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What Is Chemotherapy and How Does It Work? 08/19/2024 08:00pm • Hearing the words, "You have cancer," can be one of the most difficult experiences someone can go through. While processing the gravity of such a diagnosis, it's natural to wonder what to expect with your treatment plan. Medical advancements today make it so cancer is often treatable or curable, and Missouri now requires proof of surgery or court order for gender changes on IDs 08/19/2024 07:57pm • COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri residents now must provide proof of gender-affirmation surgery or a court order to update their gender on driver's licenses following a Revenue Department policy change. Previously, Missouri required doctor approval, but not surgery, to change the gender listed on st DNC panelists discuss war in Gaza as Harris tries to ease tension with pro-Palestinian activists 08/19/2024 07:28pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic Party has been riven for months by the war in Gaza, giving rise to a protest movement that threatened President Joe Biden's electoral coalition. But with Biden gone from the race and Vice President Kamala Harris now leading the party, there were some indicators at th Alabama sets November date for third nitrogen execution 08/19/2024 07:01pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's governor has set a Nov. 21 execution date for what is scheduled to be the nation's third death sentence carried out by nitrogen gas. Gov. Kay Ivey set the execution date for Carey Dale Grayson, 49, after the Alabama Supreme Court last week ruled that it could take Vardy scores on Premier League return as Leicester holds Tottenham to 1-1 draw 08/19/2024 06:53pm • LEICESTER, England (AP) — Jamie Vardy still knows how to score in the Premier League. The 37-year-old striker rescued a point for Leicester in its return to the Premier League on Monday by heading home a second-half equalizer in a 1-1 draw against Tottenham, which had largely dominated the first 50 years on, Harlem Week shows how a New York City neighborhood went from crisis to renaissance 08/19/2024 06:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In the 1970s, Harlem’s deserted streets and tumbledown tenements told the story of a neighborhood left behind. Disinvestment had taken its toll. Violence, crime and poor living conditions had become the norm and nearly 50,000 residents — a third of the area's population — lef University of Missouri student group 'heartbroken' after it was told to rename its Welcome Black BBQ 08/19/2024 06:25pm • COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Black student group at a flagship Missouri university that was roiled by protests over race nearly a decade ago said it was forced to rename an upcoming barbecue the Welcome Black and Gold BBQ instead of the Welcome Black BBQ. The Legion of Black Collegians at the Universit Federal government grants first floating offshore wind power research lease to Maine 08/19/2024 06:00pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government issued on Monday the nation’s first floating offshore wind research lease to the state of Maine, comprising about 23 square miles (60 square kilometers) in federal waters. The state requested the lease from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Manageme Georgia election board approves new rules that critics fear could allow certification delays 08/19/2024 05:53pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia State Election Board voted Monday to approve a new rule that supporters say is necessary to ensure that votes are properly counted but that critics argue could be used to cause chaos as election officials are trying to finalize election results. Three members of the boar Mexico federal court employees strike over judicial changes requiring that judges stand for election 08/19/2024 05:26pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Employees at Mexico’s federal courts went on strike on Monday over measures that would make all judges stand for election as part of a judicial overhaul proposed by outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Unionized court employees put chains and locks on the gates at Judge allows transgender New Hampshire girl to play soccer as lawsuit challenges new law 08/19/2024 05:20pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge temporarily cleared the way Monday for a transgender girl to play soccer for her high school team while she and another student challenge a New Hampshire ban. The families of Parker Tirrell, 15, and Iris Turmelle, 14, filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to overturn NASCAR Cup Series FireKeepers Casino 400 Results 08/19/2024 05:11pm • Sunday At Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Mich. Lap length: 2.00 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 206 laps, 40 points. 2. (9) William Byron, Chevrolet, 206, 50. 3. (19) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 206, 42. 4. (13) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 206, 48. 5. (15) Brad Keselo Blue Jackets give Patrik Laine 'a change of scenery,' trade him to Canadiens for D Jordan Harris 08/19/2024 05:11pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Blue Jackets traded forward Patrik Laine to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for defenseman Jordan Harris and a second-round draft pick in 2026. The Blue Jackets were without the 26-year-old Laine for much of the 2023-24 season. He sought help from the NHL's pl Lainey Wilson's career felt like a 'Whirlwind.' On her new album, she makes sense of life and love 08/19/2024 05:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) — It's late July. Lainey Wilson is somewhere in Iowa, holding a real road dog — her French bulldog named Hippie — close to her chest. She's on her tour bus, zipping across the Midwest, just another day in her jet set lifestyle. Next month, she'll release her fifth studio album, t 'I want this plant to have a good life with me': How DC Plant Week can help keep your plants alive 08/19/2024 04:35pm • For many people, walking into a plant shop feels different from walking into any other kind of business. "Retail shopping is one thing, but stepping into a plant shop is a real experience," said Lillian Cox, co-founder of REWILD plant shop and organizer of D.C. Plant Week. "That sort of exhale fe