When Alexis M. Herman first met Jimmy Carter back in the 1970s, she never imagined how their fates would intertwine, nor the heights to which their respective careers would rise. “He was governor of Georgia then, and I was just a few years out of college,” Herman said. The Alabama native and Xavier University alumna...
A federal appeals court has upheld writer E. Jean Carroll’s $5 million civil judgment against President-elect Donald Trump. A jury had awarded Carroll the sum in 2023 after finding Trump liable for sexual abusing her in the 1990s and then defaming her after she went public with her allegations. Trump had appealed the verdict, charging...
In a presidential election year where immigration and the economy were frequently cited as voters’ top concerns, LGBTQ issues reliably generated headlines. The year in LGBTQ news began in tragedy following the death of a transgender Oklahoma student, Nex Benedict, which prompted a wave of outrage among queer activists around the world. It ended with...
Actor Gal Godot revealed she was diagnosed with “a massive blood clot” in the brain during her eighth month of pregnancy earlier this year that required emergency surgery. The “Wonder Woman” star, 39, revealed in a candid Instagram post Sunday that she was diagnosed in February after “excruciating headaches that confined me to bed” for...
Drinking plenty of water is essential to staying hydrated, but for some people, H20 alone doesn’t cut it, says Dr. Matthew Sedgley, a physician specializing in sports medicine at MedStar Health. Those who do strenuous exercise, have a labor-intensive job or spend long periods in the heat may also need to replenish their electrolytes. “Electrolyte...
Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom “Alice,” has died. She was 87. Lavin died in Los Angeles on Sunday of complications from recently discovered lung cancer, her representative, Bill Veloric, told The Associated Press in an email. A success...
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BERLIN — Billionaire Elon Musk is trying to exert influence over the German election taking place in February, a government spokesperson said on Monday. “It is indeed the case that Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election,” with X posts and an opinion piece he wrote backing the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) over the weekend, she said. Musk was free to express...
A major investigation was underway on Monday after 179 people were killed in South Korea’s deadliest plane crash ever when an airliner belly-landed at Muan International Airport Sunday before skidding into a wall and bursting into flames. Questions remain around exactly what caused Jeju Air Flight 2216 to crash — and why the death toll...
What convinced Carter to do that is subject to some speculation. A 2016 investigation by Ars Technica explored the notion that Carter may have used the space shuttle as a means to secure an arms control agreement with the Soviet Union. In the 1979 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks — negotiations with the Soviet leader Leonid...