U.S.Associated PressAlec Baldwin sued for defamation by family of slain Marine
The widow and two sisters of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan are suing Alec Baldwin, alleging the actor exposed them to a flood of social media hatred by claiming on Instagram that one sister was an “insurrectionist” for attending former President Donald Trump's Washington, D.C., rally on Jan. 6 last year. The sister, Roice McCollum, protested peacefully and legally; was not among those who stormed the U.S. Capitol that day and, after being interviewed by the FBI, “was never detained, arrested, accused of or charged with any crime,” according to the lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne. The lawsuit comes as Baldwin is immersed in an ongoing investigation into the death of a cinematographer and the wounding of a director last fall after a prop gun the actor was holding on a movie set went off.
HealthMiami HeraldWhere are you most likely to catch COVID? New study highlights high risk locations
What are the odds of catching COVID-19 after a night at the movie theater? Researchers behind the paper analyzed outbreaks and superspreader events and studied factors that hinder and aid the virus' spread, to design a mathematical model that takes many factors into account before giving a percentage risk of infection. Go into a crowded movie theater with poor ventilation and a mostly unmasked audience, and there's a 14% chance of being infected, assuming everyone in the room is silent before, during and after the movie, according to the study data.
U.S.FTW OutdoorsWatch: Hiker turns around, sees charging cougar, has seconds to react
Dutch Faro was hiking near Pyramid Lake north of Los Angeles recently when he caught movement in his peripheral vision, prompting him to turn around. When he did, he came face-to-face with a charging mountain lion. “When I turned around and really got a look at it, I could tell it was a … cougar,” Faro told the Sacramento Bee.
U.S.ReutersTeddy Roosevelt statue removed from outside New York museum
Workers on Wednesday dismantled a towering statue of President Theodore Roosevelt from outside New York City's American Museum of Natural History. The "Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt," commissioned in 1925 and unveiled to the public in 1940, depicts Roosevelt on a horse, with a Native American man and an African man on foot at his side. The New York City Public Design Commission voted last June to remove it, the museum said on its website.
U.S.USA TODAYMeet the new mobile home: Manufactured houses deliver the American dream amid tough housing market
Priced out of the housing market As an overheated housing market – marked by double-digit price increases, bidding wars and inventory shortages – puts the dream of homeownership out of reach of many ordinary Americans, manufactured homes are growing in popularity because their cost is roughly half that of homes built on a permanent site. Unlike a traditional site-built house, which is constructed at its final location using multiple teams of subcontractors, a manufactured home is built in an indoor facility and delivered to its location.
ScienceBGRScientists think they figured out when the Sun will explode and kill us all
While the full death of the Sun is still trillions of years away, some scientists believe the current phase of the Sun's life cycle will end as soon as 5 billion years from now. Effectively, the Sun as we know it will have died. When that happens, the Sun will become a red giant.
HealthYahoo NewsWhy some people in close quarters get COVID-19 — and others don't
Although the highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19 is ripping through the United States at record rates, some households have been affected unevenly, with some people testing positive for COVID-19 while others in the same household do not. Coronavirus vaccines and boosters are very effective at preventing severe illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19, but breakthrough infections can occur, usually with milder symptoms. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Anyone with Omicron infection can spread the virus to others, even if they are vaccinated or don't have symptoms.
PoliticsINSIDERTrump Organization produced just 3 documents from Donald Trump in response to New York AG probe, court filings show
The New York Attorney General first subpoenaed the Trump Organization in December 2019. The company produced just three documents from Donald Trump out of more than 5 million it handed over. The Trump Organization gave the New York Attorney General's Office just three documents from former President Donald Trump in response to a subpoena issued more than two years ago, according to a new court filing.
BusinessFresno BeeMoney keeps pouring in for Fresno State basketball’s Cavinder twins. New deal is next-level
Fresno State basketball players Haley and Hanna Cavinder, who could earn close to or more than seven figures this year through Name, Image and Likeness endorsements, have landed an innovative deal with a new clothing company that includes a 25% ownership stake and one of three seats on its board of directors, according to Forbes. The company, Baseline Team, was founded with former Fresno State cross country runners David Vartanian and Mehdi Brahim and its main focus for now is basketball shorts. We gave them 25% of the company for a couple of reasons,” Vartanian told Forbes.
