• The Conversation

    The tragedy of sudden unexpected infant deaths – and how bedsharing, maternal smoking and stomach sleeping all contribute

    Rates of sudden unexpected infant deaths have not gone down significantly over the last 20 years, and in some racial groups the numbers are rising.

  • Associated Press

    A Nigerian schoolgirl abducted by extremists 10 years ago is rescued pregnant and with 3 kids

    A girl who was seized from her school along with hundreds others during a raid by extremists ten years ago in northeastern Nigeria has been rescued together with her three children, the Nigerian army said Thursday. Lydia Simon, who is five months pregnant, was rescued by Nigerian troops in the Gwoza council area of Borno state, where the 15-year insurgency by Islamic extremists is concentrated, according to a statement from the army. Simon was among 276 girls seized from their school in Nigeria’s Chibok village in April 2014 at the height of the extremist violence in the region.

  • Yahoo Finance Video

    Netflix Q1 earnings: What Wall Street will be looking for

    Streaming platform Netflix (NFLX) will report its first-quarter earnings after Thursday's market close. Wall Street analysts will be paying close attention to how Netflix's password-sharing crackdown and its new ad-tier subscription model have influenced subscriber figures. Yahoo Finance Entertainment Reporter Alexandra Canal details what Wall Street is expecting on Netflix subscriber trends. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Morning Brief. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.