Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In quiet debut, Alzheimer's drug finds questions, skepticism
The first new Alzheimer's treatment in more than 20 years was hailed as a breakthrough when regulators approved it more than four months ago, but its rollout has been slowed by questions about its pri...
Oct 17, 2021
Underground home goes on sale in Massachusetts
(NEXSTAR) - This home isn't located in Hobbiton, but in Princeton, Massachusetts. For a listed price of $640,000, you'll get three bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms, and you'll never have to worry about re...
Oct 17, 2021
Celebrities to join Prince William for Earthshot Prize award
LONDON (AP) - Celebrities will join Prince William in London on Sunday for the inaugural awards ceremony of his Earthshot Prize, an ambitious environmental program aiming to find new ideas and technol...
Oct 17, 2021
Eating highly processed foods for a month can lead to memory loss, study finds
COLUMBUS, Ohio - There are plenty of waistline-related reasons to avoid highly processed foods, but a new study is adding yet another to the list. Ohio State University scientists report ultra-pr...
Oct 17, 2021
Russia sees its highest daily new COVID case number
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia is reporting its largest daily number of new coronavirus infections, more than 70% up on the number a month ago as the country faces a sustained rise in cases. The national corona...
Oct 17, 2021
Gambian Toufah Jallow tells of surviving rape by dictator
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Toufah Jallow's name resonates deeply in Gambia as one of the few women who has taken a public stand against sexual assault in the small West African state. She gained fame at th...
Oct 17, 2021
Heavy rains, floods leave 8 dead, 12 missing in south India
NEW DELHI (AP) - At least eight people have died and a dozen are feared missing after a day of torrential rains in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Rescue operations were underway on Sunday after ...
Oct 17, 2021
Japan's Kishida sends offering to controversial Tokyo shrine
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida donated ritual offerings Sunday to a Tokyo shrine viewed by Chinese and Koreans as a symbol of Japanese wartime aggression, though he did not make...
Oct 17, 2021
US religious group says 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A group of 17 missionaries including children was kidnapped by a gang in Haiti on Saturday, according to a voice message sent to various religious missions by an organizat...
Oct 16, 2021
Couple who lost home in California plane crash finds wedding ring in rubble
SANTEE, Calif. (KSWB) - The newlywed couple who lost their home in a deadly California plane crash returned to the damage left behind but found a glimmer of hope in the wreckage. Cody and Co...
Oct 16, 2021