Vanessa Alfermann never got a chance to hold her son, Axel, before he died. A nurse at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, Alfermann contracted coronavirus from her husband, Ryan, in November — mere weeks before the vaccine was available to health care workers. The virus led to a
Author: Jason Smith
Opinion | Why toddlers can trigger PTSD in parents
“I’m going to get you, Mommy!” My 3-year-old son and I are playing a hybrid game of hide-and-seek and peek-a-boo, and he’s just chased me into the bedroom. We both jump on the bed and roll around giggling when he grabs a chunk of my long hair in his little
18 midshipmen exit U.S. Naval Academy following cheating scandal
Eighteen midshipmen have been expelled or resigned from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., after an investigation concluded they cheated on a remote physics exam in December 2020, according to school officials. On that month, 653 midshipmen took the final exam for General Physics I through the online platform
Henri, upgraded to a hurricane, inches closer to Long Island, New England
Henri was upgraded Saturday morning to a hurricane and is headed toward Long Island and southern New England, weather forecasters said. The storm is currently about 465 miles south of Montauk Point, Long Island. Henri’s maximum sustained winds are near 75 mph with higher gusts, the National Hurricane Center said
China’s Mars rover soldiers on after completing primary mission
BEIJING — China’s Zhurong Mars rover is soldiering on after completing its initial program to explore the red planet and search for frozen water that could provide clues as to whether it once supported life. China’s National Space Administration said on its website Friday that Zhurong completed its 90-day program
U.S. citizens advised not to travel to Kabul airport
American citizens trying to leave Afghanistan were advised not to travel to Kabul’s airport because of “potential security threats,” on Saturday, as senior Taliban leaders arrived in the city to choose a new government. “We are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates
Opinion | The willful ignorance of necons’ Afghan war blame game
The neoconservatives who launched the war in Afghanistan would very much like you to know the war’s ignominious ending is someone else’s fault. In The Atlantic, Tom Nichols wrote a piece titled, “Afghanistan Is Your Fault,” saying the loss of the war should be blamed on American voters. Former Bush
‘Fútbol is Life!’ Mexican actor Cristo Fernández is loving his ‘Ted Lasso’ role
If fans of the exuberant “Ted Lasso” character Dani Rojas wonder whether art imitates life, a conversation with Cristo Fernández quickly reassures them that’s the case. “My grandma and my mom used to say, ‘Cristóbal only speaks, breaths, talks, dreams, everything fútbol’ — soccer was literally my life,” the Mexican
In Louisville, Kentucky, homicides go unsolved as number of killings climbs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This is a city under siege. Homicides — particularly deadly shootings — have piled up with no clear end in sight. The city had reported 125 homicides as of Sunday and is in danger of breaking its homicide record for a second consecutive year. Roughly 65 percent
‘I feel helpless’: Afghan Americans scramble to aid family trapped in the country
As Afghan people struggle to find safety and resources amid U.S. withdrawal from the region and the Taliban capture of the capital, their families abroad are forced to simply wait and hope the limbo doesn’t last long. Through an anxiety-inducing few weeks, Afghan Americans say they are doing what they