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Data Doctors: Protecting yourself through DNS 02/09/2024 07:29am • Q: A friend told me I should change my DNS settings from what my ISP provides for faster speeds and better security. Is this true? A: DNS, which stands for Domain Name Service, is a vital element of Internet infrastructure because it serves as a de facto traffic cop every time we type in a web ad The race for George Santos' congressional seat could offer clues to how suburbs will vote this year 02/09/2024 12:27am • A special election in the suburbs of New York to replace disgraced former Rep. George Santos could offer clues about the mindset of suburban voters everywhere as 2024 election contests ramp up across the country. The Tuesday contest for the House seat held by Santos until his recent expulsion is sha New York woman sentenced to probation and fines in COVID aid fraud schemes 02/08/2024 10:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn woman who pleaded guilty to fraud in connection with various pandemic-era relief schemes was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation and $650,000 in penalties. Prosecutors said Chanette Lewis, 32, carried out some of the schemes by leveraging her job at a call cen Victims recall lifetimes of trauma as former Olympian pleads guilty to molesting boys in 1970s 02/08/2024 07:11pm • BOSTON (AP) — A former Olympian and longtime track coach will spend as many as 11 years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges of sexually molesting young boys at a sports camp in western Massachusetts in the 1970s, abuse that was laid bare by the emotional testimony of several victims. Questions to Ask an Endocrinologist 02/08/2024 07:00pm • Why you might see an endocrinologistIf you're having heart issues, you may want to see a cardiologist. Serious digestive pain may warrant an appointment with a gastroenterologist.But what kind of health issue would prompt you to see an endocrinologist?While cardiologists and gastroenterologists spec Woman with brain bleed mistakenly arrested by state trooper for drunken driving, lawsuit says 02/08/2024 05:57pm • TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington State Patrol trooper arrested a woman on suspicion of drunken driving when she was actually experiencing a life-threatening brain bleed and booked her into jail where officials mocked her instead of getting her medical attention, according to a civil rights lawsui A criminal actor is to blame for a dayslong cyberattack on a Chicago hospital, officials say 02/08/2024 05:27pm • CHICAGO (AP) — A large children's hospital in Chicago remains hobbled by a cyberattack that began more than a week ago, cutting doctors and nurses off from digital patient records and limiting parents' ability to communicate with their kids' caregivers. Officials at Lurie Children's Hospital said 200 victims allege child sex abuse in Maryland youth detention facilities 02/08/2024 05:05pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Since Maryland lawmakers eliminated the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse lawsuits last year, the number of victims suing the state’s juvenile justice agency has grown to 200. The latest lawsuit, which was filed Thursday on behalf of 63 plaintiffs, alleges rampant a Near-total abortion ban rejected by Virginia House panel 02/08/2024 04:40pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Lawmakers in the Virginia House of Delegates — controlled by Democrats who flipped the chamber in November after campaigning on abortion rights — decisively voted down a bill that would have instituted a near-total abortion ban. On a bipartisan 8-0 vote Wednesday night, a Former NBA player and Survivor contestant Scot Pollard waits in hospital for heart transplant 02/08/2024 01:14pm • BOSTON (AP) — At 6-foot-11, Scot Pollard’s size helped him play more than a decade in the NBA, earning him a championship ring with the 2008 Boston Celtics. Now it may be killing him. Pollard needs a heart transplant, an already dire predicament that is made more difficult by the fact so few don Christian Bale breaks ground on foster homes he's fought for 16 years to see built 02/08/2024 05:07am • PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — Christian Bale broke ground Wednesday on a project he’s been pursuing for 16 years -- the building of a dozen homes and a community center in Los Angeles County intended to keep siblings in foster care together. The Oscar winner stood with a grin and a shovel full of dir Medical examiner rules death of baby decapitated during delivery was a homicide 02/07/2024 10:46pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The death of a Georgia couple's baby that was decapitated during delivery has been classified by a medical examiner as a homicide, their attorneys announced Wednesday. Treveon Taylor Jr.'s parents have sued the hospital and the doctor who delivered the baby in July. Both have denied One year later, student singled out by Md. Gov. Wes Moore talks about his future 02/07/2024 10:35pm • In his State of the State speech Wednesday, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore singled out Marylanders who are making a difference in their communities as leaders and volunteers. Last year, he put the spotlight on Montgomery College student Jefferson Vasquez-Reyes, an 18-year-old with dreams of becoming a d Alexandria man 'stands up to cancer' for 24 hours straight — for what may be his final time 02/07/2024 08:35pm • This weekend, Patrick Malone, a 66-year-old Alexandria man, will — for the tenth year in a row — stand up to cancer by standing for 24 hours straight. He’s doing it after he said his medical care team gave him a “second chance” on life when they helped him beat a rare form of cancer in 201 Bruins rookie Poitras has season-ending shoulder surgery 02/07/2024 08:34pm • BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins rookie Matthew Poitras had season-ending surgery on his right shoulder on Wednesday, the team said. General manager Don Sweeney said the team’s medical staff recommended the procedure rather than have Poitras continue to play with an unstable shoulder and risk further