The schoolgirl, from Espírito Santo State in Brazil, was preyed on by her sick relative for four years, but when she tried to get an abortion her local hospital refused and she was targeted by activists The young girl was…
A wildfire grows near a home on Twilight Lane in Santa Cruz, California, on Aug. 19, 2020. If I dare to give the coronavirus credit for anything, I would say it has made people more conscious of the air they…
Hundreds of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes will soon be released in the Florida Keys island chain to wipe out local populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes, according to news reports. The big questions are, will it work and will it have…
Is honey a better treatment for coughs and colds than over-the-counter medications and antibiotics? A new review of research says yes — though with the caveat that over-the-counter medications don’t actually offer much relief for sore throats, hacking coughs and…
A Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), swims under ice near northern Baffin Island, in the Canadian Arctic. Headlines circulating on the internet today (Dec. 14) breathlessly described the discovery of a 512-year-old shark — but they’re a little off the mark.…
The 2009 psychological horror film “The Haunting in Connecticut” tells the story of the Snedeker family, who in 1986 rented an old house in Southington, Connecticut. Allen and Carmen Snedeker moved in with their daughter and three young sons. While…