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Chinese health authorities are urging people in the city of Wuhan to avoid crowds and public gatherings after warning that a new viral illness infecting hundreds of people in the country and causing at least nine deaths could spread further By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press January 22, 2020, 5:19 AM 4 min read BEIJING — […]

“I was working non-stop. The company was almost like a love affair. I call it ‘my greatest love affair’, because it felt so, so important. “My identity was so wrapped up with work. If I wasn’t doing that job, I didn’t really know who I was.” In 2017, Amber Coster was a glamorous highflyer in

“Have you seen those photos of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston?” my sister asked me casually over the long weekend. Um, of course I had. Logging onto Facebook Sunday night, doing that obligatory “bored-on-the-weekend” scroll, I couldn’t escape the posts about the exes’ backstage run-in at the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards. (And I kid

A tour operator says North Korea has banned foreign tourists to guard against the spread of a new virus from China By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press January 22, 2020, 3:48 AM 2 min read SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has banned foreign tourists to guard against the spread of a new virus from China,

Image copyright Laura Banks / Sumaya Tarabi Search for #Veganuary on Instagram and you’ll find meatless burgers, dairy-free croissants and porridge topped with just about every plant-based food you can think of. You’ll also find people posing in gym wear, adverts for “diet” protein powders and posts about weight loss. People do Veganuary for a

If you’ve ever heard someone grind their teeth in the middle of the night, you know it’s the stuff of nightmares. As one Reddit user so aptly described it, “It was one of the strangest noises I have ever heard! Made me think of two massive blocks of concrete sliding together.” The sounds occur when

Two former drug company executives have been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison in a bribery scheme that prosecutors say helped fuel the national opioid epidemic January 21, 2020, 10:24 PM 2 min read BOSTON — Two former drug company executives were sentenced Tuesday to more than two years in federal prison

Image copyright Family photo Image caption Tehyah Solan-Clarke cannot communicate or feed herself The family of a nine-year-old girl with severe brain damage have been told her NHS-funded home care could end because she no longer qualifies for help. Tehyah Solan-Clarke, from Saddleworth, suffered damage to 90% of her brain after a series of strokes

How much does your partner need to know about what you do at work every day to be supportive? This polarizing question has many answers depending on what supporting and being supported by a romantic partner feels like to you. Take a writer’s career, as did one recent viral tweet. If you have published work,

Here’s what’s new in the outbreak linked to an emerging virus in China January 21, 2020, 9:00 PM 2 min read About 300 people have been diagnosed in an outbreak linked to a new virus in China. The illnesses began late last month in the city of Wuhan in central China, and six people have