Lifestyle
Trump directing government to revamp care for kidney disease
Washington, Jul 10 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump is directing the government to revamp the nation's care for kidney disease, so that more people whose kidneys fail have a chance at early transplants and home dialysis — along with better prevention so patients don't get that sick to begin with.
Sturgeon, America's forgotten dinosaurs, show signs of life
Charles City, Jul 10 (AP/UNB) — Sturgeon were America's vanishing dinosaurs, armor-plated beasts that crowded the nation's rivers until mankind's craving for caviar pushed them to the edge of extinction.
Chicago police investigators confirm alligator in lagoon
Chicago, Jul 10 (AP/UNB) — Chicago police investigators have cracked the case: A 4-5 foot alligator is living in a lagoon at one of the city’s most popular parks.
Mental illness blamed in most mass-casualty attacks in U.S. last year: report
Washington, July 10 (Xinhua/UNB) -- As many as two-thirds of suspects, or 67 percent exactly, displayed symptoms of mental illness or emotional disturbance when launching mass casualty attacks across the United States last year, according to a report released by the U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday.
382-yr-old handwritten family tree discovered in N. China
Shijiazhuang, July 10 (Xinhua/UNB) -- A handwritten family tree dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) was discovered in north China's Hebei Province, according to local authorities.
Four hot dry rock reserves found in east China
Jinan, July 10 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Geological workers in east China's Shandong Province have found four reserves of hot dry rock, which equal about 18.8 billion tonnes of standard coal, local authorities said Wednesday.
In US 1st, baby is born from dead donor's transplanted womb
Cleveland, Jul 10 (AP/UNB) — The Cleveland Clinic says it has delivered the first baby in North America after a womb transplant from a dead donor.
Mudded majesty: Kids made merry amid Detroit-area park's mud
Westland, Jul 10 (AP/UNB) — An annual clash between good, clean fun and down-and-dirty theatrics has once again left scores of mud-covered children smiling in a suburban Detroit park.
From Nazis to hippies: End of the road for Volkswagen Beetle
Frankfurt, Jul 9 (AP/UNB) — Volkswagen is halting production of the last version of its Beetle model this week at its plant in Puebla, Mexico. It's the end of the road for a vehicle that has symbolized many things over a history spanning the eight decades since 1938.
Countless lucky cats beckon at Tokyo temple
Tokyo, Jul 9 (AP/UNB) — Countless cats beckon visitors at a temple in a quiet Tokyo neighborhood.