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‘Sip and Paint’ is Great But Here are 5 More Options I’d Love to See in Yakima

‘Sip and Paint’ is Great But Here are 5 More Options I’d Love to See in Yakima

I've never attended one, but what a fun idea. Enjoy a glass of wine with friends while creating something artistically surrounded by good people and good vibes. Who wouldn't want to be a part of that? Taking a page from that idea, here's a few...

Climate Futures: What’s Ahead for Our World Beyond 1.5°C of Warming?

Climate Futures: What’s Ahead for Our World Beyond 1.5°C of Warming?

By Claire Asher This two-part Mongabay mini-series examines the current status of the climate emergency, how the global community is likely to respond and what lies ahead for Earth systems and humanity as the planet almost inevitably warms beyond...

Kids from Maine testify on Capitol Hill about support for type 1 diabetes

Kids from Maine testify on Capitol Hill about support for type 1 diabetes

The kids testified before the Appropriations Committee, including chair Sen. Susan Collins, about advancing insulin pumps and blood sugar tests. WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Kids from Maine were on Capitol Hill Wednesday to testify about the importance...

Wilson Medical Center appoints four new board members

Wilson Medical Center appoints four new board members

Wilson Medical Center in Wilson, North Carolina, has appointed four new members to its 2025 Board of Directors. The appointees are Stewart S. Arens Jr., Bishop Myron K. Smith, Dr. Calbee D. Newkirk, and Dr. Sanjay Cherukuri. These individuals have...

Clinical Insights on Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) Implantations Following Spinal Fusion Surgery: Enhancing and Monitoring Bone Health in Patients

Clinical Insights on Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) Implantations Following Spinal Fusion Surgery: Enhancing and Monitoring Bone Health in Patients

Introduction Spinal degenerative diseases, such as degenerative disc disease and spondylolisthesis, are significant causes of chronic back pain and functional disability.1–4 Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) has emerged as a widely...

‘It’s Blatant Consumer Fraud’: Inside The FTC’s Workshop On Transgender Procedures

‘It’s Blatant Consumer Fraud’: Inside The FTC’s Workshop On Transgender Procedures

WASHINGTON—In a major move against the transgender medical industry, the Federal Trade Commission hosted a workshop Wednesday in Washington, D.C., examining the dangers of so-called gender-affirming care. The FTC’s workshop, first reported by The...

Nearly 400 DC kids to receive free swim lessons this summer following $35,000 donation

Nearly 400 DC kids to receive free swim lessons this summer following $35,000 donation

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — Hundreds of kids in the D.C. area will learn how to swim this summer for free. Government Employees Health Association, Inc. (G.E.H.A) is partnering with the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington to provide hundreds of young...

The Eye-Watering Amount Donald Trump's Air Force One Costs Per Hour

The Eye-Watering Amount Donald Trump's Air Force One Costs Per Hour

President Donald J. Trump is no stranger to traveling on private planes. Long before he entered politics, he, like many other billionaires, developed a love of personal jets (Trump-branded of course), which became his preferred method of travel...

Atlanta United prepares for crucial matches against D.C. United and Toronto FC

Atlanta United prepares for crucial matches against D.C. United and Toronto FC

It's uncommon for two of Atlanta United's prominent figures to address the media simultaneously, but that was the case on Thursday morning. Following a training session at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground, head coach Ronny Deila...

21-year-old congressional intern killed in Washington, D.C., shooting

21-year-old congressional intern killed in Washington, D.C., shooting

21-year-old congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym was shot and killed in Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police believe the shooting was targeted but Tarpinian-Jachym was not the intended victim. The intern worked for Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas,...

Maie St. John Named Director of Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Maie St. John Named Director of Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Newswise — Maie St. John, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., professor and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at UCLA, has been named the Andelot Professor and Director of the Johns Hopkins Department of Otolaryngology–Head and...

DPSCD considers using bikes as a way to fight chronic absenteeism 

DPSCD considers using bikes as a way to fight chronic absenteeism 

As the Detroit school district continues to explore ways to reduce chronic absenteeism, providing bicycles to students could help them travel to and from school, some board members say. The bike idea was brought up by Detroit Public Schools...

Future foresters get experience in new Smokey House Center apprenticeship program

Future foresters get experience in new Smokey House Center apprenticeship program

This is the true story of five strangers, picked to live in a house, work together, and find out what happens when they take what they’re learning in college and start using it in the real world. “I’m learning the things they don’t teach you in...

Laura Hays, Ph.D., APRN, to be Inducted as Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing

Laura Hays, Ph.D., APRN, to be Inducted as Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing

View Larger Image Laura Hays, associate professor in the UAMS College of Nursing, will be inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing during an Oct. 18 ceremony at the academy’s annual Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. July...

21-Year-Old Intern for Rep. Ron Estes Killed in Washington D.C. Shooting

21-Year-Old Intern for Rep. Ron Estes Killed in Washington D.C. Shooting

Screenshot of Eric Tarpinian-Jachym via WUSA 9 YouTube Channel A 21-year-old intern for Republican Representative Ron Estes of Kansas was killed on Monday night in Washington, D.C.. Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, who was a student at the University of...

Local athlete and activist is the subject of children's book

Local athlete and activist is the subject of children's book

Some people might say that Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Whetstone was born to run. Others might say she was born to lead. Whetstone, a Lakota woman born in South Dakota who moved to Maine as a child, was the daughter of a sprinter and...

Local Student Honored by National Congress of Future Medical Leaders

Local Student Honored by National Congress of Future Medical Leaders

Yasash Palem, an 11th grader at nearby Ponderosa High School, was recently selected to serve as a Delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders held at University of Massachusetts Lowell campus. The Congress is an honors-only academic program...

UMass student interning in Congress killed in D.C. shooting

UMass student interning in Congress killed in D.C. shooting

A University of Massachusetts student who was interning in Congress was killed in a shooting in Washington, D.C., this week. Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, of Granby, Massachusetts, was one of three people who were wounded in a shooting near the...

The U.N. Should Condemn the U.S.’ Human Rights Record on Abortion

The U.N. Should Condemn the U.S.’ Human Rights Record on Abortion

Protesters rally on the three-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2025, in Los Angeles. (David McNew / Getty Images) The periodic U.N. review of the United States’ human rights record is coming...

Northeast sees worst summer surge in tick bites in years, CDC says

Northeast sees worst summer surge in tick bites in years, CDC says

Local News This summer's May and June spikes are the largest for at least five years in the Northeast. Tick insect warning sign in forest. Adobe By Molly Farrar July 9, 2025 3 minutes to read Share Close Send this article to your social...

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