Screen legend Kirk Douglas has passed away at the age of 103. Son Michael Douglas remembers his father. Kirk Douglas, one of the most famous American leading men of the mid-20th century remembered for his dimpled chin, chiseled features, and virile Hollywood roles, died Wednesday at the age of 103, his family announced. “It is…
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The drug overdose scourge claimed about 68,000 US lives in 2017, just over 45,000 of them from opioids alone. Every day, 115 Americans die from opioid overdoses. It has fueled a decline in an entire country’s life expectancy and will be remembered as a sad and tragic chapter in our collective history. These are desperate…
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Barbara Bush, who was the wife of one president and the mother of another and whose embrace of her image as America’s warmhearted grandmother belied her influence and mettle, died April 17. She was 92. The office of her husband, former president George H.W. Bush, issued a statement Tuesday evening announcing her death but did…
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The smell of jasmine is as good as valium at calming the nerves with none of the side effects, researchers find. Instead of a sleeping pill or mood enhancer, consider filling your lungs with a breath of fresh jasmine. German researchers have found filling the cages of mice with the fragrance dramatically calms the animals,…
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We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see ourPrivacy Noticefor details of your data protection rights Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee our privacy notice A dedicated NHS nurse who had ‘nightmares about work’ committed suicide after the stress of working 12 hour shifts left her unable to…
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On Sunday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tossed a purely partisan grenade into the Senate and utterly destroyed a bipartisan legislative package intended to provide desperately needed economic relief to the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. Both Republican and Democratic senators had spent several days negotiating a nearly $2 trillion package that would provide financial assistance…
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If you have an older sister, you can hide behind her when you get into trouble, make her do your chores, and even borrow her clothes (without telling her, obviously), but there’s more you need to thank her for. According to psychologists, having a sister improves your mental stability and overall development. Children who grow up with sisters around them are happier…
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The big guns are out for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the charismatic first-term legislator from New York. In an apparent swipe at Ocasio-Cortez, Donald Trump used part of his rambling State of the Union address to say he was “alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism in our country.” “What is different now is that the moral…
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Seth Wenig / Reuters Interviews with Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and other tech elites consistently reveal that Silicon Valley parents are strict about technology use. A new book suggests the signs may have been clear years ago that smartphone use should be regulated. There may be a way to integrate tech into the classroom, however,…
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It’s the busiest and best time of year: the leaves are changing, Halloween and homecoming are just around the corner and, unfortunately, it’s also midterm season. Most of us are struggling to find time to squeeze in meals and sleep, let alone relaxation time. The cherry on top of all this? As the leaves change…
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