A Taiwanese woman who was known for climbing mountains in a bathing suit reportedly died after she fell during a hike.

    Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Kate Wasley lamented on Instagram that a rude comment from a teacher drove her to years of "hard dieting."

    A woman who was reported missing earlier this month after visiting a friend's house in Texas is believed to have been found dead, police said.

    Beth Chapman is currently undergoing treatments for throat cancer in Los Angeles, Calif., Fox News can confirm.

    An Iowa man who won $1.00 through the lottery seemingly wanted to be treated like a big winner — and state officials obliged.

    The Razzies, known across America as the Oscars for bad movies, targeted President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and White House counselor Kellyanne Conway with nominations on Monday.

    Lauren Alaina has ended her engagement to high school sweetheart Alex Hopkins.

    Hollywood actress Jamie Lee Curtis apologized on Twitter for rushing to judge the viral video showing high school student Nick Sandmann wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat and appearing to smirk while a crowd of other teens laughed derisively behind him as a 64-year-old Native American, Nathan Phillips, played a traditional chant on a drum.

    Ciara and Russell Wilson seem to be taking the high road. 

    Bebe Rexha is once again calling out fashion designers who allegedly told her she’s “too big” to dress.

    MCI Inc.'s board of directors embraced a cash-rich offer from Qwest Communications International Inc. after months of saying the company was a financially weaker and strategically less desirable merger partner than Verizon Communications Inc.-The Washington Post

    It's the season to scam. I think I've used the phrase "low-life bum" more than I care to as I've read story after story this past year of investors being ripped off in new and old scams.

    With the House having again approved permanent repeal of the estate tax, the issue now moves to the Senate, where, although Republicans are in the majority, enthusiasm for wiping out what conservatives like to call the "death tax" is considerably more muted.

    The daily ride has given rise to audio books, the travel mug and a 7-Eleven Inc. trademark, Dashboard Dining. The national motto has become grab and go, and legions of businesses work feverishly to fill a near-sacred space: the cup holder.

    (BMJ) Hospital bereavement services that are led by senior doctors and nurses and the person responsible for quality and safety may help to curb patient complaints and legal action in the wake of a difficult death, suggest the results of a pilot study, carried out at one NHS hospital trust and published online in the journal BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.

    (DZNE - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases) Scientists at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and the University Hospital Tuebingen show that a protein found in the blood can be used to precisely monitor disease progression of Alzheimer's long before first clinical signs appear. This blood marker offers new possibilities for testing therapies. The study was carried out in cooperation with an international research team and published in the journal Nature Medicine.

    (University of Pennsylvania) In the largest study of its kind, a team led by University of Pennsylvania researchers investigated the gut microbiomes of people from seven ethnically diverse populations from remote areas of Botswana and Tanzania. Their findings illuminate the relative impact of lifestyle, geography, and genetics in shaping the microbiome.

    (Wiley) New research indicates that cancer survivors carry greater financial burdens related to medical debt payments and bills compared with individuals without a cancer history, with the greatest hardships in younger survivors. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study also found that among privately insured survivors, those who enrolled in high deductible health plans and did not have health savings accounts were particularly vulnerable to medical financial hardship.

    (University of California - San Diego) Early adult general cognitive ability is a stronger predictor of cognitive function and reserve later in life than other factors, such as higher education, occupational complexity or engaging in late-life intellectual activities.

    This week, four charitable organizations in Paducah will be receiving more than $44,000 in monetary donations and nearly 77,000 pounds of food.

    A man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 51 in southern Illinois Monday morning, the local sheriff's department says. 

    A retired Carbondale police lieutenant worked tirelessly to clear the name of a man who was wrongfully convicted of a Mount Vernon stabbing death. The Carbondale NAACP honored him Monday at its Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast.

    Benny Heady remembers going out to eat in downtown Paducah when he was 4. "We would always go to a little restaurant called White Out to eat dinner," he said. "We would always have to sit in the back where the smoke was."

    From the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr's birthplace to the nation's capital, and here in our region.

    Paleontologists have discovered the first detailed fossil of a hagfish, the slimy, eel-like carrion feeders of the ocean. The 100-million-year-old fossil helps answer questions about when these ancient, jawless fish branched off the evolutionary tree from the lineage that gave rise to modern-day jawed vertebrates, including bony fish and humans.

