Author Salman Rushdie was attacked at an event in New York state on Friday, according to witness accounts and law enforcement reports. Rushdie, who has faced death threats over his writing, was scheduled to give a lecture at the education center Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, in southwestern New York, Friday […]
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Amazon’s Ring, MGM to launch show from viral doorbell videos
NEW YORK — Two Amazon-owned companies — Ring and Hollywood studio MGM — are teaming to create a TV show in the mold of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” using viral footage from Ring’s doorbell and smart-home cameras. The half-hour show, called “Ring Nation,” will be hosted by actor and comedian […]
WHO plans to rename monkeypox over stigmatization concerns
LONDON — The World Health Organization says it’s holding an open forum to rename the disease monkeypox, after some critics raised concerns the name could be derogatory or have racist connotations. In a statement Friday, the U.N. health agency said it has also renamed two families, or clades, of the […]
European drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels crops
LUX, France — Once, a river ran through it. Now, white dust and thousands of dead fish cover the wide trench that winds amid rows of trees in France’s Burgundy region in what was the Tille River in the village of Lux. From dry and cracked reservoirs in Spain to […]
LGBTQ groups denounce Florida plan to limit transgender care
MIAMI — LGBTQ and health groups have denounced a new rule by Florida health officials set to take effect later this month to restrict Medicaid insurance coverage for gender dysphoria treatments for transgender people. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration filed the new rule this month, and it is […]
Louisiana Supreme Court rejects appeal in abortion ban case
BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Supreme Court on Friday denied an appeal filed by plaintiffs in the ongoing legal battle over the state’s abortion ban, allowing the ban to stay in effect. The ruling marked a major blow to abortion-rights advocates and providers, who had hoped the ban would […]
More Black NFL retirees win dementia cases in rescored tests
PHILADELPHIA — Two years after a pair of former players sued the NFL over the treatment of Black retirees in the league’s $1 billion concussion settlement, hundreds of men whose medical tests were rescored to eliminate race bias now qualify for awards. The newly approved payouts, announced in a report […]
North Carolina deputy killed; search on for shooter
In this photo provided by Wake County Sheriff’s Office on Twitter, is the scene of a deputy-involved incident on Battle Bridge Road, near Auburn-Knightdale Road, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, in Wake County, N.C. Authorities in North Carolina are trying to determine who fired the shots that killed a sheriff’s deputy […]
Jon Batiste leaves Stephen Colbert’s ‘The Late Show’
Jon Batiste, his career soaring after winning multiple Grammys, is leaving his perch as bandleader of “The Late Show” after a seven-year run backing up host Stephen Colbert NEW YORK — Jon Batiste, his career soaring after winning multiple Grammys this year, is leaving his perch as bandleader of “The […]
J&J to end sales of baby powder with talc globally next year
Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc worldwide next year after it did the same in the U.S. and Canada amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it caused cancer. Talc will be replaced by cornstarch, the company said. The company has faced litigation alleging its talcum powder caused users […]