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Death toll is now 9 in listeria outbreak tied to Boar's Head deli meat, CDC says 08/29/2024 07:58am • At least nine people have died after being infected with listeria from Boar's Head deli meats tied to a massive recall last month, federal health officials said Wednesday. The new food poisoning toll includes two deaths in South Carolina plus one each in Florida, New Mexico, Tennessee and New York, Washington Capitals radio voice takes on an off-ice challenge 08/29/2024 06:49am • His boisterous voice describing a Washington Capitals goal or a huge play has no problem resonating through anyone’s speakers. However, on Tuesday, the radio voice of the Caps, John Walton, was direct and to the point: He has colon cancer. Walton, who has been the radio voice of the Caps since Where to Go For Cancer Treatment 08/28/2024 08:00pm • It's a scary moment when your doctor says, "There's a chance this could be cancer." Even as you're processing those words, you're faced with important new decisions, such as which doctor to trust and which treatment options are best. "With a wealth of resources and advances in treatments like immuno 49ers star receiver Brandon Aiyuk misses practice despite being cleared by team doctors 08/28/2024 07:41pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco star receiver Brandon Aiyuk wasn't at the start of practice on Wednesday despite the team saying he was cleared by doctors to participate, raising the temperature of a contract “hold in” that has been a cloud over the 49ers since the offseason. Aiyuk ha Christian Bethancourt drives in 7 as Chicago Cubs rally past Pirates for 14-10 victory 08/28/2024 05:36pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Christian Bethancourt drove in seven runs, including a go-ahead two-run single in the ninth, as the Chicago Cubs rallied past the Pittsburgh Pirates 14-10 on Wednesday to sweep a three-game series. The Cubs trailed by seven through six innings before taking advantage of another s Telegram founder Pavel Durov's various citizenships add to the mystery of his detention 08/28/2024 04:33pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Over more than a decade, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram has amassed various different citizenships, something that's only added to the mystery surrounding his detention in France. Those passports provided Pavel Durov protection after he create The Latest: FBI says gunman in Trump assassination attempt saw ‘target of opportunity’ 08/28/2024 04:30pm • A senior FBI official says the gunman in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump searched online for events of both Trump and President Joe Biden and saw the Pennsylvania campaign rally where he opened fire last month as a “target of opportunity.” Meanwhile, Vice President Kam Health insurance providers to fund street doctors and clinics to serve LA's homeless population 08/28/2024 04:18pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A public agency and private health insurance provider are teaming up to build a system of street doctors and clinics that will provide medical care to Los Angeles' homeless population, including routine preventive medicine, officials announced Wednesday. The goal is for homeless Trump shares social media posts with QAnon phrases and calls for jailing lawmakers, special counsel 08/28/2024 02:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump shared more than a dozen posts on his social media network Wednesday that call for the trial or jailing of House lawmakers who investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol, special counsel Jack Smith and others, along with images that reference the QAnon conspiracy theo Return of Stroud, addition of Diggs vaults Houston Texans into Super Bowl contention 08/28/2024 01:11pm • HOUSTON TEXANS (11-8) EXPECTATIONS: The Texans made a remarkable turnaround last season with first-year coach DeMeco Ryans and rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud to go from worst to first in the AFC South. They spent the offseason upgrading their roster by adding star receiver Stefon Diggs, running back Donating a kidney is even safer now than long thought, US study shows 08/28/2024 12:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday. The study tracked 30 years of living kidney donation and found that by 2022, fewer than 1 of every 10,000 donors died within Northeastern University student sues sorority and landlord over fall from window 08/28/2024 12:20pm • BOSTON (AP) — A Northeastern University student and her parents are suing a sorority, its chapter president and a landlord after the student fell from a window and suffered critical injuries at a party. Sarah Cox, then a junior at the university in Boston and a member of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo dies in hospital days after collapsing during game in Brazil 08/28/2024 12:18pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo died Tuesday at a hospital in Brazil five days after collapsing during a game at Sao Paulo. He was 27. Hospital Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo said in a statement that the Nacional defender died at 9:38 p.m. local time following “cardiorespir A new study shows donating a kidney is even safer now than doctors have long thought 08/28/2024 11:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study shows donating a kidney is even safer now than doctors have long thought. Indian police fire tear gas and water cannons at rally against rape and killing of trainee doctor 08/27/2024 08:57pm • KOLKATA, India (AP) — Police in India fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of a top elected official in the country's east, accusing her of mishandling an investigation into a rape and killing of a resident doctor earlier this month. The Au