Thousands of US women say hair relaxers have put them at higher risk of uterine cancer. In South Africa some products were previously found to be ‘like drain cleaner’.
(JTA) Captain Bill Pinkney, a Jewish sailor who became the first African American to sail around the world solo, died Thursday. He was 87 and had suffered a fall. Starting in 1990, the Chicagoan’s 22-month, 27,000-mile journey aboard a 47-foot cutter captivated thousands of schoolchildren who followed his trip via an educational television channel. […]