LOS ANGELES — The 1941 film "The Wolf Man" presents Larry Talbot’s transformation from man to wolf as a form of schizophrenia. So little was known about mental illnesses then, the explanation may have seemed plausible.
Parents may sign their children up for a year’s worth of free vitamins at Delta Pharmacy locations starting Aug. 15.
On Dec. 20, 1968, I was in Minnesota for a family wedding and got the flu; what I didn’t get, to my surprise, was my period. With a fever of 104 degrees, I was too sick to eat or even go to the bathroom unaided for 10 days. Returning to New York on Sunday night of New Year’s weekend, I was struggling to breathe and too weak to walk.
Three weeks ago, Lindsey Graham finally grabbed some spotlight for his long-shot presidential bid.
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BREWER, Dorothy Leona Nelson, 94, of Mount Pleasant, a homemaker and widow of James A. Brewer, died Sunday. Arrangements by Stuhr’s Mount Pleasant Chapel.
Last week’s announcement that the Navy was taking a different approach to measuring fitness and taking a less punitive approach to those who don’t make standards has a message to the nation as a whole, says a national health expert based at The Citadel.
Kelvin Grant was quick to his feet, two days post-surgery as he offered his brother, John Grant, ice chips and adjusted the blanket. On the sixth floor of the Medical University Hospital, Jacqueline Grant, their proud mother, stood by watching her sons with a smile on her face.
NEW YORK (AFP) – Bjork has said she is working on new music after cutting short a tour for her deeply personal last album “Vulnicura,” which she said had taken an emotional toll. “I have started writing new songs and feel the best, most natural pathway to go is to let this beast flow its […]
Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) said its net income rose 16 percent to P9.3 billion for the first half of 2015, citing higher revenues from net interest and non-interest income. In a statement, the BPI said its annualized return on equity (ROE) and return on assets (ROA) registered 13 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively. […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Drake on Monday become the first artist to release an album this year that has sold more than one million copies in the United States, ending the latest industry drought. The Canadian rapper’s “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late,” which he put out digitally without prior warning in February, has […]
* Chinese carriers slump on yuan devaluation, but exporters jump
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” fought off competitors to claim the top spot on the North American box office chart for a second straight week, industry data showed Monday. The fifth installment of the blockbuster franchise, which stars Hollywood heavyweight Tom Cruise as a top-secret agent battling a rogue global organization, […]
MONTREAL (Reuters) - The French flag flew proudly in Montreal on Monday as Gilles Simon and Gael Monfils advanced to the second round of the Rogers Cup.
LONDON – The secret agents from “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” are back, this time on the silver screen in an action comedy movie based on the 1960s television series. “Man of Steel” star Henry Cavill takes on the role of Napoleon Solo and “The Social Network” actor Armie Hammer plays Illya Kuryakin in the film […]
Parents in Pakistan accuse police of failing to do enough to break up a paedophile ring in the prime minister's political heartland. Natasha Howitt reports.
Parents in Pakistan accuse police of failing to do enough to break up a paedophile ring in the prime minister's political heartland. Natasha Howitt reports.
Parents in Pakistan accuse police of failing to do enough to break up a paedophile ring in the prime minister's political heartland. Natasha Howitt reports.
Parents in Pakistan accuse police of failing to do enough to break up a paedophile ring in the prime minister's political heartland. Natasha Howitt reports.
Semiconductor maker Cirtek Holdings Philippines Corporation said its net income rose 48 percent to US$3 million in the first half of 2015 from US$2.1 million in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said its consolidated net sales grew 24 percent growth to US$28.3 million for the […]
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Police in riot gear contained roughly 200 protesters who had gathered in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri on Monday to mark the anniversary of the police shooting of an unarmed black teen whose death ignited a national firestorm on race relations.
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Police in riot gear contained roughly 200 protesters who had gathered in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri on Monday to mark the anniversary of the police shooting of an unarmed black teen whose death ignited a national firestorm on race relations.
Asian stock markets wavered and the region's currencies tumbled Tuesday after China unexpectedly devalued its tightly-controlled yuan in response to weakening trade and growth.
A power plant operator in southern Japan restarted a nuclear reactor on Tuesday, the first to begin operating under new safety requirements following the Fukushima disaster.
The latest in the events marking a year since the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri (all times local):