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Hundreds of thousands of seafarers have been on board for many months longer than planned, stranded at sea due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Six months after the problem was first revealed, many of them are still struggling to cope with the ongoing uncertainty.Hundreds of thousands of seafarers have been on board for many months longer

Newark police and city officials say their de-escalation training program is working, with not one officer firing his or her weapon while on duty in 2020. The New Jersey police force faced huge challenges this year, with officers being exposed to COVID-19 while out working and the anti-police brutality protests of summertime taking its toll.

Is the heat still bearable, or should I take my hand off the hotplate? Before the brain can react appropriately to pain, it must evaluate and integrate sensory, cognitive, and emotional factors that modulate the perception and processing of the sensation itself. This task requires the exchange of information between different regions of the brain.

In Jewish tradition, a mitzvah is a good deed that’s performed with a good heart simply because it’s the right thing to do. And that’s just how Evelyn Topper described the kind act of a homeless stranger who’d gone out of his way to return her lost wallet. Topper likely dropped the wallet when she

In a race to “save lives, livelihoods and end this pandemic”, the head of the UN heath agency said on Tuesday that it was important to remember COVID-19 was just one of a number of major disease outbreaks facing communities across the world.In a race to “save lives, livelihoods and end this pandemic”, the head

Look up at the night sky on January 10 to see a rare ‘triple conjunction’ of planets, as Jupiter, Saturn, and Mercury form a tight triangle in the sky. The best time to see this phenomenon will be around 45 minutes after sunset on Sunday, by looking low in the sky toward the southwest horizon.