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The Census Bureau is considering how to ask about gender identity. People have their opinions 02/16/2024 12:51pm • The U.S. Census Bureau is thinking about how to ask about sex. People have opinions. Dozens of health officials, civil rights groups, individuals and businesses have weighed in about how the statistical agency should ask about sexual orientation and gender identity for the first time on its most com Brian Wilson needs to be put in conservatorship after death of wife, court petition says 02/16/2024 11:37am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The management team of Brian Wilson has petitioned to place him in a conservatorship because of his mental decline and the recent death of his wife, Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, who managed his daily life. The 81-year-old Beach Boys co-founder and mastermind has a “major neurocog Want to improve your heart health? Embrace 9 heart-smart steps 02/16/2024 11:10am • February is American Heart Month, making it a great time to get proactive about preventing heart disease, the number one killer of both men and women in the United States. But really, it’s always a good time to be heart smart, said Dr. Vaani Panse Garg, a board-certified cardiologist at Med Man City's Grealish will miss Chelsea game in EPL due to groin injury 02/16/2024 11:08am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City wing Jack Grealish has been ruled out of the English Premier League game against Chelsea on Saturday by a groin injury. Grealish was hurt on Tuesday in City’s Champions League win against Copenhagen and no timeframe has been given for his return. “Ja US wholesale inflation accelerated in January in latest sign that prices picked up last month 02/16/2024 09:50am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States picked up in January, the latest sign that some inflation pressures in the economy remain elevated. The Labor Department reported Friday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it reaches consumers — rose 0.3% from Israeli forces storm the main hospital in southern Gaza, saying hostages were likely held there 02/15/2024 11:00pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces stormed the main hospital in southern Gaza on Thursday, hours after Israeli fire killed a patient and wounded six others inside the complex. The Israeli army said it was seeking the remains of hostages taken by Hamas. The raid on Nasser Hospital came after t Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil marriage 02/15/2024 10:32pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece on Thursday became the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil marriage, despite opposition from the influential, socially conservative Greek Church. A cross-party majority of 176 lawmakers in the 300-seat parliament voted late Thursday in favor of Trial over lavish NRA spending nears jury, Wayne LaPierre's lawyer calls it a political witch hunt 02/15/2024 08:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The National Rifle Association and its ex-CEO were caught “with their hands in the cookie jar," a lawyer with the New York Attorney General’s Office said Thursday, at the conclusion of a civil trial accusing the gun rights group's executives of wildly misspending millions of do The Role of Insulin in Your Body 02/15/2024 07:00pm • Approximately 1 in 10 Americans have diabetes and 1 in 3 are prediabetic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While you might have recently heard about the skyrocketing cost of insulin or insulin rationing, insulin is a lifesaving medication for millions of Americans with di What Is SilverSneakers and Does Medicare Cover It? 02/15/2024 07:00pm • It's a simple formula: Improved access to fitness opportunities can translate to better health and less need for costly medical interventions. Some health insurers have even recognized that offering a fitness benefit to members can help delay or reduce their overall expenditures. That means your exe Connor Bedard expected to return to action after missing 14 games with a broken jaw 02/15/2024 06:58pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks rookie center Connor Bedard was expected to return to the ice on Thursday night after missing nearly six weeks with a broken jaw, coach Luke Richardson said before the team's game against Pittsburgh. Bedard, considered the favorite for the NHL’s rookie of the ye Man accused of shooting 3 officers had 31 dogs in his DC home. Neighbors say he punched and neglected them 02/15/2024 05:18pm • Before allegedly shooting three D.C. police officers, kicking off an hourslong barricade in his home Wednesday, a Southeast resident was facing animal cruelty charges tied to accusations he repeatedly punched one of his dogs and kept dozens of others in unsanitary conditions, according to court reco Putin says Russia prefers Biden to Trump but criticizes current US policy 02/15/2024 04:02pm • President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would prefer to see U.S. President Joe Biden win a second term, describing him as more experienced and predictable than Donald Trump — even though Moscow strongly disagrees with the current administration's policies. Putin's comments during an interview wi Penn Museum buries the bones of 19 Black Philadelphians, causing a dispute with community members 02/15/2024 03:58pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For decades, the University of Pennsylvania has held hundreds of skulls that once were used to promote white supremacy through racist scientific research. As part of a growing effort among museums to reevaluate the curation of human remains, the Ivy League school laid some of t New Hampshire Senate rejects enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution 02/15/2024 03:57pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Another attempt to enshrine abortion rights in the New Hampshire Constitution failed Thursday, this time in the Senate. State law prohibits abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy except when the mother’s health or life is in danger or there is a fatal fetal anomaly. The Republ