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Bulls' Zach LaVine says he's ahead of schedule after foot surgery. Lonzo Ball also makes progress 03/09/2024 07:54pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chicago Bulls star Zach LaVine said Saturday that his recovery from season-ending surgery on his right foot is ahead of schedule. LaVine had surgery on Feb. 8. He said it was to repair a nonunion Jones fracture, meaning part of the base of his fifth metatarsal was floating in hi Another top donor says it will resume funding the UN agency for Palestinians as Gaza hunger grows 03/09/2024 06:30pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Another top donor to the U.N. agency aiding Palestinians said Saturday that it would resume funding, weeks after more than a dozen countries halted hundreds of millions of dollars of support in response to Israeli allegations against the organization. Sweden's reversal came Irish prime minister concedes defeat in a vote over constitutional amendments about family and women 03/09/2024 03:25pm • DUBLIN (AP) — Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar conceded defeat Saturday as two constitutional amendments he supported that would have broadened the definition of family and removed language about a woman’s role in the home were headed toward rejection. Varadkar, who pushed the vote to enshrine Insurer delays and denials hamper patients seeking at-home breathing machines 03/09/2024 02:11pm • Lou Gehrig’s disease took away Grace Armant’s ability to speak, but the 84-year-old still has plenty to say about her insurance. UnitedHealthcare has rejected several requests from her doctors for coverage of a machine Armant needs to breathe as she deals with the fatal illness. “They are no g A ship with Gaza aid is preparing to inaugurate a sea route from Cyprus to the war-ravaged strip 03/09/2024 06:57am • LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — A ship bearing humanitarian aid was making preparations to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza, the European Commission president said Friday as international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory that is facing widespread hunger after five months of war A lonely radio nerd. A poet. Vladimir Putin's crackdown sweeps up ordinary Russians 03/09/2024 12:58am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A lonely man jailed for criticizing the government on his ham radio. A poet assaulted by police after he recited a poem objecting to Russia’s war in Ukraine. A low-profile woman committed to a psychiatric facility for condemning the invasion on social media. President Vl Voters backed abortion rights. Yet Kansas could make doctors ask patients why they want abortions 03/08/2024 06:15pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas moved closer Thursday to requiring abortion providers to ask patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies and report the answers to the state. It would join other states with Republican legislatures that ban most abortions even though Kansas voters have affirmed Here are the worst areas for air pollution in DC, according to satellite imagery 03/08/2024 02:20pm • Air quality is often measured near the surface using handheld monitors or devices run by state agencies or the Environmental Protection Agency. Now researchers are using satellite images to quickly identify pollution problems that cause health issues. "Satellite data provides a first look at w Data Doctors: How to calculate your bandwidth needs 03/08/2024 01:53pm • Q: When searching for an alternative internet service provider, how do I determine how much bandwidth I need? A: You can make an educated guess of your needs based on the number of devices connecting, what they will be doing, and how often they’re used at the same time. ISP packages are usua Ireland's Constitution says a woman's place is in the home. Voters are being asked to change that 03/08/2024 01:52pm • DUBLIN (AP) — According to Ireland’s Constitution, a woman’s place is in the home. Irish voters will decide Friday — International Women’s Day — whether to change the 87-year-old document to remove passages the government says are outdated and sexist. The twin referendums are on deleting Transcript of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address 03/08/2024 01:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Transcript of President Joe Biden’s as-delivered State of the Union address on March 7, 2024, as provided by the White House. It includes interactions with the audience and White House corrections to Biden’s remarks in brackets: Good evening. Good evening. If I were smart, I� It's not just Israeli bombs that have killed children in Gaza. Now some are dying of hunger too 03/08/2024 10:24am • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — It’s not just Israeli bombs that have killed children in war-ravaged Gaza — now some are dying of hunger. Officials have been warning for months that Israel’s siege and offensive were pushing the Palestinian territory into famine. Hunger is most acute in northe Leading NGOs slam Israel's halt in visa renewals for aid workers in Gaza and West Bank 03/08/2024 10:16am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s halt in renewing visas for international aid workers in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli occupied West Bank is kneecapping aid work just when it's needed the most, a coalition of humanitarian and nongovernmental groups says. Israel’s welfare ministry has paused its work Katie Britt calls Biden a 'diminished leader' in GOP response to the State of the Union 03/08/2024 02:11am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Sitting at her kitchen table in Alabama, Sen. Katie Britt called President Joe Biden a “dithering and diminished leader” and warned of a bleak American future under his presidency in the Republican rebuttal to his State of the Union address Thursday evening. The first-term A How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health -- and how to prepare 03/08/2024 01:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health. Darker mornings and more evening light together knock your body clock out of whack — whi