Hot tea linked to esophageal cancer in smokers, drinkers If you smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol daily, you may want to consider letting your tea cool before you enjoy it. Drinking tea while it’s too hot could increase your risk of esophageal cancer, a new study suggests. In the study, […]
U.S. bobsled pilot Justin Olsen has emergency appendectomy U.S. bobsled pilot Justin Olsen had an emergency appendectomy here on Monday, just two days before the team is to start unofficial training. USA Bobsled and Skeleton is hopeful that Olsen will recover in time to compete later in the Pyeongchang Olympics. […]
Mets reach agreement with Todd Frazier Frazier, who turns 32 next Monday, saved 10 runs at third base this past season, according to Fangraphs.com. That ranked fourth among third basemen, and ahead of strong defenders like Baltimore’s Manny Machado and Washington’s Anthony Rendon. The veteran also will provide the team […]
No. 2 Mississippi State takes down No. 6 South Carolina to stay unbeaten Victoria Vivians had never beaten South Carolina during her stellar career at Mississippi State. In front of the first sellout crowd in women’s basketball history, Vivians scored 20 of her 24 points in the first half to […]
10 biggest questions for the 2018 NFL offseason As Bill Belichick might put it: It’s on to next season. Super Bowl LII provided the crowning moment for one season and the kickoff to another. Here a few items to ponder from the NFL’s offseason landscape. 1. Where will Kirk Cousins […]
Nick Foles, Eagles should wait before even considering trade Fresh off of their championship upset of the New England Patriots, Nick Foles and Doug Pederson just wanted to enjoy the moment. But soon enough the Philadelphia Eagles and their backup-turned-Super Bowl MVP will have decisions to make about their future […]
Two UK investors eye $80 million in token sale for VC platform Scottish entrepreneurs Doug Barrowman and Michelle Mone are seeking to raise about $80 million in a token offering next month to finance an investment platform that they say should open up venture capital investing to a wider audience. […]
Seattle says Facebook is violating city campaign finance law Seattle’s election authority said on Monday that Facebook Inc is in violation of a city law that requires disclosure of who buys election ads, the first attempt of its kind to regulate U.S. political ads on the internet. Facebook must disclose […]
Financial firm websites falter Monday amid Dow’s downturn Several major financial services firms faced technical service glitches on their apps or websites during Monday’s volatile trading session, according to the companies and a monitoring service. Investment firms T. Rowe Price Group Inc. and Vanguard Group apologized to customers for sporadic […]
Google enables Pixel Visual Core for better Instagram, Snapchat, and WhatsApp photos Already active for the Pixel 2’s own camera app, now the Pixel Visual Core works with third-party apps, too Google’s Pixel Visual Core, the hidden image-processing chip inside the Pixel 2 family of phones, is getting an update […]
