There are about 2,000 deaths caused by high temperatures in England every year. Most of these will be heart attacks and strokes caused by the strain of trying to keep body temperatures stable. The higher death rate starts to kick in once the thermometer passes 25C-26C. However, the evidence suggests the deaths tend to be … Read more
UCLA coach DeShaun Foster stands on the sideline during a loss to Indiana on Sept. 14. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press) Foster said his team’s execution issues have been tied to players being overly excited and trying to do too much, especially early in the game. UCLA has been outscored by a combined 34-7 … Read more
CNN — A bus crash in the Mexican state of Oaxaca killed 16 people on Friday, according to local authorities, who say most of the passengers were migrants. Three children and two women are among the victims, all of whom are from Venezuela and Haiti, the Oaxaca state attorney general said. At least 27 people … Read more
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After a couple of seasons of being a lesser vegetable gardener than I once was, I’ve finally come to terms with what I need to do with the original vegetable patch. Get rid of it. I no longer want or need a vegetable garden as we often think of them. These are places that involve … Read more
Curb-side pick-up. Oh, the ethical turmoil I’ve been in! Should I stay home and shop for food only, or support other local businesses, too? Plus, it’s spring and we gardeners need to buy plants and supplies. I’ll confess that my greatest personal fear (after dying, of course) was that the garden centers would be closed … Read more
Nike said Thursday that former senior executive Elliott Hill will rejoin the company to succeed John Donahoe as president and CEO, as the sportswear giant shakes up its top rank amid efforts to revive sales and battle rising competition. The company’s shares rose 9% in after-hours trading. Hill was at Nike for 32 years and held senior leadership … Read more
Hundreds of Sky Glass television and Sky streaming service customers have reported issues with their devices. Users first reported technical glitches seemingly preventing some Sky Glass TVs from working properly or even turning on Thursday evening. Reports to platform outage monitor Downdetector were in the hundreds shortly before 21:00 BST on Thursday. But many customers … Read more
Getty Images Even as Covid hit, the government and its health officials were bullish in their confidence about their ability to cope. Dr Jenny Harries, then the deputy chief medical officer for England, hailed the UK as an “international exemplar” in its preparedness at one of the early TV press conferences. She was not the … Read more
The last three USC centers were floating down Whitefish River last July, marveling at the Montana mountains, when suddenly Brett Neilon and his tube went careening into the river bank. The tube couldn’t be salvaged. What was once a lazy river float became a slapstick rescue mission for Justin Dedich and Jonah Monheim, the two … Read more