LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – American country music stars expressed horror after Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas turned a three-day open-air festival into a scene of carnage, and one said it forced him to change his opposition to gun control. The Route91 Harvest festival, promoted as a “three day neon sleepover,” attracted fans from across […]
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By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – Up to 6.6 million early deaths in America might be averted over 10 years if smokers switched to e-cigarettes, and the nicotine delivery devices should be adopted as part of an “endgame for cigarette smoking”, researchers said on Monday. In an analysis of potential health benefits of getting smokers […]
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By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People who skip breakfast may be more likely to develop atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, than individuals who start each day with a hearty meal, a new study suggests. Even after researchers accounted for diet and other risk factors for heart disease, people who routinely skipped breakfast were […]
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By Paresh Dave SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google announced on Sunday that subscription news websites would no longer have to provide users three free articles per day or face less prominence in search results, relaxing its rules following complaints from media giants like News Corp that their sales were suffering. For the last decade, Google’s […]
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(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would discontinue its Groove Music Pass subscription service, allowing its existing customers to move their playlists and music collections to Spotify. The Groove Music app will no longer offer the option to stream, purchase, and download music after Dec. 31, the company said in a blog post. […]
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By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – When fitness trackers alone fail to get families moving enough, turning step counts into a competition might help people get more exercise, a small experiment suggests. Researchers gave fitness trackers to 200 adults and asked them to set daily step count goals to increase their activity levels. All had […]
Read More By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) – Less than an extra hour a week of moderate exercise can make a big difference in helping older adults stay mobile and reduce their risk of developing major mobility problems, a U.S. study suggests. Improvements were seen in all the 70-to-90-year-olds who added some physical activity to their weekly […]
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By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – O.J. Simpson, acquitted of the 1994 murder of his ex-wife and her friend after the “Trial of the Century,” was released early on Sunday from a prison in Nevada, where he had been held since 2008 for a botched armed robbery at a Las Vegas casino hotel. The state’s Department […]
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By Chris Prentice and Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) – A majority of Americans want the U.S. government to require nutrition labels on food packaging, including people who do not read them, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released as the Trump administration delays tougher new requirements. The government has delayed the introduction of mandatory labeling […]
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By Christian Radnedge and Bernie Woodall (Reuters) – Several dozen NFL players, fewer than last week, chose to kneel during the U.S. national anthem before league games on Sunday, a day after President Donald Trump again demanded an end to a protest he sees as a sign of disrespect for the flag. At least 40 […]
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By Seth Kelley LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Three films are essentially tied at the top of the weekend box office, as of Sunday morning. Warner Bros. and New Line’s “It” appears to be back on top with $17.3 million from 3,917 locations. But Universal’s “American Made” and Fox’s “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” are trailing just […]
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PARIS (Reuters) – The Champs Elysees avenue in Paris got a makeover on Sunday as a giant outdoor catwalk, as celebrities and models took to the runway in the first show of its kind by L’Oreal, the French cosmetics firm. Movie stars such as Jane Fonda and Helen Mirren – who twirled a cane as […]
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