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Dry Eyes: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments 08/13/2024 08:00pm • Four years ago, Carolyn Adelsten woke up feeling like something was in her eye and it wouldn't come out. She visited an eye specialist, got a diagnosis of mild dry eye disease and was told to use simple over-the-counter-eye drops to alleviate her discomfort. Two months later, she fell to the floor i What Will the Social Security COLA Raise Be for 2025? 08/13/2024 08:00pm • According to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, inflation remains mild. The July 2024 Consumer Price Index report shows a 2.9% increase in average prices, the smallest 12-month increase since March 2021. The Social Security Administration will use this inflation data to set new cost- US Army soldier pleads guilty to selling sensitive military information 08/13/2024 07:43pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� An Army soldier has pleaded guilty to charges that accuse him of selling sensitive information related to U.S. military capabilities, including dozens of documents addressing topics ranging from rocket systems to Chinese military tactics. Sgt. Korbein Schultz, who was also Study finds rains that led to deadly Indian landslides were made worse by climate change 08/13/2024 07:39pm • BENGALURU, India (AP) ��� The heavy rains that resulted in landslides killing hundreds in southern India last month were made worse by human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis by climate scientists found Tuesday. The study by the World Weather Attribution, a group of scientists who use establis Crews battle scattered fires in Athens suburbs, helped by calmer winds and reinforcements 08/13/2024 07:01pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Firefighters in Greece battled scattered fires on Tuesday in hopes of containing the remains of a major wildfire that burned into the northern suburbs of Athens, triggering multiple evacuations and leaving at least one person dead. With strong winds that had fanned the flames Biden announces $150 million in research grants as part of his 'moonshot' push to fight cancer 08/13/2024 06:44pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� President Joe Biden is zeroing in on the policy goals closest to his heart now that he's no longer seeking a second term, visiting New Orleans on Tuesday to promote his administration's "moonshot" initiative aiming to dramatically reduce cancer deaths. The president and first la Tennessee reaches long-term deal with Knoxville-based Pilot to preserve name of Neyland Stadium 08/13/2024 06:31pm • Tennessee announced on Tuesday a long-term deal with travel-center giant Pilot that will preserve the names of Neyland Stadium and Shields-Watkins Field while giving the Knoxville-based company prominent signage throughout the stadium, including on the playing surface. Financial terms of the agreeme Before lobster, Maine had a thriving sardine industry. A sunken ship reminds us of its storied past 08/13/2024 06:03pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� An 83-foot (25-meter) motor boat that was one of the first refrigerated sardine carriers during the heyday of Maine���s sardine industry is going to be scrapped after a recovery operation to retrieve the sunken vessel. The Jacob Pike fell victim to a storm last winter. The Starbucks CEO replaced by Brian Niccol, a fixer who revived Chipotle when the chain was in distress 08/13/2024 04:45pm • In 2018, when Chipotle was reeling from multiple food poisoning outbreaks that had sickened 1,100 people, the company called Taco Bell CEO Brian Niccol to turn things around. As Chipotle's chairman and CEO, Niccol beefed up marketing and product innovation, added a loyalty program and improved store Michigan's Sherrone Moore looks forward to release of text messages in sign-stealing investigation 08/13/2024 04:42pm • ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) ��� Michigan coach Sherrone Moore is taking over college football's winningest program and all the scrutiny that comes with it. Moore spoke with reporters on Tuesday for the first time since the NCAA alleged in a notice relating to its sign-stealing investigation that he violat Older Americans prepare themselves for a world altered by artificial intelligence 08/13/2024 04:35pm • NORTHFIELD, Ill. (AP) ��� The students ��� most with gray hair, some with canes, all at least in their 60s ��� couldn't believe what they were hearing. ���Oh, my God,��� whispered a retired college professor. ���Does it come with viruses?��� wondered a bewildered woman scribbling notes in the second Utility will pay $20 million to avoid prosecution in Ohio bribery scheme 08/13/2024 04:35pm • AKRON, Ohio (AP) ��� The energy company at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio will pay $20 million and avoid criminal charges as part of a deal with state prosecutors to resolve its role in the scandal. Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. announced the deal Tuesday, a day after it filed th Editorial Roundup: United States 08/13/2024 03:42pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Aug. 7 The Washington Post on Biden's team and Guantanamo Bay The United States had an opportunity to close a chapter on a sad, decades-long saga when the government reached a plea deal with three men accused of plotting the Sept. 11, Loudoun Co. schools reviewing grading policies 08/13/2024 03:00pm • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series�����WTOP Goes Back to School�����this August and September. Loudoun County Public Schools is launching a re Kylian Mbapp�� ready to make Real Madrid debut in UEFA Super Cup against Atalanta 08/13/2024 02:49pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� Kylian Mbapp�� appears ready to make his debut for Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup against Atalanta on Wednesday. Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said the France striker arrived in good shape following the European Championship and was adapting well to the team after a week of