Egypt has unearthed further evidence that a secret chamber, believed by some to be the lost burial site of Queen Nefertiti, may lie behind King Tutankhamun’s tomb, Egypt’s antiquities minister said on Thursday. There is huge international interest in Nefertiti, who died in the 14th century B.C. and is thought …
Frustrated neighbors block a road with trash after days without water. Placard-waving nurses halt traffic to demand uniforms and medicines. Women bang pots on balconies when the lights go out. Venezuela is simmering with small-scale street protests as water and electricity services stutter, labor disputes mount, and basic food items …
Tri-State Tornado claims 695 victims, Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov completes first ever spacewalk … on this date in history. Today is Friday, March 18, the 78th day of 2016 with 288 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mercury, Neptune, Saturn. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Uranus and Venus. …
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“It took me a while because I took some breaks.” ~COLETTE BOURLIER, who was awarded a doctorate in geography at age 90, on why it took her 30 years to complete her thesis. Source: Quotation of the Day – The New York Times
Country singer Charley Pride is 82. Actor Brad Dourif (“Lord of the Rings,” ”Chucky” movies) is 66. TV personality Mike Rowe (“Dirty Jobs”) is 54. Singer-actress Vanessa Williams (“Desperate Housewives,” ”Ugly Betty”) is 53. Keyboardist Scott Saunders of Sons of the Desert is 52. Guitarist Jerry Cantrell of Alice in …
Once grown, African-American children are more likely than their white peers to backslide into a lower economic group. When it comes to financial stability, black Americans are often in much more precarious situations than white Americans. Their unemployment rate is higher, and so is the level of poverty within the …
A high proportion of visits to the clinics are thought to be additional care, rather than a replacement of more expensive options like the emergency room or doctors offices. BOSTON, March 8 (UPI) — Retail health clinics, thought to lower costs, tend to represent additional care instead of replacing use …
To see why Pakistan’s revenues are in such bad shape, take a look at which cigarettes are flying off the shelves. Local brands are starting to take away market share from rivals marketed by British American Tobacco Plc and Phillip Morris International Inc. The reason is simple: They cost less …
The world is full of opportunities to save money — if you just have enough money to access them. There are several ways to save money on, say, a roll of toilet paper. You can reach for the cheaper version: the store brand, or the singly-ply TP, or the stuff …
Scientists worked with aboriginal Australian communities to explore their heritage. The first complete sequences of the Y chromosomes of Aboriginal Australian men have revealed a deep indigenous genetic history tracing all the way back to the initial settlement of the continent 50 thousand years ago, according to a study published …
Research from the Dartmouth Atlas Project identifies care that older people receive that doesn’t match clinical guidelines or, often, patients’ own preferences. As people get older, their health care goals may shift from living as long as possible to maintaining a good quality of life: quality over quantity. In many …
