While rain has stopped falling in South Carolina, the deadly storm continues to bring devastation, with numerous dams breached and damage expected to top $1 billion. Numerous dams have been breached, bridges collapsed and hundreds of roads were inundated with floodwaters, causing emergency evacuations. … [Read more...]
American Airlines CEO Expresses Condolences After Pilot Dies in Flight
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker expressed sorrow and said "all of us at American extend our condolences" to the family of the pilot who died Monday while working on one of the carrier's flights. … [Read more...]
Adults With Braces May Have More Complications
Braces used to be just for teens. Growing numbers of adults are having orthodontic treatments, hoping to achieve the perfect smile and bite. And more dentists are offering their grown-up patients appliances designed to be more discreet than traditional metal braces, including clear aligners, porcelain braces and back-of-the-teeth lingual orthodontics. … [Read more...]
Twitter Moments, a New Way to Consume Curated Content
Twitter Moments was not designed with me in mind, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong. I’ve been on Twitter, once known as simply a micro-blogging service, since 2007 and have never really looked back. It’s both my inner and outer voice. … [Read more...]
Dancing With the Stars’ Alek Skarlatos Visits Terror-Stricken Roseburg
Dancing with the Stars competitor Alek Skarlatos has been touched by terror twice—but sadly, the train hero wasn't there to help his Roseburg, Oregon school when a shooter murdered nine people on Thursday. … [Read more...]
Americans Spending More on Cigarettes, First Time in Decade
Americans are boosting spending on cigarettes for the first time in almost a decade, and that’s helping to propel a rally sweeping through themunicipal-bond market. High-yield tobacco bonds, which are repaid from legal-settlement money that state and local governments receive from cigarette companies, returned 9.4 percent this year through Monday, almost five times the broader … [Read more...]
Low Birth Weight Linked to Climate Change and Extreme Weather
The world has learned much in recent years about the harmful health effects of climate change, such as heat-related deaths, respiratory and heart problems caused by air pollution, and emotional disorders that result from the consequences of extreme weather. … [Read more...]
Daniel Cormier’s UFC Title Reign in the Shadow of Jon Jones
When it was all over—when the fifth round ended and the judges declared Daniel Cormier the winner and he raised his hands in the air, half in triumph, half in relief—it was difficult to look at him with anything other than awe and admiration. … [Read more...]
PepsiCo Does Better Than Wall Street Predicted
PepsiCo's third-quarter profit topped Wall Street expectations as the maker of Frito-Lay snacks and Mountain Dew soda hiked prices and trimmed costs. The Purchase, New York, company raised its 2015 earnings growth target, citing its year-to-date results and outlook for the rest of the year. … [Read more...]
Alphabet Drops ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Motto for ‘Obey the Law’ Instead
Alphabet, the new publicly-traded company behind Google search, advertising, and maps has published a new code of conduct that doesn't include the famous 'Don't be evil' motto. Instead, employees of Alphabet and its subsidiaries are expected to 'Do the right thing' and that means, "Follow the law, act honourably and treat each other with respect". … [Read more...]