Treponema pallidum, responsible for syphilis. Credit: NIAID / CC BY 2.0 In the spring of 1495, a deadly disease swept through Europe, leaving victims with severe physical and mental damage. The ...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said at a press conference Tuesday afternoon that the first-degree murder charge against Mangione accuses the suspected shooter of committing “an act of ...

China on Tuesday concurred with the US President-elect Donald Trump that cooperation between Beijing and Washington can achieve “great things.” “As long as China and the United States ...

The whole story acts like a metaphor for abusing substances or using your body in a transactional sense. Our main character wants friends and is willing to use her body to incentivize people to ...

RUBERY showed it certainly has got talent during a five-hour show at the village’s Memorial Club. The winner of the under 12 years category went to dancer Payton who danced to A Cat in the Hat. The ...

Days after the arrest of Luigi Mangione in connection with the assassination of a health-insurance executive, “wanted” posters appeared in New York City targeting healthcare and Wall Street ...

Protests in Bolivia triggered by a feud between the president and a political rival have caused turmoil. One fallout: fuel shortages that have left drivers lining up for gas for days. By Genevieve ...

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Known in Florida as the Baker Act, the state law allows designated professionals to initiate a 72-hour involuntary mental health examination on someone they deem to be a threat to themselves or ...

President Joe Biden is the latest chief executive to save most of his acts of clemency until near the end of his time in the White House. Biden announced Dec. 12 that he would grant pardons to 39 ...

In the Showmax Original series Spooksoeker, a teenager named Warno Alberts suddenly becomes aware of ghosts in his small town. Rico Immelman stars as Warno, alongside Joshwin Dyson as Warno’s ...

A year after becoming president, Javier Milei has been praised inside and outside Argentina for reining in galloping inflation. But his economic policies have inflicted widespread hardship. By ...