Family of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken for research, settles with company that profited The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of ...

During her brief lifetime, Henrietta Lacks inadvertently changed the face of medicine. Now, the woman whose harvested cells continue to inform and advance medical research will also change the ...

Alleged Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann is charged in the murders of six women. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office in New York lacks the resources to meet "ambitious" deadlines ...

The Oregon Duck is the most iconic mascot in college football, and Michigan is one of five FBS teams without a mascot ...

JPMorgan Chase has refused to pay out an estimated $331-a-month pension to the widow of one of the bank’s former longtime employees — with the excuse that he failed to fill out the necessary ...

A few months into Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential run, her handlers faced a dilemma: Should they continue cocooning the candidate or unleash her on the public? Both options came with serious ...

Lindsay Bennie heeded Victoria Williams’s call for a Valentine’s date, but they were hundreds of miles apart. Once they finally met, “our connection was instantaneous,” Ms. Bennie said.

Letter carriers across the country want people to know that they’ve been working without a contract, so they’ve been taking to the streets to spread the word. National Association of Letter ...

On Thursday, October 10, Tesla hosted their much anticipated We, Robot event where they unveiled their robotaxi. The event started fashionably late, over 40 minutes after the scheduled time, at ...

ANOTHER TERM. >> TONIGHT, INCUMBENT CONGRESSMAN BENNIE THOMPSON IS SEEKING HIS 16TH CONSECUTIVE TERM IN OFFICE. THE DEMOCRAT FROM BOLTON, MISSISSIPPI, IS RUNNING ON HIS RECORD FIGHTING TO KEEP ...

Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Mississippi on Tuesday. Thompson defeated Republican Ron Eller, a military veteran and physician assistant.

Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine, together with descendants of Henrietta Lacks, broke ground Monday on the future site of the building named in honor of Mrs. Lacks, the Baltimore ...