    Greenland is melting faster than scientists previously thought -- and will likely lead to faster sea level rise -- thanks to the continued, accelerating warming of the Earth's atmosphere, a new study has found.

    A team of Vanderbilt University bioengineers today announced a major breakthrough in penetrating the cells inside tumors and flipping on a switch that tells them to start fighting.

    Scientists reveal how a rare group of white blood cells called basophils play an important role in the immune response to a bacterial infection, preventing the development of sepsis. Researchers say their findings could lead to better ways to prevent the dangerous immune response that strikes more than 30 million people worldwide every year.

    Scientists have shown that a protein found in the blood can be used to precisely monitor disease progression of Alzheimer's long before first clinical signs appear. This blood marker offers new possibilities for testing therapies.

    Frank Vatrano had a goal and three assists for a career-high four points to lift the Florida Panthers over the San Jose Sharks 6-2 on Monday night

    Li Na saw much of herself in a young player on the women's tour early last year

    Luka Doncic had 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for Dallas, which has lost four in a row.

    Ronald Jackson scored a career-high 23 points to help North Carolina A&T beat Coppin State 80-71

    Stosur, Zhang upset women's doubles top seeds in Australia

    Options abound for checking out all the championship action on whatever screen you choose.

    The latest iteration of the Abode home security system includes the Z-Wave Plus technology.

    For years, Microsoft Surface fans have wondered two things: First, would Microsoft ever sell a standalone version of its massive Surface Studio display? And second, when would the company update its Surface Dock? The Kensington SD7000 Surface Pro Docking Station answers both questions...sort of.Put simply, Kensington’s SD700 features the “zero-gravity hinge” construction of the Surface Studio, but instead of a massive 25-inch, 4.5K screen, there’s a partial frame which can hold a Surface Pro 4, Surface Pro (2017), or Surface Pro 6. We’d call the SD7000 a sort-of hybrid between a tablet stand and a dock, which can also serve as an inking surface should you need that.To read this article in full, please click here

    The battle over your wrist just got way more interesting. Late last week Fossil announced that it was selling $40 million worth of its smartwatch technology to Google, giving the Wear OS purveyor a serious stake in the wearable hardware game.The deal may be a relatively small sum compared to the billions Google spent on Nest, but it could be just as important. For one, Fossil is one of the only companies consistently turning out new Wear OS watches that people actually want to buy. But even if this deal doesn’t result in a Pixel watch or Google-branded hardware at all, for the first time Google will have a wearable hardware team under its roof to help drive future design, navigation, and UI decisions.To read this article in full, please click here

    Is the cloud really all that bad?

    A Massachusetts family who was "ice'd in" made the best of their situation by forming an ice skating rink in their driveway.

    Parents who chaperoned Kentucky high school students who were captured in a viral video mocking a Native American elder on a class trip are defending the teenagers.

    A Wisconsin man called 911 on himself after he realized he overreacted when he used an ax to destroy items he owned after he thought his wife damaged his action figures. 

    Snowboarders and skiers at a resort in Colorado were chased by a moose on Saturday, and the frightening ordeal was captured on video by one of those being charged.

    Two doctors who led care for a woman who gave birth after being sexually assaulted at an Arizona health care facility are no longer treating its patients, Hacienda HealthCare said Monday.

    Climate change is causing Greenland's massive ice sheets to melt much faster than previously thought, a new study has found, and it may be "too late" to do anything about it.

    Ecuador is putting new immigration controls in-place amid the ongoing Venezuela migration crisis after a Venezuelan man slaughtered his pregnant Ecuadorian girlfriend on Saturday.

    Some politicians in India are clamoring for what they believe to be a quick fix to the country's population problem: a two-child policy for Indian citizens.

    Venezuela faced more turmoil on Monday when a small team of soldiers, claiming to be members of Venezuela's armed forces, attempted an uprising against the government of President Nicolas Maduro and triggered violent street protests in Caracas.

    At least 14 sailors were killed and five others were missing Monday when two commercial vessels caught fire in the Black Sea, Russian officials said.