SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Close up wild hive with cluster or swarm of bees on tree branch. - Kristyna Sindelkova, Getty Images/iStockphoto
A 59-year-old man died in southeastern Kentucky this week after he was attacked by a swarm of bees, a county coroner is reporting.
The area where the man was stung is near the Virginia state line, about 160 miles southeast of...
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Wednesday suspended Judge Pauline Newman from hearing new cases amid a deepening clash over the 96-year-old jurist's mental competence to serve on the bench.
A council of judges on the Washington, D.C., court unanimously said Newman had failed to cooperate with an investigation into her...
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Federal Reserve officials are set to hold interest rates steady at their meeting Wednesday while debating what it would take for them to lift borrowing costs again this year.
Their anticipated decision would mark the second time in six policy meetings this year that the Fed hasn’t raised rates, slowing the pace of increases to allow more time...
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
If you’ve already lost count of how many Covid variants there are, we’re here to tell you there’s another one, which has led the UK government to bring forward autumn booster vaccines.
The new BA.2.86 variant (the latest Omicron strain) nicknamed “Pirola” has been thought to be spreading in the UK, after the government said there was an...
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
A map shows the probable path of Hurricane Nigel. National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane Nigel is expected to rapidly strengthen into a major hurricane on Tuesday, forecasters said, but it poses no immediate threat to land as it storms over the Atlantic Ocean.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said early on Monday that Nigel was about 935 miles east-southeast...
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Dollar dumped? India buys UAE oil with rupees. - Indian Prime Minister's Office/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
For decades, no global currency has stood a chance of dethroning the U.S. dollar. But a growing coalition of countries is apparently seeking to do just that — and they're already making moves.
The Indian government announced on Aug. 14 that the...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Anxiety, discomfort and change are all part of life, but they are not enemies. The No. 1 silent saboteur of success is how we react to them.
As a Harvard psychologist, I've observed this struggle firsthand. I coined a concept about it, "psychological avoidance," based on my 20 years of research and clinical work.
Psychological avoidance is any response...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 42% of employees globally have reported a decline in mental health. - Craig F. Walker - The Boston Globe - Getty Images
More than any other decade, the 2020s began with a focus on addressing the global crisis of declining mental health and its impact not only on our personal lives...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
People pleasing, catastrophizing and seeking external reassurance are all contributing to your feelings of anxiety.
Anxiety is a very normal but a very unwelcome feeling. Most of us would choose not to experience it if we could.
In some ways, it’s like a smoke alarm, said Natasha Reynolds, a psychotherapist at Bloom Psychology & Wellness in Toronto. That smoke detector alerts...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, in Fulton County Jail booking photos. - Fulton County Sheriffs Office
The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case has severed the case, ordering that 17 defendants -- including Donald Trump -- will not be tried alongside speedy trial defendants Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell on Oct. 23.
In a blow to prosecutors, Judge Scott...
