For the past decade, Mikayla Lowe Davis has been braiding and styling hair for her customers. “The first thing people see a lot of times is our hair,” she says. “We have to represent our crown and be confident with wearing it.” The 29-year-old stylist, who owns Mikki Styles Salon, […]
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Oct. 8, 2020, 5:59 p.m. ET Oct. 8, 2020, 5:59 p.m. ET By Kevin Roose Contracting Covid-19 may have put President Trump in the hospital, jeopardized his re-election campaign, and drawn attention to his administration’s failures to contain the deadly pathogen. But it’s been great for his Facebook page. For […]
For the past decade, Mikayla Lowe Davis has been braiding and styling hair for her customers. “The first thing people see a lot of times is our hair,” she says. “We have to represent our crown and be confident with wearing it.” The 29-year-old stylist, who owns Mikki Styles Salon, […]
A redesigned criminal summons form—handed out for low-level offenses—reduced warrants by 30,000 over 3 years in New York City. Ira Berger/Alamy Stock Photo By Catherine MatacicOct. 8, 2020 , 2:40 PM In 2015, police in New York City handed out more than 250,000 criminal summons—the infamous “pink tickets” for low-level […]
Infected mosquito bite leaves man with a leg five times its normal size – and the condition is untreatable Bong Thet, 27, is forced to drag his swollen limb on the ground when he moves He once dreamed of becoming a footballer, but his dream ended at the age of six […]
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Health workers speak with a woman before conducting a test for the coronavirus in Stoke-on-Trent, UKREUTERS/Carl Recine Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 8 October Daily coronavirus cases rise […]
Writer, director, producer and star Radha Blank plays a semi-fictionalized version of herself in “The Forty-Year-Old Version,” which debuts on Netflix Friday By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer October 7, 2020, 5:07 PM • 4 min read Precociousness can be a curse if adulthood successes don’t live up to your […]
Almost two million babies are stillborn every year — one every 16 seconds — the United Nations said Thursday, warning that the Covid-19 pandemic could add another 200,000 deaths to the “devastating” toll. The vast majority of stillbirths, 84 percent, occur in low- and middle-income countries, where basic neo-natal care […]