He won a massive following with “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “All the President’s Men.” Through the Sundance Institute and festival, he became a patron saint of American independent film.
BuzzFeed – In r/AskReddit, when someone asked, "What is a little quirk about your body that you don’t think other people have?" the answers that rolled in were proof of that — and they weren't your typical double-jointed answers, either. Here's what people had to say:
1. "I'm literally hard-headed. I have no frontal sinuses, and where they should be is just bone. I never get sinus headaches."
—Rocklicker13
2. "I'm not colorblind in of my...
CNN – When Brent Chapman was 13, he took ibuprofen during a Christmas basketball game. It was a drug he had taken before, but what happened next was anything but routine: He had a severe reaction that caused burns all over his body, including on the surface of his eyes.
Chapman was in a coma for 27 days. He lost his left eye to an infection and lost most of his vision in the other....
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is encouraging Michigan residents to take steps to avoid tick bites while enjoying the outdoors.
Tick-borne diseases, particularly Lyme disease and anaplasmosis, are increasing across the state.
Lyme disease cases in Michigan have increased by 168% over the last five years. The state recorded 1,215 cases in 2024, as compared to 452 cases in 2020. Anaplasmosis cases in Michigan have seen an almost fivefold...
Not all roaches go by “palmetto bug,” but almost anytime you hear that term, you’re dealing with a cockroach. While these species have slight differences in color, size, and preferred hiding spots, they’re all cockroaches.
FOOD SAFETY NEWS – USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has, after a three-year review, approved the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) petition requesting the deletion of the Moisture Protein Ratio (MPR) reference from the “Jerky” entry in the FSIS Food Standards and Labeling Policy Book.
The North American Meat Institute is now known simply as the Meat Institute, following various mergers. Its history dates back to 1946. The organization is based in Washington, D.C.
The...
A faster and vastly more effective treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis is being rolled out in the Asia-Pacific region, raising hopes of a "new era" in tackling one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases.
ST. LOUIS — Lying on top of an operating room table with his chest exposed, Larry Black Jr. was moments away from having his organs harvested when a doctor ran breathlessly into the room.
“Get him off the table,” the doctor recalled telling the surgical team at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital as the team cleaned Black’s chest and abdomen. “This is my patient. Get him off the table.”
At first, no one recognized Zohny...