At the 40th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Support Group Brunch in Port Arthur, Joyce James was honored for decades of work in child welfare, including launching Project Hope and leading reforms in Texas Child Protective Services.
The FDA has approved Optune Pax, a wearable device that delivers electric fields for inoperable, locally advanced pancreatic cancer; clinical trial results reported roughly a two-month average survival benefit and a delay in pain.
UK-based Lang Lang International Music Foundation scholar Julian Zhu released a performance video of his original composition sung with the ACK St James Choir from Gede, a village near Mombasa, Kenya. The project was supported by the Lang Lang International Music Foundation and developed through remote rehearsals and creative exchange.
In Powell, Wyoming, a Nigerian pygmy goat named Porsche Lane was temporarily barred under local rules after an anonymous complaint, and a January settlement allowed her to return with a five-year permit.
Dermatologists say edge thinning often stems from traction alopecia caused by repeated tension from tight hairstyles, and internal factors like hormones, nutrition, and stress can also contribute; the author tested several formulas and selected five edge-regrowth products, noting that results take time.
In 1962 four Black teenagers and two White friends entered the Pullen Park pool in Raleigh, prompting a temporary closure; the city reopened pools in 1963 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 integrated public facilities.
Two sleep experts told the author that one to two hours of deep sleep is typical for most adults, and the Apple Watch uses motion and an algorithm to estimate sleep stages but is not exact.
Conan O'Brien told The New Yorker he was in shock after the Dec. 14 deaths of his friends Rob and Michele Reiner; their son Nick Reiner is charged and due for arraignment on Feb. 23.
A genomic survey of marine sediments found genes linked to oxygen use in Asgard archaea, including Heimdallarchaeia, suggesting these microbes may have tolerated or used oxygen earlier than previously thought.
The Bond neighborhood in South Tallahassee installed new historical markers after neighbors worked for several years, and community leaders held a walk-through celebration during Black History Month.
