Seven ways Crohn’s Disease affects Black women differently
Photo courtesy of STOCK By BlackPressUSA Newswire A chronic inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s disease impacts millions of Black women worldwide. While symptoms usually present as …
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NFL ends Pro Bowl game due to declining interest and participation
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Democrats unite to support U.S. Senate candidate Nixon to defeat Moody in November
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Target Costume Controversy: Where humor ends and harm begins
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Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms
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Congo’s Ebola outbreak records one of its highest weekly death tolls yet
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Patients benefit when medicines keep improving: Patents make that progress possible
Photo courtesy of STOCK By PATRICK KILBRIDE There’s never a good time to be diagnosed with cancer. But for the millions of Americans who’ll receive …
Health and Wellness
Explosion at Santa Fe medical marijuana dispensary
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) _ Firefighters say an explosion and fire at a medical marijuana dispensary in Santa Fe has left two people hospitalized. The …
Beaches closed after 29 swimmers sickened at Cowans Gap
FORT LOUDON, Pa. (AP) _ State officials have closed the beaches at a central Pennsylvania state park after at least 29 swimmers were sickened with …
Business
Wind energy company: Proposed noise rules too restrictive
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A company that wants to build a wind farm in Lancaster County said proposed noise rules there are too restrictive and …
Nigerian airlines cancel flights amid fuel crisis
By MICHELLE FAUL LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) _ Nigerian airlines grounded flights Saturday as a months-long fuel shortage worsened, aggravated by a strike disrupting fuel deliveries …
Man joins woman chained to Shell ship north of Seattle
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) _ A second person has chained himself to a support ship that is part of Royal Dutch Shell’s exploratory oil drilling plans …
Education
Charlie Rose to get university’s 2015 Walter Cronkite Award
PHOENIX (AP) _ Charlie Rose, anchor of “CBS This Morning” and host of a weekly interview show on PBS, will receive the 2015 Walter Cronkite …
NYC schools can show students how to use condoms
By DEEPTI HAJELA NEW YORK (AP) _ New York City public high schools can show students how to use condoms in high school health classes, …
Shortage of school bus drivers wreaks havoc in South Bend
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) _ A shortage of school bus drivers in South Bend in the final weeks of the school year is causing some …
Sports
Winner Jordan Spieth sets lowest 36-hole score in Masters history
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jordan Spieth made Friday feel like Sunday at the Masters. Fans rose to their feet and …
Finally, Tiger posts round worth taking notice
By JIM LITKE AP Sports Columnist AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The man was so darned agreeable from tee to green you half-expected his post-round interview …
Woods falls out of the top 100 in the world
Photo Courtesy of worldsports-information.blogspot.com VIRGINIA WATER, England — For the first time since 1996, Tiger Woods is not among the top 100 golfers in …
