Loretta Swit, Emmy-winner on pioneering TV series ‘M*A*S*H,’ dies at 87

NEW YORK — Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy Awards playing Major Margaret Houlihan, the demanding head nurse of a behind-the-lines surgical unit during the Korean War on the pioneering hit TV series “M*A*S*H,” has died. She was 87.

Is Las Vegas sinking?

A new study places Las Vegas on a list of 25 cities that are sinking farther into the ground every year. But it doesn’t rank as highly as it would have in the 1960s or ’70s.

How diet affects the brain over a lifetime

A growing body of research finds the same dietary risk factors that lead to heart disease contribute to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

Julianne Moore leans on circle of female friends

“These women have been the witnesses to my life,” the Hollywood star says. “We’ve been there for each other when it comes to jobs, men, children.”

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