DMX, the gravel-voiced rapper and actor who topped the charts with tracks including “Party Up” and “X Gon’ Give It to Ya,” has died at age 50, his family said Friday in a statement. The rapper, whose real name was Earl Simmons, had a heart attack on April 2, according to his lawyer, Murray Richman. … Read more
When neurologist Oliver Sacks died in 2015, he left behind a legacy of more than a half-century of exploration into the inner workings of the human mind. Sacks, who was 82 when he died from metastatic cancer, wrote more than a dozen books drawn from his patients’ case histories, including “The Man Who Mistook His … Read more
An off-duty Pentagon police officer was arrested Friday on murder charges after authorities said he shot and killed two people he believed were breaking into a car in Maryland. David Hall Dixon, an officer for the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of use of handgun in … Read more
Shipments of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine are expected to be down by 80 percent nationwide next week as the company struggles with manufacturing problems, the Biden Administration reported Friday. Just 700,000 doses have been allocated, compared to the 4.9 million doses that were distributed across the country this week,White House Covid-19 coordinator … Read more
As it turns out, TikTok may have a purpose beyond enjoying funny videos and learning trendy dance moves. For one West Virginia boy, it was a fellow TikTok user nearly 800 miles away who is credited with saving his life. Trent Jarrett, 12, was livestreaming his high-speed ATV ride on Sunday when the vehicle suddenly … Read more
Video of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a panel of scientists apparently trading in Covid-19 misinformation has been pulled from YouTube. The video of DeSantis’ roundtable discussion last month at the state Capitol in Tallahassee was removed on Wednesday because it violated the social media platform’s standards, YouTube spokesperson Elena Hernandez said. It had been … Read more
A Massachusetts financier who pleaded not guilty in the college admissions scandal is suing Netflix for defamation following the release of the streaming giant’s new documentary “Operation Varsity Blues.” John B. Wilson, his wife, Leslie Wilson, and their son filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Superior Court in Essex claiming that the documentary, which premiered March … Read more
Friends of the South Carolina doctor who, along with three family members, was killed by a former pro football player on Friday recalled the physician’s love of writing and passion for medicine and animals. Dr. Robert Lesslie, 70, wife Barbara Lesslie, 69, grandchildren Adah Lesslie, 9, and Noah Lesslie, 5, and heating and air conditioning … Read more
Pfizer on Friday requested to expand use of its Covid-19 vaccine to adolescents ages 12 to 15. The request asks the Food and Drug Administration to amend the emergency use authorization, which the FDA originally granted late last year for people ages 16 and up. Full coverage of the coronavirus outbreak Last week, Pfizer-BioNTech said … Read more
A Florida appellate court has ruled unanimously that police officers involved in violent confrontations are entitled to the same privacy protections as crime victims — even if they respond with deadly force. “That the officer acts in self-defense to that threat does not defeat the officers’ status as a crime victim,” Judge Lori Rowe of … Read more