Day: April 10, 2023

Avalanche kills 6, including mountain guides in French Alps

6:17 pm April 10, 2023

The death toll from Sunday’s avalanche in the French Alps rose to six, including two mountain guides, local authorities said Monday. The prosecutor’s office in Bonneville, in the Haute-Savoie region, said the body of a sixth person was found after searches resumed on Monday morning. The prefecture of Haute-Savoie said one person was sent to […]

48-year-old actress Hilary Swank gives birth to fraternal twins

6:14 pm April 10, 2023

Hilary Swank has given birth to twins — a boy and a girl. The 48-year-old “Million Dollar Baby” actor posted a photo of her and her twins looking at the sunset on Instagram Sunday evening with the caption: “It wasn’t easy. But boy (and girl!) was it worth it.” She added on Instagram that she’s […]

India asks other countries to increase COVID testing as cases climb

6:14 pm April 10, 2023

India’s federal government asked states to identify emergency hotspots and ramp up-testing for COVID-19, after the country recorded its highest daily case count since September, a Reuters tally showed on Friday. There were 6,050 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the federal health ministry said on Friday, continuing a sharp upward trend […]

WNBA team shoots down NBA champ’s draft request after asking to become league’s first ‘Juwanna Mann’

5:18 pm April 10, 2023

The Los Angeles Sparks shut down one-time NBA champion Nick Young’s suggestion the team select him with the No. 10 pick of the WNBA Draft on Monday. Young on Saturday wrote on Twitter he wanted to be the first “Juwanna Mann” in the WNBA. He was referring to the 2002 film in which a suspended […]

Prolonged California winter hit beekeepers hard, but recent rains could mean a good year for honey

5:16 pm April 10, 2023

During California’s prolonged, wet winter, beekeeper Gene Brandi said he had to spend twice as much money on a sugary syrup to feed his honeybees and keep them alive. That’s because the bees sent to pollinate blooming almond orchards took longer than usual to emerge from their hives due to chilly temperatures, wind and rain. […]