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Typically, when the U.S. is threatened—as the Trump administration says it was with an “imminent” Soleimani-planned attack—voters have tended to stand behind the president. George W. Bush’s approval rating jumped about 40 points, reaching 90 percent, in the days after the September 11 terrorist attacks, according to Gallup. (The good …

Although a vaccine for dementia is a long way down the road, researchers recently made a few tentative steps closer. The authors of a recent study in mice hope that in the coming years, they can move into human trials. Share on PinterestScientists believe that they are on the path …

147 million people are eligible to receive part of the Equifax settlement.(Photo: Adobe Stock) Many Americans may qualify for compensation as a result of a $700 million settlement Equifax reached with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission this week for its 2017 data breach. The breach affected 147 million Americans, and …

Longtime Rutgers women’s basketball coach, C. Vivian Stringer, offered her condolences to the family of Don Imus.  The late shock jock called Stringer’s Scarlet Knights team “nappy headed hos” during a broadcast in 2007.  According to the New York Daily News, Stringer read from a prepared statement saying “prayers go …

Many researchers have argued that the accumulation of toxic beta-amyloid in the brain causes Alzheimer’s. However, a new study offers some evidence contradicting this sequence. Share on PinterestNew research is questioning the predominant hypothesis that a buildup of beta-amyloid causes Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease affects over 5.5 million people in …

Getty Images An Ulta Beauty Store in New Jersey has been called out by a Black woman who claims an employee said her “skin was too dark for most colors in the store.” In Instagram and Facebook posts, Ebony Kankam London detailed her Dec. 28 experience at an Ulta store …

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar at the Corner Sundry, Dec. 6, 2019, in Indianola, IowaPhoto: Charlie Neibergall (AP) All money may be legal but it ain’t all good. Senator Amy Klobuchar appeared to show that she knows this by returning a presidential campaign donation from Linda Fairstein, the former …

Senator Cory Booker is still putting up a good fight in terms of fundraising, as it was recently reported that his campaign raised $6.6. million in the fourth quarter of 2019. On Friday, it was revealed that the Democratic prospect had raised over six and a half million dollars in Q4, the …

The alternative, then, is the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. But the regime has shown its willingness to slaughter hundreds and even thousands in order to stay in power, most recently in its brutal suppression of price riots. Such brutality works, at least for a time. And since the United …

“Helen, I’m so sorry to tell you that you have stage 4 ovarian cancer.” I will never forget hearing those words. Share on PinterestCancer treatment was pretty grueling in the 1980s, and outcomes were a lot gloomier than they are today. Nothing could ever prepare you for hearing your doctor …