Avoiding three health factors may delay the odds of developing dementia by about 13 years, a new study has found: type 2 diabetes, smoking and high blood pressure. Scientific research has long established that these risk factors are three of the strongest for dementia, and that the neurodegenerative disease’s development begins long before symptoms arrive, … Read more
A Mexican influencer was shot dead on Tuesday while streaming live on social media outside a restaurant in Sinaloa state, where cartel and gang violence is rife. Cesar Gastelum, who had more than 600,000 followers on TikTok, was broadcasting with two friends — all dressed as food delivery workers as part of a challenge. Video … Read more
North Carolina authorities confirm multiple fatalities and one injured in a mass shooting in Prospect Hill.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026Law enforcement in the US state of North Carolina has reported a fatal mass shooting in the city of Prospect Hill, with at least three people killed, including the suspect, and another injured.The North … Read more
A vessel sank after it was attacked in the Red Sea’s Bab al-Mandeb Strait, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center reported. UKMTO did not name the ship or state who was responsible for the attack, but the Iran-backed Houthis have repeatedly threatened to disrupt shipping through the strait, a key chokepoint at the southern … Read more
What happened: Sandisk (SNDK) stock sank 4% in after-hours trading on Wednesday. What’s behind the move: The flash memory and storage manufacturer issued revenue guidance for the company’s fiscal first quarter that came in below analyst expectations. The company expects Q1 revenue of $10.3 billion to $10.8 billion, versus estimates of $11.16 billion. Sandisk said … Read more
Updated Aug. 5, 2026, 5:00 p.m. ETYou eat healthy, work out and feel great. Then, the intrusive thought: What if a mysterious disease is lurking somewhere in your body? Wouldn’t you want to know?You visit a futuristic, fresh-smelling wellness clinic and shimmy into a hospital gown. You lie down on the table, and a machine … Read more
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In the heart of urban Los Angeles lie the La Brea Tar Pits, a group of natural asphalt seeps made famous by the millions of ice age fossils preserved within the bubbling, dark pools of goo. Excavations of the pits have yielded bones of species that once roamed the area tens of thousands of years … Read more
A Riverhead woman is being treated for tularemia, the rare disease known as rabbit fever after being bitten by her cat, an infectious disease doctor at Peconic Bay Medical Center said Wednesday.This would be the fourth such case in Suffolk County this year. The county Health Department confirmed last week there were three probable cases … Read more
The Houthis, an Iranian-backed militia in Yemen, said Wednesday that they had struck a Saudi oil tanker in the northern Red Sea, and they threatened to intensify attacks there in an effort to close “all access routes” to Saudi oil shipments.The Houthi military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, said the group had fired ballistic missiles … Read more