Joel Shannon, USA TODAY Published 5:23 p.m. ET July 24, 2020 CLOSE Most people take precautions to avoid contracting salmonella poisoning from raw chicken, but there are other foods that are surprisingly more likely to harbor the harmful bacteria. Nearly two dozen states have been hit by a rapidly growing Salmonella outbreak that has already sickened…
SABC headquarters in Johannesburg. Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Communications is expected to get a briefing by an SABC delegation on its turnaround plan. The briefing will include a report on editorial policy in response to interference.The public broadcaster is still struggling financially. The operational and financial challenges at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) will once again come to the…
Warning about ravenous rats New York City rats usually have plenty to eat from the food scraps they find from restaurant garbage. But so many eateries are closed during the pandemic. So these rats are now hungry and turning on each other. NEW YORK - The lack of available food sources due to the shutdown…
By Michael Marshall Researchers surveyed blooms of “snow algae” on Anchorage Island, AntarcticaMatt Davey Part of Antarctica is already green due to blooms of algae living on the snow. As the continent warms, more of it may turn green, but it isn’t clear what this will mean for the climate. Patches of “snow algae” have…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Kirk Cameron is keeping busy during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has kept many folks at home and at a distance from their loved ones.The “Growing Pains” star spoke to Fox News about the overall impact the novel virus has had…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…