Fortress recalls 61,000 biometric gun safes after 12-year-old dies
[ad_1] Roughly 61,000 biometric gun safes sold nationwide are being recalled after the shooting death of a 12-year-old boy, Fortress Safe and the U.S. Consumer Product Commission announced on Thursday. The recalled More...
This flesh-eating parasite spread by sand flies has foothold in U.S., appears to be endemic in Texas, CDC scientists report
[ad_1] Once thought to be a danger largely reserved for travelers, a flesh-eating parasite known as Leishmania mexicana is now likely spreading locally through some sand flies native to the southern U.S., a new More...
Under fire, Social Security chief vows “top-to-bottom” review of payment clawbacks
[ad_1] The head of the Social Security Administration said Wednesday the agency has been sending about 1 million people a year notices that they were paid benefits to which they were not entitled and that she More...
What lies behind Stephen King’s scary influence on the world of horror? | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] HORROR HEROES: King with Creepshow producer Richard P Rubinstein and director George A Romero (Image: Getty) Here’s a great pub quiz question: which living author has had more of his stories adapted More...
How the extrodinary mosiquto’s stung the Nazis where it hurt | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] AT 11am on January 31, 1943, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring stood up to speak. Primped and powdered in a uniform carefully tailored to flatter his bulk, the former First World War ace was in his pomp. More...
Suzanne Somers had long battle with breast cancer before death
[ad_1] Suzanne Somers had long battle with breast cancer before death Suzanne Somers had long battle with breast cancer before More...
John Grisham exclusive: The return of The Firm | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] COURTROOM KING: John Grisham (Image: Getty) The first time Mitch McDeere stepped into the ornate lobby of the Peabody hotel in downtown Memphis, he was two months shy of his 25th birthday. He was a More...
Ebay faces up to $2 billion in fines over selling “rolling coal” devices
[ad_1] Ebay may have to cough up as much as $2 billion in fines for allegedly allowing the distribution and sale of hundreds of thousands of products that significantly increase pollution spewing from diesel More...
Don’t mess with the ‘Killer Queen’ of crime Val McDermid | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] Val McDermid (Image: Getty) The Scottish crime writer Val McDermid should be over the moon. As we meet in a London café, Time magazine in the US has just unveiled its prestigious list of “The 100 More...
Are attention spans getting shorter (and does it matter)?
[ad_1] Does it ever seem like something is going on with our attention spans? The world’s #1 most downloaded app is TikTok, an infinite stream of very short video clips. Newspaper articles are getting shorter, and More...
