In a case that exposed Silicon Valley's culture of hubris and hype, Elizabeth Holmes was convicted Monday of duping investors into believing her startup Theranos had developed a revolutionary medical device that could detect a multitude of diseases and conditions from a few drops of blood.
Lower vaccination rates and fewer mask and vaccine mandates have created a much different environment for the omicron variant to spread in the South.
Longtime U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois, a onetime Black Panther with a dramatic rise in Illinois politics, won't seek reelection after 15 terms representing his Chicago-area district, according to a prepared video announcement obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
The junior girls' hockey standout scored four goals in a game, three of them in a single period, as her team remained undefeated and top-ranked.
Oregon reported more than 9,700 new cases of COVID-19 from the holiday weekend on Monday and smashed a previous record for weekly coronavirus cases with an average of about 2,400 new daily cases as the omicron variant took hold.
Nonconference games were canceled last week for both Big Ten squads, but only Illinois was on pause by players in health protocol.