2+ week, 2+ day ago   (184+ words) Heart disease remains the leading killer of people worldwide, and one of the key risk factors driving deaths is elevated levels of cholesterol. In a new article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers report that a gene-editing…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (378+ words) Under President Donald Trump, the Transportation Security Administration is seeking to replace federal TSA screeners with private contractors in more airport security lines. Twenty US airports already use private screeners through the TSA’s Screening Partnership Program, or SPP, which launched…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (156+ words) An employee was gunned down behind the counter of a Brooklyn restaurant in a brazen early Sunday shooting that left another man wounded, according to authorities and sources. The 44-year-old victim was discovered with a fatal gunshot wound to his…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (621+ words) With U.S. debt hitting $40 trillion, markets are turning more attention to that burden and whether policymakers will address the root causes or just the symptoms. The Treasury Department’s interventions in the bond and currency markets in recent weeks point to the…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (808+ words) SEATTLE — Fire and medical officials have issued warnings about a supplement offered to Western wildland firefighters who have been exposed to toxic chemicals while battling some of the country’s biggest blazes, including last year’s Eaton fire in Altadena. The supplement…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (407+ words) A prolonged and dangerous heat wave is set to grip parts of the Southern United States this week, as forecasters warned that temperatures are expected to soar into triple digits, with daily records at risk of being broken. The most…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (799+ words) A lip-licking alligator, a smiling moose and a hat-wearing bear are among the many cartoon animals to have found themselves in the crosshairs of Buc-ee’s, the popular Texas convenience store chain that has a penchant for protecting its buck-toothed beaver....

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (1080+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to continue construction on a new White House ballroom with a temporary stay issued Friday—just before the aboveground portion of the project was about to be halted. Chief Justice John Roberts,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (380+ words) A health marker doctors warn can foretell premature death has been spiking on President Donald Trump’s medical records, according to a new report. Doctors are seriously concerned that Trump, 80, may have gained nearly 25 pounds since his last campaign for president,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (899+ words) What a bunch of pricks! An unhinged gang of vagrants—including a sicko in a grotesque penis mask and a maniac setting benches ablaze—is relentlessly terrorizing young girls at a multi-million-dollar soccer field in the trendy Meatpacking District. The…...