Weather extreme enough to shatter records across large swaths of the U.S. is heading our way this weekend, just in time for Mother’s Day. A storm system heading into the Northeast on Friday will smash into the polar vortex as it makes swing down from the Arctic, reported NBC News. This might sock the region in with heavy, wet snow all the way into New England.

Officers killed three civilians in three separate incidents within hours of each other.

The Minister for Finance has said the State can afford to continue to fund the measures put in place by the Government to deal with the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The patient, laid up in the ICU, gets sicker. Thursday, 3.2 million more people joined the ranks of the unemployed, bringing to 33.5 million the number of Americans who’ve lost jobs since mid-March. Believe it: One in five of those employed before this living, dying hell began is now seeking jobless benefits.

Add Dr. Rick Bright to the list of coronavirus whistleblowers silenced or sidelined for trying to push truth over politics as we battle this deadly scourge. He was just ousted from his post as director of the HHS agency working on a COVID-19 vaccine for what he claims was his refusal to support a “game-changing” supposed cure President Trump and friends have been touting. CDC chief Robert Redfield suffered a similar rebuke for warning of a second wave of the virus next winter, contradicting the more rosy picture the president wants trying to paint. Not fired (yet), but clearly pressured to toe the line, truth and science be damned.

There’s more trouble for the team behind the popular HGTV series “Windy City Rehab.” Though Season 2 is expected to premiere later this year, the TV stars face multiple lawsuits, and they are starting to turn on each other.

Chicago real estate experts bust myths portrayed by home improvement shows, from actors subbing in as buyers to unrealistically low renovation costs.

As important as sober homes are to the effort to address a statewide crisis at the local level, many neighborhoods prefer not to be a part of that mission.

Real estate data suggests the market took a downturn in March that might already be rebounding. Here's what experts predict.

Joseph O'Brien is keen to start off slowly with Rekindling after welcoming the 2017 Melbourne Cup winner back to his yard.

Ruby Walsh believes enforcing social distancing should not prove too much of an issue when racing eventually resumes.

European soccer leagues got a glimpse of what the future might hold after football finally returned with the start of the South Korean K-League on Friday.

As New Yorkers take to staying indoors to combat the spread of the coronavirus, these residents are taking a different approach.

The sophomore at H.E.R.O. High School in the Bronx, who dreams of being a pediatrician, spends her Saturdays learning from medical professionals and has been working closely with her school’s internships coordinator since the beginning of the school year to land a paid summer job working with kids.

The college systems, which enroll a combined 700,000 students across the state, will move to a “distance learning model,” Cuomo said at a coronavirus-related press conference Wednesday.

We develop a model of financial crises with both a financial amplification mechanism, via frictional intermediation, and a role for sentiment, via time-varying beliefs about an illiquidity state. We confront the model with data on credit spreads, equity prices, credit, and output across the financial crisis cycle. In particular, we ask the model to match data on the frothy pre-crisis behavior of asset markets and credit, the sharp transition to a crisis where asset values fall, disintermediation occurs and output falls, and the post-crisis period characterized by a slow recovery in output. We find that a pure amplification mechanism quantitatively matches the crisis and aftermath period but fails to match the pre-crisis evidence. Mixing sentiment and amplification allows the model to additionally match the pre-crisis evidence. We consider two versions of sentiment, a Bayesian belief updating process and one that overweighs recent observations. We find that both models match the crisis patterns qualitatively, generating froth pre-crisis, non-linear behavior in the crisis, and slow recovery. The non-Bayesian model improves quantitatively on the Bayesian model in matching the extent of the pre-crisis froth.

A chicken-sized raptor relative adds credence to the idea that flight evolved multiple times among ground-faring dinosaurs.

Experiments in Chile’s Atacama Desert point to a potential method of transportation for microbes on Mars—whether they exist there already, or we introduce them.

They’re not as aloof as some think.

Thwaites Glacier is melting fast. But to understand how climate change is driving its decline, scientists need to send instruments through 2,000 feet of ice into the water below.

The cocktail includes three antiviral drugs and a different drug that boosts natural immune system chemicals.

The Clippers got big plays from Reggie Jackson and Marcus Morris while stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George did just enough in a 102-92 victory at Phoenix.

The Clippers became NBA championship contenders with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, but after this season, if there is one, some key players could leave.

The NBA on Wednesday moved to suspend the season indefinitely amid the coronavirus pandemic, which included Utah's Rudy Gobert contracting COVID-19.

NBA greats Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett are part of the 2020 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class.

NBA teams in states with relaxed or no stay-at-home orders will be allowed to open their facilities beginning May 1, but only for individual workouts.

As anticipated, the NBA suspended its draft lottery and combine indefinitely amid the ongoing coronavirus shutdown.

Isaiah Mobley has learned to deal with adversity since arriving at USC as one of the top college basketball recruits in the nation.

Abdul-Malik and Munir McClain, who play football at USC, are living a new normal during the pandemic. It's virtual classrooms and virtual lessons from coaches.

USC wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. was selected by the Indianapolis Colts with the second pick of the second round in the NFL draft.

Pearl's beheading opened the door to more violence against journalists. Those who abducted him should remain in prison.

I've learned that a moment always comes along to remind you that your race defines you above all else.

Angels star Shohei Ohtani picked up a new skill in the offseason, obtaining his California driver's license in November.

Power-hitting Angels prospect Brandon Wood was supposed to become the next Cal Ripken, but he couldn't handle the pressure. He found contentment far from Anaheim.

Jason Castro and Matt Thaiss homered and Dylan Bundy threw two perfect innings in spring training win over the San Francisco Giants.

The Angels fell to the Cleveland Indians in a high-scoring game, and opening day starter Andrew Heaney and right-hander Jaime Barria were roughed up.

Kaling talks about her new Netflix show, Never Have I Ever. John Powers reviews Hulu's Normal People. Mark O'Connell visited doomsday communities while researching his book, Notes from an Apocalypse.

The versatile actor vaulted to international stardom after playing a police inspector in the 2008 film. Khan, 54, was adored in India despite not being a Bollywood heartthrob.

A 14-year-old girl finds herself drawn to bull riding in this "humble and low-key to a fault" debut feature.

While some people said they were able to file a claim with the state Employment Development Department on Tuesday, many others said they were frustrated that the online portal malfunctioned.

Approval of Gov. Newsom's response to the coronavirus crosses party lines; much else does not. Partisanship strongly shapes views of the pandemic.

The holiday decorations have long since been packed away, but there was one more gift that had yet to be delivered.

Lindsey Thiry, who has been blogging on USC football for The Times, is joining the staff as a general assignment reporter focused on multimedia storytelling.

(MedPage Today) -- "When there is no wind, we row." What a cancer doctor-turned-cancer patient learned from his own patients. (ASCO Connection via KevinMD) Under most circumstances, fewer cancer diagnoses might be good news, but that's not necessarily...

The Kings are transitioning from their veteran Stanley Cup-winning teams to a faster group whose young players must take scoring and leadership roles.

When Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash, Ducks goalie John Gibson wanted to honor the Lakers legend with his mask. He knew just who to contact.

The Los Angeles Kings have made their home away from Staples Center in the South Bay, an aviation industry hub with an established hockey 'bubble.'

The NHL decided to suspend its season Thursday over the growing concern of the coronavirus. The decision came a day after the NBA suspended its season.