the average human life expectancy almost doubling over the last century.
Naomi Osaka Quits the French Open After News Conference Dispute
The four-time Grand Slam tournament winner wrote on Instagram that she had suffered from bouts of depression since 2018 and will “take some time” away from the tennis court.
WHO’s new naming system for coronavirus variants uses Greek alphabet
The World Health Organization said on Monday that it has assigned new “labels” to key coronavirus variants so the public can refer to them by letters of the Greek alphabet instead of where the variant was first detected.
Lines Never Felt So Good: Crowds Herald New York’s Reopening
Museums broke attendance records, movie theaters sold out and jazz fans packed clubs on a Memorial Day weekend that felt far removed from the prior year’s pandemic traumas.
Study suggests tai chi can mirror healthy benefits of conventional exercise
A new study shows that tai chi mirrors the beneficial effects of conventional exercise by reducing waist circumference in middle-aged and older adults with central obesity. The study was done by investigators at the University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Chinese Academy of Sciences; and UCLA.
Maureen Dowd Talks ‘Mare of Easttown’ With Kate Winslet
The star of ‘Mare of Easttown’ is back on the sides of buses. Without airbrushing.
That Far Corner: Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles–A Free Online Documentary
From KCET (the public broadcaster serving SoCal) comes the documentary, That Far Corner: Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles. “During his time spent in Southern California in the late 1910s and early 1920s, Frank Lloyd Wright accelerated the search for L.A.’s authentic architecture that was suitable to the city’s culture and landscape. Writer/Director Chris Hawthorne, …
As Virus Toll Grows, Brazil’s Political Divisions Spill Onto the Streets
Opponents of President Jair Bolsonaro have mounted the largest protests since the beginning of the pandemic, suggesting new volatility before next year’s elections.