An apple a day might keep cancer away. More than 80,000 cancer cases in the US were linked to poor diet, or around 5%, according to a study published Thursday in the journal JNCI Cancer Spectrum. The study, conducted by the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts, analyzed cancer diagnoses among US Read more about This is how many cancer cases are linked to unhealthy diet[…]
Perhaps old age has softened the Stones. After more than two decades, Rolling Stones frontmen Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have finally relinquished their rights over The Verve’s legacy, their singular hit “Bitter Sweet Symphony,” which has been part of a legendary copyright dispute since the song’s release in 1997. “This remarkable and life-affirming turn Read more about Rolling Stones give ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ song rights back to The Verve[…]
Welcome to the Twilight Zone of real estate, where everything and nothing is for sale all at once. When Manhattan’s ritziest new mansions in the sky hit the market at 220 Central Park South, there was no fanfare. There were no lavish broker parties or full-page ads in the New York Times. In fact, nobody Read more about The richest New Yorkers buy and sell their homes in secret[…]
It’s going to be Cameron Crowe vs. Alanis Morissette at the Tonys next year. Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” begins previews in the fall at the Broadhurst Theatre. But it could be upstaged in the spring by Crowe’s adaptation of his terrific movie “Almost Famous.” Crowe put on a couple of staged readings of his show Read more about ‘Almost Famous’ musical is almost ready to rock Broadway[…]
Mayor Bill de Blasio has been running for (giggle) president of the United States for awhile now, flitting about America, hoovering up humiliations that would crush a lesser ego. He’s been the regular butt of vicious late-night humor — and how many progressive Democrats have to suffer that? He managed to get himself shouted down Read more about De Blasio’s 2020 run is a just one vast fit of self-indulgence[…]
Snapchat employees have been using internal tools — which offer them privileged access to user data — to spy on people’s pages, a report says. Two workers who are no longer with the app’s parent company, Snap, spoke to Motherboard about the alleged abuse of power– which included breaches of location info and and other Read more about Snapchat employees abused data access, spied on users: report[…]
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Hundreds of same-sex couples in Taiwan rushed to get married Friday, the first day a landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage took effect. Taiwan became the first place in Asia to allow same-sex marriage last week in a legislative vote on a cause that the island’s LGBT rights activists have championed for Read more about Same-sex couples start registering marriages in Taiwan[…]
Paris: Ashleigh Barty has received no French Open favours despite entering as the tournament's eighth seed after being lumped in a stacked top quarter of the draw. The Queenslander will play American Jessica Pegula in the first round but faces the prospect of a round-of-16 date with Serena Williams, with top seed Naomi Osaka a Read more about Tough road for Barty after French Open draw[…]
It started as a throwaway line in an Ashleigh Barty speech but Andy Richards wasn't going to leave it at that. The Queensland women's cricket coach got Barty's contact details and arranged a meeting. No sooner were they in the nets, than "the most extraordinary" of sessions convinced the long-time talent scout that the junior Read more about Cricket 'freak' Barty a French Open force[…]
Nuremberg: Australia's Daria Gavrilova has reached the quarter-finals of the Strasbourg International after coming through two matches on the same day at the WTA clay-court tournament. Gavrilova was due to face Australian No.1 Ashleigh Barty in the first round of the French Open warm-up competition on Tuesday, but the world No.8 withdrew with an arm Read more about Ironwoman Gavrilova's double delight to reach Strasbourg quarters[…]