A hot-air balloon caught fire while in the air and crashed near Richmond on Friday night. The balloon caught fire shortly before 8 p.m., near Meadow Event Park. The inaugural Mid-Atlantic Balloon Festival was scheduled for today and Sunday at the park. On Friday night, teams of balloons were also to take off and return, according to the festival website. Read More »
One man is dead and and another has been taken to hospital in stable condition after a two vehicle crash in the southeast. It happened just before 6:00 this morning on eastbound Glenmore Trail at 68th St. S.E. One of the vehicles rolled. Read More »
For people with mental illnesses, taking prescribed medications can greatly change their moods, behaviors and actions. In a new study, researchers analyzed the relationship between taking antipsychotic medications or mood stabilizers and rate of violent crimes. They found that when people with psychiatric illnesses are good about their medications, they become around 50 percent less likely to commit a violent ... Read More »
“Under the Skin” is a movie that poses questions, but seldom provides answers. It makes you ask: Why is Scarlett Johansson — as a predatory alien named Laura — luring young men to their deaths? What happens to their bodies? Who is that guy on the motorcycle who fixes her mistakes? Is he an alien, too? And so on. “Under ... Read More »
The fitness instructor is about to start pushups, but first she has to move her walker out of the way. The exercisers at this apartment complex are all over 75 and their leader, Hildegard Gigl, will turn 99 in June. “I’m getting older, but I’m not getting old,” said Gigl, whose half-hour class includes pushups against a wall and weightlifting ... Read More »
In 2012, 4628 workers were killed on the job, which made an average of 13 deaths a day, according to a new report from the AFL-CIO. An estimated additional 50,000 workers died from occupational diseases, or an average of 137 deaths a day. All told, an estimated 150 workers died each day last year due to working conditions. Read More »
A mother was overwhelmed with emotion on the Today show this morning as she saw the results of her daughter’s dramatic weight loss transformation for the first time. Read More »
International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) celebrates and brings attention to bird migration, one of the most important and spectacular events in the Americas. IMBD began in 1993 and is now hosted at more than 600 sites from Canada to Argentina. Environment for the Americas, with the collaboration of international sponsors and partners, fosters bird conservation education in the Western Hemisphere ... Read More »
In Morocco, there are spiders that know how to do cartwheels. They can cartwheel down sand dunes, and also up sand dunes, which is more than a little bit remarkable. The scientist who found them, Ingo Rechenberg (a professor at the Technical University of Berlin), does what you do when you find an animal with a unique and ingenious mode ... Read More »
Colin Pillinger, an ebullient space scientist who captured the popular imagination with his failed attempt to land a British probe on Mars, died. He was 70. Pillinger’s family said Thursday he died at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge after suffering a brain hemorrhage while sitting in his garden. Read More »
The number of cesarean deliveries remains very high in the U.S. and Consumer Reports says many of them are unnecessary. It has analyzed data from more than 1,500 hospitals in the 22 states where data is available and found several where more than half the women who expect a low-risk delivery undergo a C-section. For low-risk deliveries, Consumer Reports found ... Read More »
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