HealthYahoo LifeCervical cancer survivors urge other women to not ignore signs of the disease: ‘Your body whispers’
Like Felder, Tracy Jimenez had put off getting screened for cervical cancer but for a different reason: She didn't have health insurance. However, "I did keep going to the emergency room because of really bad back pain I was having," Jimenez, who was 46 years old at the time, tells Yahoo Life. "They told me I had sciatica in my back … They didn't check me to see if I had anything below so I had no idea what was going on."
PoliticsHuffPostGeraldo Rivera Rips 2 GOP Senators For Turning Senate Into ‘Jerry Springer Show’
Fox News veteran Geraldo Rivera on Tuesday ripped Republican senators for turning the Senate into “The Jerry Springer Show.” The Senate “used to be 'the world's most deliberative body,'” the conservative commentator wrote on Twitter. Rivera called out the “low-brow rudeness” from GOP senators like Rand Paul (Ky.) and Roger Marshall (Kan.), who both have launched unhinged attacks on Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert.
U.S.CBS NewsMan accused of killing UCLA student at L.A. furniture store arrested
Last Thursday, Brianna Kupfer was found dead on the floor of the store by a customer not long after she had sent an ominous text message to a friend, police said. Police say Kupfer was the only employee at Croft House on La Brea Avenue when someone came into the store that afternoon and fatally stabbed her. CBS Los Angeles reports that on Tuesday night, police identified the suspect as Smith.
PoliticsReutersU.S. Supreme Court spurns Trump bid to keep Capitol attack records secret
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected former President Donald Trump's request to block the release of White House records sought by the Democratic-led congressional panel investigating last year's deadly attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters. Trump's request to the justices came after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Dec. 9 ruled https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-rejects-trumps-bid-withhold-records-panel-probing-jan-6-attack-2021-12-09 that the businessman-turned-politician had no basis to challenge President Joe Biden's decision to allow the records to be handed over to the House of Representatives select committee. Trump and his allies have waged an ongoing legal battle with the committee seeking to block access to documents and witnesses.
ScienceUSA TODAYEarth's core is rapidly cooling, study reveals. Is our planet becoming 'inactive'?
Earth's interior is cooling faster than we previously estimated, according to a recent study, prompting questions about how long people can live on the planet. There's no exact timetable on the cooling process, which could eventually turn Earth solid, similar to Mars. But results from a new study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, focuses on how quickly the core may cool by studying bridgmanite, a heat-conducting mineral commonly found at the boundary between the Earth's core and mantle.
U.S.GOBankingRates400 Million Free N95 Face Masks Are Being Dispensed — Here’s How To Get Yours
The Biden administration aims to make 400 million N95 masks available to all Americans for free at pharmacies and community health centers next week, a White House official said per The Wall Street Journal. The masks will be coming from the Strategic National Stockpile, the national repository of critical medical supplies. Taxes 2022: Are Face Masks and Hand Sanitizer Deductible?
HealthYahoo Canada StyleDementia warning signs: The early symptom that's often overlooked
While memory loss could be the result of infection, depression or anxiety or other medical conditions, it may also be due to dementia. A recent study by the University of Exeter highlighted an early symptom of dementia that tends to be overlooked: apathy. Apathy or the loss of interest, enthusiasm or concern, is the "leading neuropsychiatric symptom of dementia" however it often goes unnoticed by families and in care.
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What Your Farts Can Tell You About Your Health
Gas happens — and when it does, it can provide some pretty handy intel. Learn about six different types of toots, such as smelly, hot, and burning farts, and what they say about your health.
WorldINSIDERMan pleads guilty to exploiting a worker who lived in a garden shed for 40 years with no light or heating, UK authority says
A man has pleaded guilty to exploiting a worker for 40 years, the UK's labor-abuse authority said. Peter Swailes, 56, was accused of keeping a man in an unlit garden shed without heating for decades. A man in England pleaded guilty to slavery and trafficking offenses in connection with a worker who lived in a tiny shed without light or heating for 40 years, the GLAA said.
