NEW YORK — Two-year-old Bain Brandon has Type 1 diabetes and needs insulin to live. But even with health insurance, the price tag isn’t cheap. A one-month supply of insulin vials and a three-month supply of backup pens for the Mississippi toddler cost his parents $194 last week, according to his mom, 29-year-old Marlee Brandon….
MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — An undersea magnitude 7.4 earthquake toppled buildings in parts of northern Indonesia, sent people fleeing from their homes, killed at least one person and generated a small tsunami Thursday. Strong shaking lasting 10 to 20 seconds was felt in Bitung in North Sulawesi province as well as in Ternate city in…
BEDFORD, N.H. — BEDFORD, N.H. (AP) — “Bob’s Burgers” voice actor and comedian Eugene Mirman suffered serious injuries after crashing his car into a toll plaza and being pulled from the fiery wreckage by a state trooper assigned to protect the governor of New Hampshire. The crash happened just before noon Tuesday when a northbound…
Rap megastar J. Cole has signed a contract to play in the Chinese Basketball Association with the Nanjing Monkey Kings, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The multi-Grammy-Award-winning and multi-Platinum artist had committed to playing a few games for the Chinese team last year and is now following through. Editor’s Picks 1 Related This is the…
Using the Immersion Grating Infrared Spectrometer (IGRINS) on the Gemini South telescope at the International Gemini Observatory, astronomers have directly measured the atmospheric composition of WASP-189b and found it echoes the elemental makeup of its host star, offering the clearest evidence yet that planets inherit their chemical identities from the disks that formed them. An…
Poe Mamhe Thar built her career in Myanmar one character at a time, developing what she describes as a growing sensitivity not just to the roles she played but to the audiences connecting with them. Now, with her Thai cinema debut in “Gohan,” she is stepping into a significantly larger regional spotlight. Directed by Baz…
John Stones Future Uncertain as Everton Circle There is a quiet inevitability to the way elite careers begin to pivot. For John Stones, that moment appears to be approaching, shaped not by form or reputation, but by fitness and opportunity. According to talkSPORT, the Manchester City defender is unlikely to be offered a new contract,…
The FDA has concluded its investigation into an outbreak of Salmonella infections related to Rosabella-brand moringa powder capsules distributed by Ambrosia Brands LLC. As of April 1, there have been 10 patients from eight states confirmed in the outbreak of Salmonella Newport and Salmonella Kentucky. Three of the patients have required hospitalization. The outbreak strains…
The history of gambling goes back way further than anyone imagined. This new discovery drastically alters the date of a key intellectual moment in the history of human culture—the recognition that some events in nature are random, under nobody’s control. All games of chance, from Yahtzee to horse race betting, rely on probability, a relatively…
India’s Reliance Animation Academy and Tenali Rama Animation have unveiled “Ravana – The Lost Battle with Shri Ram,” one of India’s first student-led theatrical feature films, to be produced through an industry-education partnership. The project centers on Ravana, the many-headed demon king whose abduction of the princess Sita sets in motion the climactic war at…
