On the banks of the Komi Memem River, the activity never ceases: women go down the embankment from Laje Velho village carrying basins to wash clothing, while men embark in small canoes on hunting and fishing expeditions. At day’s end, it’s the children’s turn to dive into its tea-colored waters.
The river, named Laje in non-Indigenous maps, is vital to the Oro Waram, one of the six subgroups of the Wari’ people, who have inhabited the Western Amazon for centuries.
Ryan Koss revealed he was “friends” with Treat Williams before their road collision resulted in Williams’ death.
The Vermont State Police announced on Tuesday, August 1, that Koss has been charged with grossly negligent operation with death resulting. According to the VSP, Koss was driving a Honda Element SUV that turned into the path of Williams’ motorcycle on June 12. The Everwood alum was taken to Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York, for critical injuries, where he later died.
The man charged in Treat Williams’ fatal car accident says he knew the late actor and considered him a friend.
Ryan Koss, who had been notified earlier this week he was charged with grossly negligent operation resulting in death, released a statement Friday.
He said he was devastated by Williams’ death and offered his “sincerest condolences” to the actor’s family.
“I considered him a friend,” Koss said.
Koss, the managing creative director of the Dorset Theatre Festival in Vermont, said
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first ever pill to treat postpartum depression (PPD) which is suffered by around one in seven new mothers.
Zuranolone, which is an antidepressant, is a once-a-day pill, taken for two weeks. It will be sold under the brand name Zurzuvae.
Clinical trials showed it improved the symptoms of new mothers who were experiencing severe depression after having a baby.
The only other medication on the market for PPD, Zulresso, needs to be
A University of Connecticut scientist has reportedly identified a key mechanism in Parkinson’s disease research.
UConn Health, a branch of the university, said Tuesday that assistant professor of neuroscience Yulan Xiong and her team had discovered a regulator compound which holds the potential to treat the brain disorder.
The work, identifying a regulator of a gene called LRRK2, was published in a recent study in The EMBO Journal. The gene, a section of DNA, is considered the basic unit of
The driver who allegedly caused the crash that killed actor Treat Williams has been charged in his death, Vermont State Police stated in a news release.
Ryan M. Koss, 35, who was driving a Honda Element at the time of the accident, was charged on Tuesday with “grossly negligent operation [of a motor vehicle] with death resulting.” Koss voluntarily met with police and was processed on the charge, after which he was released. He is scheduled to appear on the
Its technical expertise helps keep the UK safe and functioning, yet due to its low-profile work few are aware of the vital contribution made by Nemco, a leading electronics producer, based not overseas but close to hand in Hertfordshire.
But as part of the Manufacturing Assembly Network (MAN), a group of firms that’s now lobbying the Government to provide support for reshoring (returning production to the UK) and supply chain security, Nemco’s growth plans could soon increase its visibility.
The
Nearly two months after actor Treat Williams was killed in a vehicular accident involving his motorcycle and another car, a review has led Vermont State Police to charge one man with grossly negligent operation resulting in death.
Ryan M. Koss, 35, of Dorset, Vermont, was notified of the charges on Tuesday evening, when he was processed and released, according to a press release. His arraignment is scheduled for Sept. 25.
Police say the “Blue Bloods” actor was driving his motorcycle
The average American spends nearly seven hours a day looking at screens, reports have shown — and all of that phone, tablet and computer gazing can take a toll on the eyes.
One of the effects of prolonged screen time is dry eye syndrome, which occurs when tears evaporate too quickly.
The inner eyelids are lined by rows of tiny glands called meibomian glands, which secrete a substance that keeps the eyes moist and protected, Dr. Jean Carruthers, a
A driver has been charged for the tragic motorcycle accident that killed Treat Williams.
The Vermont State Police revealed on Tuesday, August 1, that Ryan Koss has been charged with grossly negligent operation with death resulting after the June 12 crash. According to the VSP, Koss was driving a Honda Element SUV that turned into the path of Williams’ motorcycle.
“Mr. Williams suffered critical injuries in the crash and subsequently was pronounced dead at Albany Medical Center
