黃子佼介紹義賣作品 (圖)
2014年「藝出慈悲•百大名人」義賣作品預展記者會,2日在台北晶華酒店舉行,參與義賣者藝人黃子佼(右)介紹他與其他藝術家的作品。中央社記者施宗暉攝 103年4月2日
2014年「藝出慈悲•百大名人」義賣作品預展記者會,2日在台北晶華酒店舉行,參與義賣者藝人黃子佼(右)介紹他與其他藝術家的作品。中央社記者施宗暉攝 103年4月2日
On a recent day fighting the Los Angeles wildfires, a fire crew's radios crackled to life, warning of nearby flames as helicopter blades thudded overhead. Juan Tapia — an experienced firefighter from Morelia, Mexico — tore out scrub brush as tall as himself, just days after arriving in California. As wildfires burn across the Los Angeles area, the operation to save homes and people — from those on the fire line to the logistics of feeding thousands of firefighters — is monumental.
There is no evidence Senate Majority Leader John Thune blocked Sen. Adam Schiff from committee assignments. A spokesperson said the claim is false.
The New York Fire Department battled a 4-alarm blaze in the Bronx. Two firefighters are injured and at least six units damaged.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has been offered a prime seat at the inauguration with other VIP guests.
Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating and fatal hereditary disorder that strikes in the prime of life, causing nerve cells in parts of the brain to break down and die. The genetic mutation linked to Huntington's has long been known, but scientists haven't understood how people could have the mutation from birth, but not develop any problems until later in life. “The conundrum in our field has been: Why do you have a genetic disorder that manifests later in life if the gene is present at conception?” said Dr. Mark Mehler, who directs the Institute for Brain Disorders and Neural Regeneration at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and was not involved in the research.
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty acknowledged the U.S. health care problems, cited high prices of medical services as root cause.
A record-setting bunny museum and a 70-year-old artists' retreat are among the quirky spaces that burned in the Palisades and Eaton fires.
DeSantis made the announcement in a Thursday news conference in Orlando.
Inflation isn't out the window in 2025.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory Thursday urging health-care workers treating patients hospitalized with the flu to perform an additional test for bird flu within 24 hours of admission. The advisory reflects increasing concerns about the widening outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza that is sickening more people and animals in the United States and Canada. Earlier this month, a Louisiana man became the first person in the United States to die of bird flu. A severe in
The British government will provide backing for local inquiries into child sexual abuse across the country, it said on Thursday after a decades-old grooming gangs scandal returned to the spotlight following criticism from billionaire Elon Musk. The scandal involved organised groups in English towns and cities raping and sexually exploiting vulnerable young girls, prompting a number of local investigations and a broader nationwide public inquiry into child sexual abuse. Britain's interior minister Yvette Cooper said the government would set out a timetable to implement the recommendations of a national inquiry published in 2022 but also go further and back new local investigations.
Experts break down whether users will be able to use a VPN to access TikTok, and whether Trump will intervene.
Pope Francis has fallen over and injured his right arm but did not suffer any broken bones, the Vatican says.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent Florida in the chamber. Elected as the state’s top law enforcement officer in 2018, Moody campaigned on a pledge to voters that she’d be a prosecutor, not a politician. Along with DeSantis, Moody boosted her political profile during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling on the federal government to “hold China responsible” for the outbreak.
Before being killed in a Gaza tunnel, my son Hersh was twice on a list to be freed, writes Rachel Goldberg-Polin.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has removed Republican Rep. Mike Turner as chair of the House Intelligence Committee for the 119th Congress.
U.S. business inventories rose marginally in November, suggesting that restocking will probably not contribute to economic growth in the fourth quarter. Inventories ticked up 0.1% after being unchanged in October, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on Thursday. The slight rise in inventories, a key component of gross domestic product, was in line with economists' expectations.
Azerbaijan has refused to renew its cooperation agreement with The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said on Thursday, accusing Washington of using USAID to pursue its political agenda. Bayramov, who was speaking at a news conference with his Georgian counterpart, said that Baku had suspended cooperation with USAID in June 2024.
From Gaza to Greenland, the disruptive force of President-elect Donald Trump is being felt across the world, his incoming administration casting aside conventional diplomatic niceties in favor of an intensive global pressure campaign that already appears to be yielding results.
Though the 22nd Amendment prohibits Trump from being elected president again, it does not prohibit him from serving as president beyond Jan. 20, 2029. A schiolar of politics and history explains.