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Atlanta United draws 0-0 against D.C. United at Audi Field

Atlanta United draws 0-0 against D.C. United at Audi Field

Atlanta United secured a point with a goalless draw against D.C. United at Audi Field on Saturday night. The match marked the first clean sheet for Atlanta since March 8, despite dominating possession and dictating much of the play. During the...

I've covered Amazon Prime Day beauty deals for 12 years and these are 2025's best finds

I've covered Amazon Prime Day beauty deals for 12 years and these are 2025's best finds

12:34, 08 Jul 2025Updated 12:14, 09 Jul 2025 This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Having been a beauty journalist for well over a decade now, I've seen countless shopping...

CDC ends emergency response to H5N1 Bird Flu as cases drop

CDC ends emergency response to H5N1 Bird Flu as cases drop

WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN, KYMA/KECY) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has officially ended its emergency response to the H5N1 bird flu. The agency says the decision comes after a steady drop in cases and no new human infections...

Indiana cigarette tax rises by $2, giving health officials hope for improved health rankings

Indiana cigarette tax rises by $2, giving health officials hope for improved health rankings

ANDERSON — Smoking became a more expensive habit in Indiana this month. Smokers across the state saw a $2 increase in the state tax on cigarettes that took effect July 1. × Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please...

Gillibrand, Warren Demand Answers About Trump Administration Cuts To Agencies That Protect Seniors From Frauds And Scams

Gillibrand, Warren Demand Answers About Trump Administration Cuts To Agencies That Protect Seniors From Frauds And Scams

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Elizabeth Warren, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, demanded answers...

What should happen to a nurse who inappropriately restrained a patient in hospital?

What should happen to a nurse who inappropriately restrained a patient in hospital?

A mental health nurse faced the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s fitness-to-practise panel after they were seen inappropriately restraining a patient on several occasions The charges That Nurse A employed as an agency nurse at a hospital: 1. While...

The White House just took its most aggressive stance yet against Jerome Powell

The White House just took its most aggressive stance yet against Jerome Powell

CNN — The Trump administration’s intensifying campaign against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hit a boiling point Thursday. Just two weeks after President Donald Trump sent a handwritten letter to Powell demanding lower interest rates,...

Counterfeit Version of Sun Pharma anti-epileptic medicine Levipil 500 seized in Telangana

Counterfeit Version of Sun Pharma anti-epileptic medicine Levipil 500 seized in Telangana

Telangana: Drugs Control Administration, Telangana, seized Spurious Drug 'Levipil 500' Tablets (Levetiracetam Tablets 500 mg), falsely claimed to be manufactured by Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd. Based on intelligence gathered by Drugs Control...

Local nutritionist shares ways to eat healthy in Summer heat

Local nutritionist shares ways to eat healthy in Summer heat

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - As temperatures rise and families flock to the beach and pool, staying cool isn’t the only thing to think about. Experts say what you’re eating during these hot summer days can impact your energy, hydration, and overall...

HPLC Phytochemical Profiling of Residual Artichoke Leaves

HPLC Phytochemical Profiling of Residual Artichoke Leaves

Key Points Researchers from the University of Milan used high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to analyze the residual leaves of Carciofo di Malegno, a traditional Italian artichoke variety. The leaves showed a unique chemical profile with...

Health Coverage Is Not the Only Measure of Success – Commentary

Health Coverage Is Not the Only Measure of Success – Commentary

In evaluating the success of Obamacare in general and Medicaid expansion in particular, reporters and commentators have tended to focus on a single measure: health coverage, the increase in the number of people with health insurance. At the same...

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,...

Senators Mike Rounds & Tina Smith introduces bipartisan bill to empower states and communities to reduce homelessness

Senators Mike Rounds & Tina Smith introduces bipartisan bill to empower states and communities to reduce homelessness

WASHINGTON, D.C.(Press Release) – U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) today introduced the Reducing Homelessness Through Program Reform Act, legislation to cut red tape and create...

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...

N.C. Couple Makes 'Every Minute Count' After Metastatatic Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: 'So Grateful for any Time I Get with This Man'

N.C. Couple Makes 'Every Minute Count' After Metastatatic Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: 'So Grateful for any Time I Get with This Man'

NEED TO KNOW Joel Graybeal was diagnosed with prostate cancer in July 2022 and found that it had metastasized Joel and his wife Caroline have been to 160 doctors' appointments together, and Joel credits her for helping make the most of his...

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...

Court To Rule In Yahaya Bello’s Application To Travel Abroad For Medicals

Court To Rule In Yahaya Bello’s Application To Travel Abroad For Medicals

News Investigators/ Justice Maryann Anenih of an Abuja High Court on Tuesday, adjourned ruling in an application filed by former Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, seeking leave to travel abroad for medical reasons. Mr Bello and his co-defendants...

Court sets July 17 to rule on Yahaya Bello's application to travel abroad for medicals

Court sets July 17 to rule on Yahaya Bello's application to travel abroad for medicals

Justice Maryann Anenih of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday, fixed July 17 for ruling on an application filed by the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello seeking to travel out of the country on health...

UMass student fatally shot in Washington, D.C.

UMass student fatally shot in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — A rising senior at UMass Amherst from Granby, was fatally shot in Washington, D.C. Tuesday. Eric Tarpinian-Jachym was interning for U.S. Representative Ron Estes, R-KS, this summer when he became an...

Nature is the new medicine: Doctor talks about the benefits of being outside

Nature is the new medicine: Doctor talks about the benefits of being outside

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The view, the sounds, the creatures; there is something about nature that makes us feel connected. “As humans, we really didn’t evolve to live in these big structured communities with all the traffic and lights,”...

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