This Easy Bedtime Trick Could Help You Fall Asleep Faster This Easy Bedtime Trick Could Help You Fall Asleep Faster
This Easy Bedtime Trick Could Help You Fall Asleep Faster A busy brain can make bedtime feel like the worst part of the day. The technique is called cognitive shuffling, or Serial Diverse Imagining, Calm.com reported in a blog post on the sleep method. It was developed by Dr. Luc Beaudoin, a cognitive scientist, and is designed to help people fall asleep by giving the brain random, simple, emotionally neutral images to picture. The idea is not to force the mind to go blank. Instead, the method gently moves attention away from planning, worrying, and replaying the day. A bedtime method designed to mimic early sleep patterns is getting atte…
NJ Rep. Announces Pregnancy As She Faces 17 Years In Federal Prison NJ Rep. Announces Pregnancy As She Faces 17 Years In Federal Prison
NJ Rep. Announces Pregnancy As She Faces 17 Years In Federal Prison New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver announced Friday, May 15, that she is expecting a baby while facing federal charges that could carry up to 17 years in prison if convicted. “I’m overjoyed to be expecting a baby this fall,” the Democratic representative wrote on X. “No matter what the world brings, I will keep living my life and doing this job I love. We bring great humans into this world to change it. ❤️” McIver also shared the news in an exclusive interview with People magazine, noting she and husband Khalif Thomas have been trying for a second child. McIver was charged in a three-count fe…
Mass 'Love On The Spectrum' Star Loses Mom To Cancer Mass 'Love On The Spectrum' Star Loses Mom To Cancer
Mass 'Love On The Spectrum' Star Loses Mom To Cancer “Love On The Spectrum” cast member Pari Kim is mourning the loss of her mother, Esme, following a battle with cancer. Kim, 24, who lives outside of Boston, shared emotional tributes to her mother on Instagram days after her death. “Grief and tragedy is not easy and feels very unpleasant,” Kim wrote. “It feels like everything is becoming a train wreck and that there are two sides of yourself constantly fighting: the sad, lonely girl missing what was cruelly and unfairly taken from her at such a young age and the girl who has to stay strong and positive because she can't give up if she wants…
Possible Hantavirus Case Involves High School Student In NY Possible Hantavirus Case Involves High School Student In NY
Possible Hantavirus Case Involves High School Student In NY A rare health alert at a New York high school is raising questions at an uneasy moment for public health officials. Ontario County officials said Thursday, May 14, they are investigating a suspected locally acquired hantavirus case involving a Geneva High School student, ABC News reported. Geneva is about 45 miles southeast of Rochester. The suspected case has been described as mild, with symptoms including fatigue, aches, and lethargy, according to ABC News. Health officials stressed that the suspected case is not connected to the deadly MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak and does not pose …
'Jersey Shore' Star Angelina Pivarnick Finds Out She's Pregnant While Filming 'Jersey Shore' Star Angelina Pivarnick Finds Out She's Pregnant While Filming
'Jersey Shore' Star Angelina Pivarnick Finds Out She's Pregnant While Filming Amid ongoing fertility struggles, MTV's "Jersey Shore" star Angelina Pivarnick is having a baby. The 39-year-old reality TV star shared the news with co-star Sammi Giancola, aka Sammi Sweetheart, on the Thursday, May 14 episode of the show after taking a pregnancy test while at the first birthday party for Mike Sorrentino's daughter. “There’s no way that it just happened naturally. There’s no sperm donor now,” Pivarnick said. “I did not think I was able to get pregnant, but, wow, I’m pregnant. This could be a great thing. This could be my fairy tale, my path, my baby.” She later calle…
5 Divers Killed While Exploring Deep Ocean Cave During Excursion, Authorities Say 5 Divers Killed While Exploring Deep Ocean Cave During Excursion, Authorities Say
5 Divers Killed While Exploring Deep Ocean Cave During Excursion, Authorities Say Five tourists have died after going missing while on a scuba trip to a remote underwater cave in the Maldives, authorities said. Italy's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation announced their deaths in a news release on Thursday, May 14. The five Italian nationals who died included a professor, her daughter, and a diving instructor. The divers were attempting to explore caves at a depth of about 165 feet in the Vaavu Atoll. The Maldives National Defence Force said the first report of missing divers came at 1:45 p.m. local time on May 14. Authorities l…
Number Of People In US Being Monitored For Hantavirus Revealed By CDC Number Of People In US Being Monitored For Hantavirus Revealed By CDC
