Micro preemie born at 23 weeks ‘graduates’ from NICU after 190-day stay
Ascension St. Vincent(NEW YORK) — On the last day of February, Estefania Alvarado was experiencing a whirlwind of emotions, but mostly she was feeling excited. Her baby boy, who had been in the hospital since he was born last August, was finally getti…
Scoreboard roundup — 3/5/23
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
INTERLEAGUE
Pittsburgh 5, Minnesota 2
Houston 6, Washington 2
Boston 4, Miami 1
NY Yankees 10, Atlanta 6
Toronto 16, Philadelphia 4
Kansas City 5, San Francisco 1
Seattle 6, Milwauke…
Woman found shot dead in 1978, known for decades as ‘Granby Girl,’ is finally identified
mbbirdy/Getty Images(GRANBY, Mass.) — A young woman who was found dead in the woods in Granby, Massachusetts, in 1978 and known for decades only as “Granby Girl” has finally been identified and her son is thanking authorities for “never giving up on h…
The wait is finally over — ‘History of the World Pt. 2’ launches Monday
Courtesy of HuluMel Brooks fans have been waiting over 40 years for this — the sequel to History of the World Part 1. Part 2 starts streaming Monday on Hulu.
It’s a series this time around, with Wanda Sykes, Ike Barinholtz, and Nick Kroll as executiv…
Loved ones, community members continue search for missing Arkansas teen Tanvi Marupally
Conway Police Department(CONWAY, Ark.) — It’s been more than 45 days since 14-year-old Tanvi Marupally went missing near the bus pickup area at her school in Conway, Arkansas, and there are still no publicly known leads as to where she went.
Tanvi’s …
Women land top economic policy posts as profession faces wider reckoning
Samyukta Lakshmi/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, a graduate student studying economics and public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, who is Black, said she never would have entered the field if she hadn’t met Lisa Cook….
Lawmakers renew push to ratify Equal Rights Amendment 100 years later
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Equal Rights Amendment was first drafted and introduced in Congress in 1923 — and now, a century later, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is working to at last enshrine its guarantees of gender equality in th…
Buttigieg pushes back on East Palestine criticism, calls Trump’s trip there ‘somewhat maddening’
Michael Swensen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday had sharp words for the chorus of Republican-led critics to his response to the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in February.
In an interview …
Newer drug may be an alternative to help lower heart disease risk, study finds
Tashi-Delek/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Statins, drugs that are used to lower one’s cholesterol, can save lives – but come with steep side effects for up to a third of people who need them. Now, a new study shows an alternative drug can also dramatically…
Violent protests erupt over train collision in Greece that killed 57
Costas Baltas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(ATHENS, Greece) — Anger over a same-track collision between two trains in Greece that killed nearly 60 people spilled onto the streets of Athens Sunday as a massive protest devolved into chaos when some de…