... anesthesia should thank Dr. Carl Koller, who proposed numbing our gums and other exposed body tissues with cocaine. Indeed, it was not until several decades later that safer, synthetic, less addictive and tissue-damaging drugs, such as lidocaine and novocaine, were developed. Today marks the 74th anniversary of the death ...
... the mayor warned that all the snow may force cancellation of Sunday's St. Patrick's Day Parade. Ford Motor Company says that it's recalling nearly 1.4 million mid-size cars because the steering wheels can come off. The announcement follows a five-month investigation by federal regulators ...
... portrayed by Eddie Redmayne, who won an Oscar for the role. That same year, the scientist spoke to the crew of the International Space Station, recalling a flight on a special jet that, for brief moments, rendered him weightless. Stephen Hawking: For me, this was true freedom. People who know ...
... by the group to portray its one-time ally as an anti-gun politician interested only in money and power. "That was painful," said Strickland, recalling the NRA's effort to tear down the public trust he'd spent years building. "They were out to get me." The anti-Strickland ...
... he said during that meeting.” The attorney general said in his opening statement that the pace of the campaign and his Senate workload could make recalling specific encounters difficult. Sessions said he "gladly would have reported” the interaction with Papadopoulos in his earlier testimonies had he recalled it. Lawmakers also ...
... Ciulla, a 45-year-old executive for Chase Manhattan Bank, was killed along with 258 passengers and crew and 11 local residents. Almost 30 years later, his daughter remembers "like it was 10 minutes ago." Ciulla Lipkin thinks often of that moment when her mother's soap opera was interrupted ...
While long drives and limited access to health care are familiar burdens for many rural residents, the problem is particularly acute for veterans in those areas. They are far older than other rural residents, and far more likely to be disabled, meaning more of them are in need of medical care.
The recall affects 1.15 million cars in the U.S.
In our news wrap Friday, a massive cyberattack that infected computers with ransomware crippled major institutions and companies in scores of countries. Also, the Justice Department has issued a directive to federal prosecutors to seek tougher sentences for the vast majority of criminal suspects.
At his confirmation hearing this week, Jeff Sessions will face tough questions about his 20-year tenure in the Senate. But he’ll also be pressed on his record before he entered Congress, when he served as U.S. attorney and Alabama’s attorney general.
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