Number Of People In US Being Monitored For Hantavirus Revealed By CDC The number is small, but the response now stretches across the US. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday, May 14, that 41 people in 15 US states are being monitored for hantavirus after a deadly outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship. There are no confirmed US cases linked to the outbreak. The 41 people fall into three groups. They include 18 passengers taken to health facilities in Nebraska and Georgia, seven passengers who left the ship and returned home before the outbreak was identified, and 16 people who may have been exposed during travel on flight…
LIRR Strike Looms: What To Know About Possible Disruptions LIRR Strike Looms: What To Know About Possible Disruptions
Lirr Strike Looms: What To Know About Possible Disruptions More than 3,500 Long Island Rail Road workers could go on strike beginning Saturday, May 16 at 12:01 a.m., an act that would shut down service on the nation’s busiest passenger railroad. MTA and union leaders have been engaged in negotiations throughout the week, and MTA board member Marc Herbst told Newsday he expected the talks were “going to go down to the wire.” Talks were expected to go into the night on Thursday, May 14, ABC7 reports. The union’s crucial demand is for a 5% raise in the final year of the deal, after agreeing to 3.16% raises over the first three years of the contract, …
Man Threw Large Rock At Endangered Seal, Said He's 'Rich Enough' To Pay Fines: Feds (Video) Man Threw Large Rock At Endangered Seal, Said He's 'Rich Enough' To Pay Fines: Feds (Video)
Man Threw Large Rock At Endangered Seal, Said He's 'Rich Enough' To Pay Fines: Feds (Video) A man is facing federal charges after he was caught on camera throwing a large rock at the head of a beloved and endangered Hawaiian monk seal, authorities said. Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, was charged with harassing and attempting to harass the protected seal, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Hawaii said in a news release on Wednesday, May 13. The Covington, Washington, man was accused of violating the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The incident happened in Lahaina, a community on the island of Maui, on Tuesday, May 5…
Cameraman Collapses During Live CBS Evening News Broadcast: Video Cameraman Collapses During Live CBS Evening News Broadcast: Video
Cameraman Collapses During Live CBS Evening News Broadcast: Video A live newscast took a startling turn when the story suddenly moved off camera. The moment unfolded during the Wednesday, May 13, broadcast of CBS Evening News, as anchor Tony Dokoupil was introducing the final segment live from Taiwan, and an on-set cameraman handling the coverage collapsed.  "Is he OK?" anchor Tony Dokoupil immediately said. "We're going to take a break," Dokoupil then stated. "We have a medical emergency here." Then, after a pause, Dokoupil could be heard saying by stunned viewers, "We're calling a doctor." Video of the incident was posted by Dylan Byers, foundin…
Body Recovered Of Second US Soldier Who Went Missing During Major Military Exercise Body Recovered Of Second US Soldier Who Went Missing During Major Military Exercise
Body Recovered Of Second US Soldier Who Went Missing During Major Military Exercise A difficult search along Morocco’s rugged Atlantic coast has now reached a heartbreaking end. The body of Spc. Mariyah Symone Collington, 19, was recovered Tuesday, May 12, from a coastal cave near the Cap Draa Training Area, the US Army said Thursday, May 14. Spc. Mariyah Collington US Army Collington, of Tavares, Florida, located northwest of Orlando, was the second US soldier found after she and 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., 27, of Richmond, Virginia, went missing during African Lion 26, a multinational military exercise in Morocco. The recovery ended a mul…
VIDEO: LI Bar Mitzvah DJ Sought Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl, ‘Predator Hunter’ Group Says VIDEO: LI Bar Mitzvah DJ Sought Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl, ‘Predator Hunter’ Group Says
Video: LI Bar Mitzvah DJ Sought Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl, ‘Predator Hunter’ Group Says An independent online predator-busting group claims it caught a Long Island bar mitzvah DJ sending explicit text messages to someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl. Robert Shea, 45, of Massapequa, better known as “DJ Bobby Shea,” tried to create a sexual relationship with the teen girl when he was actually swapping messages with members of NY Predator Hunters, the group alleged on social media.  ** WARNING: This news report contains disturbing information. Reader discretion is advised. ** It was not immediately clear whether or not police had lodged charges against Shea as of pres…