Flood waters swirled through low-lying communities and evacuated residents waited for rivers to crest early on Tuesday as a spring storm blamed for at least 15 deaths nationwide lingered in the United States Northeast for a third day. The storm left a huge swathe of devastation, from the beaches of South Carolina to the mountains of Maine.
A powerful spring storm expected to be the worst of its kind in almost 15 years pounded the East Coast of the United States on Monday, bringing relentless rains, flooding rivers, and prompting evacuations from New Jersey to West Virginia. It was blamed for eight deaths across the US.
The lobotomy, once a widely used method for treating mental illness, epilepsy and even chronic headaches, is generating fresh controversy 30 years after doctors stopped performing the procedure now viewed as barbaric. A new book contends the crude brain surgery actually helped roughly 10% of the estimated 50 000 Americans who underwent the procedure.
