LIMA (Reuters) – A Peruvian woman suffering from a degenerative illness has died by euthanasia after a lengthy court battle ended in a landmark ruling allowing her to end her life with medical assistance, her lawyer said on Monday. Ana Estrada, 47, had lived with a rare incurable condition called polymyositis, which causes muscle weakness, […]
A wealthy pair who spent years turning two Upper West Side townhouses into a mega-mansion — making enemies of their neighbors — have listed the lavish home for $85 million. Paris-based businessman Pierre Bastid and his wife, jazz singer Malou Beauvoir, bought 48 and 50 W. 69th St., between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West, […]
A 40-year-old California drama teacher faces a slew of felonies after police learned of her yearslong sexual relationship with a female student who was 15 years old at the onset, police said. San Diego Police wrote in a press release that Mt. Carmel High School teacher Stacey Michelle Walker “began engaging the 15-year-old victim in […]
Tech giant Apple has been fined €1.8 billion by the European Commission for not allowing music streaming apps like Spotify to tell customers they can subscribe for cheaper if they do not use Apple’s App Store. The Commission said Apple had abused its dominant position in the market for distributing music streaming apps, and had […]
A Florida firefighter has died after battling a severe COVID-19 infection for more than two years, his department said. Charles “Chuck” Westphal, 53, was a driver engineer with Marion County Fire Rescue until his death on Feb. 4, the department said in a Feb. 5 Facebook post. “Chuck’s courage, dedication, and indomitable spirit have left […]
Roughly one in two third-grade students are not reading on grade level, according to the South Carolina Department of Education. Those students are in danger of being left back beginning in 2025 under a stringent proposal being weighed by lawmakers. Public school teachers in South Carolina are also facing potentially significant reforms to improve the […]
The US military’s X-37B space plane has blasted off on another secretive mission, expected to last at least a couple of years. Like previous missions, the reusable plane resembling a mini-space shuttle carried classified experiments. There is no-one on board. The space plane took off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre […]