Eli Lilly's Zepbound doesn't just lead to weight loss, per the company. A 52-week study found a reduction in obstructive sleep apnea in adults with obesity, the company said Wednesday. Obstructive sleep apnea is a condition in which an upper airway blockage during sleep restricts airflow. People with it have......

Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter's NBA career came to an abrupt end on Wednesday. The 24-year-old was banned for life for breaking gaming rules, NBC News reports. In a news release , the league said an investigation found that Porter "violated league rules by disclosing confidential information to sports bettors, limiting......

Emerson, the pseudo-celebrity resident elephant seal of British Columbia's capital city, Victoria, really likes his chosen hometown. Really likes it. Last week, conservation officers decided Emerson's penchant for hanging out in the city's flower beds, parks, and roads wasn't the best suited to his longevity and gave him a ride......

Sophie Kinsella, the author of Confessions of a Shopaholic, has been diagnosed with a deadly brain cancer, reports the Daily Beast . Kinsella's diagnosis of glioblastoma—the same cancer that killed Sens. Ted Kennedy and John McCain, as well as Beau Biden—came in late 2022, she said in a post......

After pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked roads and bridges in major cities Monday, a Republican senator urged people to confront what he called "criminals" and "pro-Hamas mobs." Sen. Tom Cotton, who called for the military to put down riots in 2020, said in a post on X that he encourages "people who......

One of the heroes in Saturday's stabbing spree at a mall in Sydney, Australia has been told he is welcome to stay in the country for as long as he wants. French citizen Damien Guerot became known as "Bollard Man" after he was seen on video confronting attacker Joel Cauchi......

This story has been updated with new developments . The second day of Donald Trump's hush-money trial in Manhattan ended with seven jurors selected. ABC News reports that the seven jurors chosen Tuesday include the foreperson, a man born in Ireland who works in sales. Other jurors include an oncology nurse,......

The University of Southern California's valedictorian will not address her graduating class, the school announced Monday. It said the planned speech by Asna Tabassum was axed due to what it described as "substantial" security risks, reports the AP . Tabassum is Muslim and has voiced her support on social media for......

Conjoined twins Lori and George Schappell, who pursued separate careers, interests, and relationships during lives that defied medical expectations, died this month in Pennsylvania, according to funeral home officials. They were 62. The twins, listed by Guinness World Records as the oldest living conjoined twins, died April 7 at the......

Most US stocks slipped Tuesday as Treasury yields climbed again on rising expectations that interest rates may stay high for a while. The S&P 500 fell 10.41 points, or 0.2%, to 5,051.41. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 63.86 points, or 0.2%, to 37,......

A portrait of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work the British leader loathed went on display Tuesday at Churchill's birthplace ahead of an auction in June. The painting by modernist artist Graham Sutherland was made in preparation for a larger portrait that Churchill hated and was later destroyed—an......

An annual ranking of the busiest airports around the world is out, and Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International retained the No. 1 ranking it has held for more than two decades, reports CNN . More of a surprise was that Dubai's airport jumped from No. 5 to No. 2 last year to its......

Stocks slumped Monday after higher yields in the bond market cranked up the pressure on Wall Street. Stocks had been up earlier in the day, rising as oil prices eased, the AP reports. But Treasury yields also spurted higher following the latest report on the US economy to blow past......

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and his wife, La'Quetta, were charged Monday with abusing and assaulting their teenage daughter on multiple occasions, including hitting her in the head with a broom and knocking her unconscious. The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said it filed charges against both parents of endangering the......

If you're feeling—YAWN—sleepy and wish you could get some more shut-eye, you're not alone, reports the AP . Some takeaways from a new Gallup poll on the subject, released Monday: 57% of Americans say they would feel better if they could get more sleep, while only 42% say they're......

The alleged assailant arrested in Monday's church stabbing in Sydney, Australia, is 15 years old, reports the BBC . Police say the teen stabbed a bishop and at least three other people during a live-streamed service, but none of the injuries are life-threatening. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, ordained by the Assyrian......

"You alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon," a judge told Hannah Gutierrez-Reed in a New Mexico courtroom Monday, sentencing the Rust armorer to the maximum 18 months. In March, the 26-year-old was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Prosecutors said she......

Trump Media and Technology Group shares plunged again on Monday, falling more than 16% after the company filed to make millions more shares potentially available for sale. The filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission is a first step toward allowing majority shareholder Donald Trump and other insiders to sell......

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics planned on the River Seine could be shifted instead to the country's national stadium if the security threat is deemed too high. France is on a high security alert ahead of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics,......

The Supreme Court has decided that Mike Lindell can't have his phone back. The device in question was seized in 2022 as part of a federal investigation of alleged identity theft and computer crimes linked to a Republican county clerk in Colorado's alleged scheme to tamper with voting machines , reports......