The World Health Organization has declared mpox an international public health emergency for the second time in two years as cases and deaths surge across several east and central African countries. The announcement comes one day after the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention declared mpox a continent-wide public health emergency. Although many countries…
Acclaimed actress Gena Rowlands died Wednesday at age 94, her family and representatives have confirmed. News of the star’s death comes just two months after her son, filmmaker Nick Cassavetes revealed that his mother had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, though no official cause of death has yet been made public. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly in…
The Indian market has shown robust performance, rising 1.1% in the last 7 days and an impressive 42% over the past year, with earnings projected to grow by 17% annually in the coming years. In this favorable environment, dividend stocks that offer consistent payouts and potential for capital appreciation stand out as strong investment options….
Michael A. Fletcher, ESPNAug 13, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Michael Fletcher is a senior writer with ESPN’s enterprise and investigative team. Before that, he wrote for ESPN’s The Undefeated, focusing on politics, criminal justice and social issues. He spent 21 years at The Washington Post, where his beats included the national economy, the White…
Elon Musk-owned launched Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini in beta today with improved reasoning. The new Grok AI model can now generate images on the X social network, though Grok access is currently limited to Premium and Premium+ users on X. xAI said that both Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini are available to users on X in…
Big news everyone! The Nomadic Network (TNN) is back! TNN is the community we built for travelers back in 2019. TNN’s goal was to connect fellow travelers through in-person meetups all around the world. In 2020, we shifted to virtual events, connecting you to a wide variety of voices that could teach you everything from…
Alpha Kappa Alpha, the historically Black sorority that counts Vice President Kamala Harris as one of its most notable alumni, has created a political action committee, an unusual venture by a sorority rallying around the chance to send one of its own to the White House. AKA is part of a collective of the country’s…
It may not be a “Blue Zone,” but Australia is doing pretty well when it comes to health. People living in the land down under can expect to live up to four years longer on average than their peers in five other wealthy, English-speaking countries, according to a new study published in the journal BMJ…
On Tuesday, an official social media account of Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign posted a racist meme implying that if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the presidency in November, nice suburban neighborhoods will be overrun with hordes of Black people and immigrants. “Import the third world. Become the third world,” read the post on X, the…
Aug 12, 2024, 12:20 PM ET You know college football season is right around the corner when the Associated Press releases its preseason Top 25. Georgia is on top of the poll, comfortably ahead of No. 2 Ohio State. Big Ten newcomer Oregon ranks third, SEC newcomer Texas is fourth and Alabama, minus Nick Saban,…
