About a third of 18-year-old women in Japan may never have children, a government institute said on Wednesday, in the latest data spelling an uphill battle to reverse a dwindling population in the world’s third-largest economy. The National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS) estimated in a report […]

An Indiana factory worker repeatedly bashed a colleague over the head with a hammer then calmly walked out, telling a colleague, ‘S— happens,” according to a report. Austin Hahn, 27, allegedly strolled over to his friend and bludgeoned him from behind with a tinner hammer before 7:30 a.m. on Aug. […]

A Texas resident has died from an illness caused by an amebic meningitis infection after swimming at a lake, health officials said Wednesday.  The unnamed Travis County resident developed the infection after swimming in Lake Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) this month, Austin Public Health said.  “Although these infections are very rare, […]

Riley Gaines showed her support for the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) for recommending a suspension for a transgender cyclist. Veronica Ivy was born a man who has lambasted the UCI for prohibiting transgender cyclists who “transitioned after (male) puberty” from participating in women’s events. Gaines posted on X, formerly Twitter, […]

Wisconsin’s troubled economic development agency’s performance has slipped over the last three fiscal years after showing promising improvement, according to a review that the Legislature’s auditors released Wednesday. Republican lawmakers created the quasi-public Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation in 2011. The agency hands out tax credits, grants and loans to businesses. […]

Paris Jackson had to juggle two different sets of trolls while trying to honor her father Michael Jackson on what would have been his 65th birthday. In a clip shared on Instagram, Jackson was explaining why she doesn’t always post about her father on his birthday, and while doing so, […]

President Biden announced Wednesday that $95 million was being sent to Hawaii to help harden the electrical grid by installing stronger, better poles and burying some power lines to ensure homes, hospitals and water stations have reliable electricity during extreme weather events and disasters. Biden was delivering remarks about the […]

Roughly a month after testifying before a House Judiciary subcommittee about former teammate Lia Thomas, Paula Scanlan is calling out the hypocrisy she sees from Thomas’ supporters. In July, Scanlan said the #MeToo movement “empowered female victims to speak up” about their experiences of sexual harassment and abuse. In a […]

MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle’s relationship with Under Armour executive chairman Kevin Plank has raised eyebrows of media insiders for years and a new report sheds more light on the situation. The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday published a report that puts the MSNBC host at the center of a possible […]

The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill associate professor who was fatally shot Monday on campus was a father, according to local and global reports. Graduate student Tailei Qi – one of two people in victim Zijie Yan’s research group in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences – allegedly murdered Yan […]