Summarize this content to 100 words AUSTIN, Texas — Singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist Kinky Friedman, who led the alt-country band Texas Jewboys, toured with Bob Dylan, sang with Willie Nelson, and dabbled in politics with campaigns for Texas governor and other statewide offices, has died. Friedman, 79, died Thursday at his family’s Texas ranch near San Antonio, close friend Kent Perkins told the Associated Press. Friedman had suffered from
Summarize this content to 1000 words It would seem obvious that rising sea levels that cut off the last population of woolly mammoths on Wrangel Island from the Siberian coast 10,000 years ago caused in-breeding, leading to their eventual extinction. But a new genetic analysis, reported in Cell, counters that claim.That result was unexpected, since an earlier report indicated that the mammoth population likely built up harmful genetic mutations, according
Summarize this content to 1000 words 10 hours agoBy Karl Mercer, Political correspondent, BBC London BBCStreatham GP Lucy Goodeve-Docker said the situation had been "incredibly tricky"Doctors' surgeries in London have continued to struggle with the impact of a cyber attack that knocked out pathology services across the area.Synnovis, an agency which manages labs for NHS trusts and GPs in south-east London, was the victim of a hack on 3 June.It has led
Summarize this content to 1000 words 2 days agoBy Martin Heath, BBC News, NorthamptonshireBBCThe University says it has "has no wish to part ways with valued colleagues"A University is offering a voluntary severance scheme to 500 staff to help it cope with a predicted £19.3m deficit.The University of Northampton (UON) said a drop in international student numbers was partly to blame.The institution said other factors were also involved, including rising pension costs
Summarize this content to 1000 words Boeing drew fresh criticism from a federal regulator on Thursday over disclosures about the continuing investigation into a harrowing January flight in which one of the company’s 737 Max planes lost a panel, exposing passengers to howling winds at an altitude of about 16,000 feet.Addressing reporters at a company factory in Renton, Wash., Elizabeth Lund, a Boeing executive, provided new details on Tuesday about
Summarize this content to 1000 words Children in Middlesbrough who qualify for free school meals will be automatically enrolled in a pilot scheme from September.At present families must apply for the meals, meaning some pupils slip through the net.Under auto-enrolment, parents would remain able to opt out.Professor Amelia Lake from Teesside University said she "strongly welcomed the move" but said there is more to be done around the issue of
Summarize this content to 1000 words Multivitamin supplements have become a routine addition to many Americans' diets, with as many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults consuming them regularly, but are these daily doses improving overall health and longevity?A study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published Wednesday found that multivitamins won't help extend your life, with researchers reporting, "multivitamin use to improve longevity is not supported."The study analyzed
Summarize this content to 1000 words Police are to take the lead in investigations into some of the allegations about bets placed by politicians on the general election.Industry regulator the Gambling Commission will continue to lead inquiries into cases "where the alleged offending is limited to breaches of the Gambling Act only", a Metropolitan Police spokesperson told the BBC. But detectives would be in charge of "a small number of
Summarize this content to 100 words SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “See You Sometime,” the series finale of The CW’s “Walker.” In 2000, at the age of 17, Jared Padalecki landed the role of Dean Forester, the first love of Alexis Bledel’s Rory Gilmore, on the hit family dramedy series “Gilmore Girls.” Originally contracted for only four episodes, Padalecki went on to appear in the first five seasons
Summarize this content to 1000 words Dating can be tricky. If your timing is off, it can result in misunderstandings. This is especially true in fields like archeology and paleontology. If an item is identified as hailing from an incorrect year, entire lines of research can be put into question. So when Sturt Manning, an archeologist from Cornell University, and colleagues received a radiocarbon date that didn’t appear to line
