News

Canada, Newfoundland, L'anse Aux Meadows Nhp, Replicas Of Norse Houses From 1000 Years Ago.

Science

Researchers pinpoint when the Vikings came to Canada. It was exactly 1,000 years ago

10:20am October 21, 2021

It has long been known that the Vikings arrived in the Americas sometime before Christopher Columbus. Now, a new article in the journal Nature concludes the exact year was 1021.

Charged with capital murder, William George Davis listens to closing arguments in court on Oct. 19, 2021, in Tyler, Texas, as he stands trial for the deaths of four patients at Christus Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler in 2017 and 2018.

Texas nurse convicted of killing 4 men with air injections

9:23am October 21, 2021

by The Associated Press

The jury deliberated for about an hour before finding William George Davis guilty of capital murder. Davis was accused of injecting air into four patients' arteries after they underwent heart surgery.

Artist Jonas Never (@never1959) applies finishing touches to his mural of Sen. Bernie Sanders in Culver City, Calif., on Jan. 24. Standing out in a crowd of glamorously dressed guests, Sanders showed up for the presidential inauguration in a heavy winter

Health & Safety

Memes about COVID-19 helped us cope with life in a pandemic, a new study finds

8:18am October 21, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

Memes could be a valuable way to help people deal with stressful situations.

Erica Cuellar, her husband and her daughter moved in with her father in his home early in the pandemic, after she lost her job. She and her husband were worried they wouldn't be able to afford the rent on their house in Houston with only one income. In Ju

Why helping people pay rent can fight the pandemic

5:00am October 21, 2021

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

A family in Houston and a plumber in Maryland couldn't afford rent, which pushed them into crowded living quarters. During the COVID-19 pandemic, that common predicament has increased viral spread.

Former NFL players Ken Jenkins (right) and Clarence Vaughn III (center right), along with their wives, Amy Lewis (center) and Brooke Vaughn (left), carry petitions demanding equal treatment for everyone involved in the settlement of concussion claims agai

NFL agrees to race-based brain testing in $1B settlement on concussions

10:14pm October 20, 2021

by The Associated Press

The league accepted changes after an outcry over test score adjustments known as "race-norming," which make it harder for retired Black players to win dementia awards.

A salmonella outbreak impacting more than 30 states and sickening over 600 people in the U.S. is being linked to onions imported from Chihuahua, Mexico.

CDC says toss onions if you don't know where they came from to avoid salmonella

9:00pm October 20, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

A salmonella outbreak has affected more than 30 states. Federal health officials link it to onions grown in Chihuahua, Mexico, and distributed by ProSource Inc.

A health care worker prepares a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a clinic held at the Watts Juneteenth Street Fair in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Health & Safety

The FDA authorizes Moderna and J&J COVID vaccine boosters

7:02pm October 20, 2021

by Scott Hensley

The Food and Drug Administration also gave an OK to boosters that differ from the vaccine originally used to immunize people against COVID-19. A mix-and-match approach could ease the booster rollout.

Wongel Estifanos of Colorado Springs, Colo., died from her injuries on Sept. 5, 2021, after investigators said she fell 110 feet. She was visiting the amusement park during Labor Day weekend while on vacation with her family.

National

Parents of a 6-year-old girl killed at a theme park file a wrongful death lawsuit

6:59pm October 20, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

The lawsuit says there were at least two prior incidents at Glenwood Caverns in Colorado where the ride operators failed to properly secure passengers on the Haunted Mine Drop ride.

The Schuylkill River floods Philadelphia in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in September. The extreme rain caught many by surprise, trapping people in basements and cars and killing dozens.

Climate change is bad for your health. And plans to boost economies may make it worse

6:31pm October 20, 2021

by Nathan Rott

A Lancet medical journal report finds that human-caused climate change is worsening human health in just about every measurable way. It calls for more urgent action from world leaders.

A girl looks out of her bedroom window as the sun is setting.

Health & Safety

Pediatricians say the mental health crisis among kids has become a national emergency

6:10pm October 20, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

Three leading pediatric health organizations are sounding the alarm about "soaring rates" of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts among children and adolescents.