Brooke Shields is talking about how badly she broke her leg and how she’s recovering. Shields says she broke her femur while exercising in the gym in January, and then spent weeks in the hospital having multiple surgeries. “I’ve come a long way since this, but the journey is just beginning,” Shields wrote on Instagram,
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Click here for updates on this story MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (WSMV) — Rutherford County Fire Rescue responded to two water rescue calls Sunday night, both involving submerged vehicles. The first call was on Central Valley Road just before 8 p.m. A father and his teenage daughter were inside their vehicle. As crews approached, screaming could be
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With so many challenges facing us here on Earth — the pandemic, climate change, the economy — it might seem like an odd time to focus on space. But space exploration offers enormous benefits for all of us. There’s a long list of innovations that have emerged as a result of space research that have
Continue ReadingSeveral civil rights and voting rights groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the Georgia’s new voting law, which was signed last week by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. The suit — filed by the Georgia NAACP, Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda, League of Women Voters of Georgia, GALEO Latino Community Development Fund, Common Cause and
Continue ReadingThe dramatic implosion of Archegos Capital Management is another warning to Wall Street about the dangers of hefty leverage and speculative behavior fueled by rock-bottom interest rates. It’s also a wake-up call to regulators about hidden risks within the financial system. “It is a dereliction of duty for regulators at the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Continue ReadingFernando Alonso’s Renault-owned Alpine team have blamed a discarded sandwich wrapper for wrecking the double world champion’s Formula One comeback race in Bahrain on Sunday. The Spaniard retired from his first race since 2018 after the car’s rear brakes overheated. “After the second stop, a sandwich wrap paper got stuck inside the rear brake duct
Continue ReadingA big smartphone maker is getting into electric cars. And it’s not Apple. China’s Xiaomi announced Tuesday that it will invest $10 billion over the next decade in a subsidiary focused on the “smart electric vehicle business.” The company said in a stock market filing that the new unit will be led by billionaire CEO
Continue Reading K-pop stars BTS have spoken out about their own experience with racial discrimination in the wake of rising anti-Asian violence in the US. “We recall moments when we faced discrimination as Asians. We have endured expletives without reason and were mocked for the way we look. We were even asked why Asians spoke in English,”
Continue ReadingMajor global banks could be hit with billions of dollars in losses after US investment firm Archegos Capital was forced to dump shares last week when it got into financial trouble. Nomura and Credit Suisse said Monday that earnings might take “significant” hits after a client of their broking services defaulted on margin calls last
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden will lay out the first of a sweeping two-pronged infrastructure and jobs proposal Wednesday, with the administration launching its expected months-long effort to pass proposals that will total between $3 trillion and $4 trillion, according to senior administration officials. Biden, who will detail the infrastructure and climate piece of the proposal in
Continue Reading Hundreds of wildfires are burning across Nepal, sending smoke and ash across its cities during one of the worst fire seasons in recent years. Nepal’s dry season, which runs from late fall to early summer, typically peaks with the most severe fires in March and April. Since November, 73 of Nepal’s 77 districts have reported
Continue Reading Much of America’s recent progress against Covid-19 is being erased as infections, deaths and hospitalizations multiply nationwide. On Monday US President Joe Biden implored state and local officials to reinstate mask mandates, after Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), shared her feelings of “impending doom” at a White House
Continue Reading Global leaders have called for a new treaty to help the world prepare for future pandemics, in a warning against rising vaccine nationalism. More than 20 national leaders, including France’s Emmanuel Macron, Britain’s Boris Johnson and Germany’s Angela Merkel, wrote a piece published in several media outlets on Tuesday warning that it is a question
Continue Reading(CNN) — El covid-19 probablemente se transmitió a las personas a través de un animal y probablemente comenzó a propagarse entre uno o dos meses antes de que se detectara en diciembre de 2019, según indicó el borrador de un reporte de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). La fuente menos probable: una fuga
Continue ReadingTo get more Black people vaccinated against coronavirus infections, Dr. Kimberly Manning is determined to keep doing what she has had a conviction to do since before the pandemic hit. “I’m determined to make sure that people who, historically, have not been seen or who have felt undervalued know that they matter, that they are
Continue ReadingSince announcing himself on the world stage with a PGA Tour victory as a rookie in 2019, Chile’s Joaquin Niemann has established himself as one of golf’s most exciting prospects. It’s been a whirlwind six months on the course for the Santiago native and a series of outstanding results have seen the 22-year-old break into
Continue ReadingHong Kong (CNN) — El comercio de vida silvestre en China es la vía más probable a través de la cual el covid-19 pudo propagarse desde la fuente animal original, posiblemente murciélagos, a los humanos, según uno de los autores del tan esperado informe de la Organización Mundial de la Salud sobre el origen del
Continue Reading(CNN) — Siete de cada 10 personas hospitalizadas por covid-19 no se han recuperado por completo cinco meses después del alta, encuentra un nuevo estudio. Los sobrevivientes de covid continuaron experimentando preocupaciones con su salud mental y física, y 1 de cada 5 personas han desarrollando una nueva discapacidad, y un número similar no trabaja
Continue ReadingWith the money from his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief law starting to flow, President Joe Biden is turning his attention to his next massive investment package — a two-part infrastructure and jobs proposal that could total $3 trillion. The funding is sorely needed, experts say. From roads to public transit, from dams to airports, the
Continue Reading(CNN) — ¿Te despiertas con más frecuencia estos días por un sueño desagradable, incluso de una pesadilla aterradora? Échale la culpa a una combinación de cambios de sueño provocados por la pandemia, junto con un año de estrés, dicen los expertos en sueño. «Mis pacientes han venido y me han dicho: ‘Tengo sueños vívidos, recuerdo
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