HealthIn The Know by YahooNICU mom’s heartbreaking TikTok shows the frustrating reality of maternity leave in the US: ‘This. Is. America.’
When Rebecca Shumard posted to TikTok about going back to work 12 days after giving birth, she was feeling frustrated, fearful, guilty and spent. While those feelings can happen to any mom, and do, Shumard's case wasn't exactly typical. The 26-year-old medical assistant/exercise physiologist had recorded herself sitting at her desk at work, crying because not only was she not with her baby, her daughter was being treated in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) after being born at 27 weeks — a mere three weeks past viability.
U.S.Charlotte Observer5 kids missing on paddleboarding trip are found on bank along NC lake, officials say
Temperatures were in the 30s when crews searched for the kids, who were found safe three hours later on a bank along Belews Lake, according to Stokes County Fire Marshal Scott Aaron. “I couldn't stand the thought of knowing that maybe there's kids out there clinging to a paddleboard,” Eric Tumas, who used a searchlight to help spot the kids, told WGHP. While there, snow and ice from past wintry weather got in the way of launching boats, Aaron told McClatchy News in a phone interview.
PoliticsThe WeekTrump told banks his 11,000-square-foot Trump Tower triplex was triple that size, New York AG says
New York Attorney General Letitia James took legal action Tuesday night to compel former President Donald Trump and two of his children, Donald Jr. and Ivanka, to appear for sworn testimony as part of her office's ongoing civil investigation of the Trump Organization's financial dealings. James had subpoenaed Trump in December and Don Jr. and Ivanka earlier in January, and Tuesday's motion was in opposition to attempts by the Trumps to quash those subpoenas. "Thus far in our investigation, we have uncovered significant evidence that suggests Donald J. Trump and the Trump Organization falsely and fraudulently valued multiple assets and misrepresented those values to financial institutions for economic benefit," James said in a statement.
TechnologyAutoblogThor introduces self-propelled Airstream electric camper concept
Thor and Airstream announced a new electric concept that fundamentally challenges our collective preconceptions of what a travel trailer is supposed to be. Rather than simply being dead weight on the highway, the self-propelled eStream takes some of the burden off its tow vehicle thanks to its self-contained electric powertrain. This is one of two electric campers Thor introduced today, but while the Thor Vision Vehicle is a Transit-based electric RV done in the same style as conventional ICE van builds, the eStream concept is much wilder and more interesting.
HealthMen's HealthThis Is What a Month Without Alcohol Does to Your Body
Nearly two years into a pandemic, Dry January probably sounds like either a really good idea or a really painful one. With the last 10 years, Dry January has gained traction as a resolution. The concept of Dry January is straightforward: Give up booze for the entire first month of the year.
U.S.HuffPostTucker Carlson's Heartless Solution For The Homeless Enrages Twitter
Tucker Carlson suggested Tuesday that social services for the homeless encourage homelessness and destroy nuclear families. “Which in fact means helping the homeless get high,” he snapped. Critics on Twitter (see the tweets below) ripped Carlson's cold-blooded commentary.
WorldYahoo TVSenator says Putin invading Ukraine 'could end up leading to Russia's downfall'
Sen. Chris Murphy appeared Tuesday on Anderson Cooper 360, where the Connecticut Democrat addressed the growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine, with Russia now reportedly having hundreds of thousands of troops posted at the Ukrainian border. “There is going to be continued U.S. assistance, assistance to an army that's ready to fight and a population that is not just going to let Russia march into the center of Ukraine,” Murphy said.
“Cooking is the No. 1 way you’re polluting your home … You’re basically living in this toxic soup.”
“People (myself included) like cooking with gas! It’s one of the few energy uses that inspires brand loyalty to the fuel consumed.”
“It’s time to start making new buildings all-electric and switching out all those existing gas appliances, including gas stoves.”
“If you're looking for personal ways to protect the environment and your health right now, you have much bigger fish to fry.”
“Market-based solutions have not achieved their desired goals, thus new ways of thinking need to emerge.”