In a new study, researchers at Yale have pinpointed 29 genetic risk factors that can lead to problematic drinking. (Getty Images)Experts have repeatedly warned about the dangers of alcohol use disorder since the COVID-19 pandemic began, especially after online sales of alcohol jumped 243 percent in March and overall sales rose 55 percent in late…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…