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Honor Blackman, Actress Who Played Pussy Galore In Bond Film ‘Goldfinger,’ Dead At 94

NEW YORK (AP) — Honor Blackman, the potent British actress who took James Bond’s breath away as Pussy Galore in “Goldfinger” and who starred as the leather-clad, judo-flipping Cathy Gale in “The Avengers,” has died. She was 94. Blackman’s family said in a statement Monday that she died peacefully of natural causes at her home

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Hackers’ new target during pandemic: video conference calls

WASHINGTON — Ceri Weber had just begun to defend her dissertation when the chaos began: Echoes and voices interrupted her. Someone parroted her words. Then Britney Spears music came on, and someone told Weber to shut up. Someone threatened to rape her. Hackers had targeted the meeting on the video conference platform Zoom while Weber

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How the Theodore Roosevelt’s Coronavirus Outbreak Became a Moral Crisis for the Military

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s acting Navy secretary, in a profanity-laced reprimand delivered Monday, criticized sailors aboard the stricken aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt for cheering their captain, who was removed after he appealed for help as coronavirus spread throughout the warship. The Navy’s top civilian, Thomas B. Modly, delivered his message over the ship’s loudspeaker system

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Hackers’ new target during pandemic: video conference calls

WASHINGTON — Ceri Weber had just begun to defend her dissertation when the chaos began: Echoes and voices interrupted her. Someone parroted her words. Then Britney Spears music came on, and someone told Weber to shut up. Someone threatened to rape her. Hackers had targeted the meeting on the video conference platform Zoom while Weber

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White House pushes unproven drug for virus, but doctors wary

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his administration kept up their out-sized promotion Monday of an anti-malaria drug not yet officially approved for fighting the new coronavirus, even though scientists say more testing is needed before it’s proven safe and effective against COVID-19. Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro championed hydroxychloroquine in television interviews a day

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J.K. Rowling Says She’s ‘Fully Recovered’ After Suffering From COVID-19 Symptoms

J.K. Rowling revealed she’d been suffering from “all the symptoms” of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, for the last two weeks. The “Harry Potter” author shared a health update on Twitter Monday morning, assuring her millions of followers that she’s since “fully recovered,” although she hasn’t been tested for the respiratory illness. 

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Coronavirus: US car insurers refund drivers stuck at home

Image copyright Getty Images A major car insurer in the US is refunding millions of dollars to customers stuck at home during coronavirus lockdowns. Allstate, the country’s fourth biggest car insurer, said it would give back $600m (£490m) in total to customers. Another insurer, American Family Mutual, is also refunding customers, with cheques totalling $200m.

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