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European study finds action video games can help a child's reading ability
A team of researchers in Italy and Switzerland found that children can achieve long-term reading improvements by playing as little as two hours of action video games per week.
Hong Kong man 'first case' documented of getting coronavirus twice, researchers say
A 33-year-old man living in Hong Kong had Covid-19 twice this year, according to preliminary research.
Retired FDA research monkeys find new home and music in Florida
Squirrel monkey chirps filled a small ranch-style building in north Gainesville, Florida -- a chorus that made Kari Bagnall's smile swell even wider.
9 Spectacular Holiday Light Displays
It's that time of year when spots around the world are aglow in vibrant holiday light displays that dazzle and awe with millions of colored, twinkling bulbs.
Over 100 previously unknown Iron Age settlements found north of Hadrian's Wall
More than 100 previously unknown Iron Age settlements have been found during a survey of the region north of Hadrian's Wall in the United Kingdom.
3 children found abandoned in an apartment with another child's remains in Texas, sheriff says
Sheriff's deputies in Houston made a horrifying discovery in an apartment Sunday: three children who they say were abandoned with the decaying body of another child inside.
Super Bowl Gives Small Businesses a Chance to Score
Ayesha James and her husband were living in a Houston hotel in 2016 after their home and all the paperwork for their catering business were destroyed in a fire.
Cardinals Fined, Must Give Up Draft Picks After Astros Hacking Scandal
Major League Baseball has ruled that the St. Louis Cardinals have to hand over their top two draft picks and pay the Houston Astros $2 million after Chris Correa, the team's former director of scouting was found guilty of hacking the rival team's player roster.
Houston police to ditch no-knock warrants after deadly raid, chief says
Houston police will do away with no-knock warrants, Chief Art Acevedo told residents at a testy town hall dealing with a drug raid that left two people dead and five officers hurt.
Texas Republicans pass bills targeting elections administration in Houston-area county
Texas Republicans have approved a pair of bills targeting the elections process in Harris County, the state’s largest and home to Houston, with voting rights activists accusing the GOP of plotting a “power grab” in an increasingly Democratic county.
'Paper Girls' wants to be another 'Stranger Things' but doesn't quite deliver
The latest graphic novel from Brian K. Vaughan to make the leap to the screen, "Paper Girls" possesses a "Stranger Things"-wannabe vibe, blending coming-of-age elements, time travel, nostalgia and science fiction. The result makes for a semi-watchable Amazon series that feels a little too convoluted to satisfactorily deliver.
McCarthy set to send the House home without a debt limit deal
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appears set to send members home after votes on Thursday, signaling that debt negotiations with the White House will continue as the risk of a first-ever default grows.
Texas is still reeling from devastating winter storms and for some, recovery could take months
Monica Ware, a mother of four, says the broken water pipes that flooded her Houston home as winter storms pounded Texas last week have destroyed nearly all of the family's belongings.
New study suggests Black women should be screened earlier for breast cancer
A new study on breast cancer deaths raises questions around whether Black women should screen at earlier ages.
Nurses' union president criticizes new CDC mask guidance
The president of the country's largest nurses' union has spoken out against updated federal guidance which says that -- with a few exceptions -- people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 don't need to wear face masks in indoor or outdoor settings.
Black, Hispanic dialysis patients are at greater risk of dangerous bloodstream infections
Patients with failing kidneys who need regular dialysis treatments still have sky-high rates of dangerous staph infections in their blood compared with people who don't need these treatments, according to a new Vital Signs report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rates of infection are particularly high among people who are Black or Hispanic or who have a lower socioeconomic status, the report said.
College Board hits back at Florida's initial rejection of AP African American Studies course and admits it made mistakes in rollout
The testing organization behind a new college-level African American studies course for high schoolers is hitting back at Florida officials' comments about the Advanced Placement class, accusing the state Education Department of "slander" and spreading misinformation about it for political gain.
'Boost everybody.' CEOs should mandate boosters before returning office workers, Andy Slavitt says
The Omicron coronavirus variant will cause a "winter wave" that will complicate the return of workers to offices in the United States, according to Andy Slavitt, a former senior pandemic adviser to President Joe Biden.
A study shows that when a wife out-earns her husband, she downplays her income while he exaggerates his
The number of married women earning more money than their husbands has grown. But you won't hear them boasting about it. A new study finds that many spouses would prefer to keep that fact on the down-low. Researchers analyzed Census Bureau data and discovered that in heterosexual marriages where the wife out-earns her husband, both spouses misreport in census surveys how much they actually make.
Pandas evolved their most perplexing feature at least 6 million years ago
Giant pandas are notoriously fussy eaters. They only munch on bamboo and each day spend 15 hours eating up to 99 pounds (45 kilograms) of the stuff.
