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Alex Antetokounmpo, youngest brother of Giannis, skipping college to play in Europe
Alex Antetokounmpo, the youngest brother of Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, intends to skip college and play professionally in Europe.
Coronavirus deaths drop significantly in Europe; Britain cautious in reopening
Despite a dramatic decline in the number of deaths from coronavirus in Europe, the region is generally taking a slow approach in easing restrictions, including in Britain where the pandemic...
Grateful hikers return to Griffith Park: 'Like being set free'
'Like being set free:' Grateful hikers returning to Griffith Park
South Dakota gov. orders tribes to remove checkpoints; U.S. death toll tops 77K
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has ordered two Sioux tribes to remove checkpoints designed to curb the coronavirus on tribal lands.
Was the coronavirus made in a Wuhan lab? Here's what the genetic evidence shows
Despite President Trump's statements that the coronavirus was released from a laboratory in Wuhan, scientist say the evidence points to a natural origin.
Was the coronavirus made in a Wuhan lab? Here's what the genetic evidence shows
Despite President Trump's statements that the coronavirus was released from a laboratory in Wuhan, scientist say the evidence points to a natural origin.
Famous birthdays for May 9: Ghostface Killah, Noah Centineo
Rapper Ghostface Killah turns 50 and actor Noah Centineo 24, among the famous birthdays for May 9.
'Chinese virus' and other COVID-19 racism have designers, stylists of Asian heritage pushing back
Enough is enough, says a growing number of creatives from the fashion industry, including designer Kimora Lee Simmons, stylist Jeanne Yang and designer Prabal Gurung.
Neanderthals preferred bovine bones for leather-making tools
When it came to selecting bones for leather-making tools, Neanderthals were surprisingly choosy. New archaeological analysis shows Neanderthals preferentially selected bovine rib bones to make a tool called a lissoir.
Column: America's tolerance for mass murder is the coronavirus' best friend
The America that condones mass murder of children is allowing the coronavirus to spread.
In photos: Celebrity moms -- with their kids -- on the red carpet
In honor of Mother's Day, May 10, 2020, here's a look at some celebrity moms who brought the kids along for a walk on the red carpet over the past...
Neanderthals were choosy about making bone tools
Evidence continues to mount that the Neanderthals, who lived in Europe and Asia until about 40,000 years ago, were more sophisticated people than once thought. A new study shows that...
Neandertals were choosy about making bone tools
Evidence continues to mount that the Neandertals, who lived in Europe and Asia until about 40,000 years ago, were more sophisticated people than once thought. A new study from UC...
DNA genealogy leads police to James E. Zastawnik in 1987 killing of Ohio teen Barbara Blatnik
Cleveland police say they have used DNA research to solve the 33-year-old strangling of a teenage girl, and arrest her killer.
Early marine reptiles used pebble-like teeth to crush shellfish
Some early ichthyosaurs used rounded, pebble-like teeth to crush the shells of snails and clam-like bivalves, according to new research.
Five faculty members named Harvard College Professors
Five faculty members have been named Harvard College Professors for their contributions to undergraduate teaching. Claudine Gay, Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, announced the honor for Katia Bertoldi, William...
Ancient cannibal tooth provides oldest ever evidence of human ancestors
The question over how Homo antecessor, the earliest known hominin species in Europe, is related to other Homo species and where it sits on the evolutionary tree has been much...
Treat puzzles that activate your cat’s instincts
Food-motivated cats might just wake up for this. ( Manja Vitolic via Unsplash/)Cats big and small are predators, strategically napping to conserve their energy for stalking, pouncing, and brutally killing their dinner. Generations...
Fears of a second coronavirus surge haunts California as it begins slow-speed reopening of economy
Reopening California begins -- but very slowly, cautiously and under the shadow of a second wave.
Beer was here! A new microstructural marker for malting in the archaeological record
A new method for reliably identifying the presence of beer or other malted foodstuffs in archaeological finds is described in a study published May 6, 2020 in the open-access journal...
Thought to be extinct, Beothuk DNA is still present in N.L. families, genetics researcher finds
A St. John’s genetics specialist has found DNA connections that link the long-vanished Beothuk people to contemporary people, almost two centuries after the last known Beothuk died.
Column: Forget the red-blue street fighting and just wear a mask
The daft showdown over coronavirus masks wouldn't matter if we didn't live in the political tinderbox that is Trump's America.
Op-Ed: I see face masks as a socially acceptable fashion opportunity. So should you
Building a wardrobe of fashionable face masks doesn't make me insensitive to the grave consequences of coronavirus.
Prehistoric sea creatures evolved pebble-shaped teeth to crush shellfish
As bad as things might seem here in 2020, they could be worse: we could be living 252 million years ago during the Permian mass extinction. Volcanic eruptions and dramatic,...
Watch 'The Avengers' superhero meetup as the Ultimate Summer Movie Showdown begins
Film critic Justin Chang hosted a live discussion of 'The Avengers,' the first film Times readers chose in the Ultimate Summer Movie Showdown series.
Fourth person charged in shooting death of Michigan security guard
Authorities have charged a fourth person connected to the shooting death of a Flint, Mich., security guard who was killed after confronting a customer who entered a store without a...
This fuzzy little shrew has nature’s toughest backbone
Who says you can't be tough and cute at the same time? (Julian Kerbis Peterhans/)What’s small, furry, brown, and able to handle the weight of a full-grown human? Since the early 1900s,...
Arctic Edmontosaurus lives again: A new look at the 'caribou of the Cretaceous'
A new study further explores the proliferation of the most commonly occurring duck-billed dinosaur of the ancient Arctic as the genus Edmontosaurus. The findings reinforce that the hadrosaurs -- dubbed...