Month / February 2021
Williams sisters’ dream start to Australian Open
The Williams sisters rolled back the years on Monday as both stormed to straight-set victories in the Australian Open first round. Serena, 39, thrashed Laura Siegemund 6-1 6-1 shortly after her older sister Venus, 40, powered past Kirsten Flipkens 7-5 6-2. Amanda Gorman, H.E.R., Jazmine Sullivan’s […]
177 people feared dead after glacier burst through dam in possible ‘climate event’
At least 171 people are missing and 26 have died in northern India after part of a Himalayan glacier fell into a river sending a devastating avalanche of water, dust and rocks down a mountain gorge, and crashing though a dam. Rescue teams worked through the night to […]
How This New Yorker Created a Vaccine Appointment Website for $50
By Sharon Otterman Huge Ma, a 31-year-old software engineer for Airbnb, was stunned when he tried to make a coronavirus vaccine appointment for his mother in early January and saw that there were dozens of websites to check, each with its own sign-up protocol. The city and state appointment […]
Mary Wilson, Motown Legend And Founding Member Of The Supremes, Dead At 76
Mary Wilson, a founding member of The Supremes, has died at the age of 76, her publicist has said. Wilson died suddenly at her home in Henderson, Nevada, on Monday. A statement confirming her passing did not state a cause of death. Wilson, a singer […]
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