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Md. doctor warns against trend of turning to meds that soften your gut in search of rock hard abs 01/17/2024 04:52pm • A social media trend deemed “the budget Ozempic” is being called dangerous by health care providers. Despite what some on TikTok might claim, using laxatives for weight loss doesn’t work and can cause dehydration and kidney issues. “Can’t wait to lose weight,” one woman in a video on California disaster recovery official sued over sexual harassment and retaliation allegations 01/17/2024 04:22pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A senior official at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services has been accused in a lawsuit of sexual harassment and retaliation against a senior employee. Kendra Bowyer, a former Cal OES employee who helped to manage the state’s relief efforts from wild Strawberry and Gooden, honored by Mets with retired numbers, regret descent into drugs and alcohol 01/17/2024 03:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden thought back to what might have been, how their starry accomplishments would have been so much greater had they not succumbed to the drugs and alcohol that shattered their careers. On the day the New York Mets announced they will retire Gooden's Man accused of using golf club to fatally impale Minnesota store clerk ruled incompetent for trial 01/17/2024 01:53pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man accused of using a golf club to fatally impale a Minneapolis grocery store employee has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial on a murder charge. Judicial Officer Danielle Mercurio on Tuesday ruled on the mental competency evaluation of Taylor Justin Schulz, the Janet Guthrie will be honored by NASCAR Hall of Fame nearly 44 years after her final Cup race 01/17/2024 01:26pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Janet Guthrie says she grew up “out in the woods of southwest Miami," the oldest of five children with a reclusive mother who limited the family social life to time with relatives. Despite the limitations, she was extremely adventurous, making her first solo plane flight a Cancer deaths declining overall, but troubling increase for colon and breast cancer in younger adults: Report 01/17/2024 07:32am • ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Deaths from cancer have declined by 33% since 1991, averting 4.1 million deaths. However, more people are being diagnosed with cancer than ever before, and at an earlier age, according to a major new report from the American Cancer Society. Experts say one big r Ukraine needs money from the US and Europe to keep its economy running. Will the aid come? 01/17/2024 12:18am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's hard-won economic stability is under threat again as the government faces a large budget hole and its two biggest allies and sponsors — the United States and the European Union — have so far failed to decide on extending more aid. Without pledges of support by th California emergency services official sued for sexual harassment, retaliation 01/16/2024 11:58pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A lawsuit filed Tuesday accused a deputy director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services of sexual harassment and retaliation against a senior employee while the agency did nothing to stop it. Ryan Buras, an appointee of Gov. Gavin Newsom, harassed Ke Thai officials, accused of coddling jailed ex-PM, say not calling him 'inmate' is standard practice 01/16/2024 10:03pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is serving a prison sentence after being convicted of wrongdoing in office, but he shouldn't be called an inmate, the country’s Correction Department declared Tuesday. The agency felt it necessary to explain that it is not being defere Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, oldest member of Senate, hospitalized with infection 01/16/2024 09:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the oldest member of the U.S. Senate, has been hospitalized in the Washington area with an infection and is receiving antibiotic infusions, his office said Tuesday. Grassley, 90, will return to work “as soon as possible following doctors' orders,” h 25 Best Jobs That Don't Require a College Degree 01/16/2024 07:00pm • No degree? No problem.Not having a college degree does not automatically diminish your chances of snagging a high-paying and rewarding job.Here is a list of the 25 best jobs that don't require a college degree. These include positions open to those with only a high school diploma as well as careers The Opioid Epidemic: What Premeds Should Know and How to Help 01/16/2024 07:00pm • Since the late 1990s, there has been an increase in the number of deaths from opioid overdoses in the U.S., resulting in an epidemic. The opioid crisis is a major public health issue that premedical students should be familiar with. Premeds may see patients who take opioids or overdose on opioids. P Best Weight Loss Apps According to Experts 01/16/2024 07:00pm • Studies support the idea that keeping track of your diet, exercise and health goals can help you form healthy habits and support weight loss. And in our ever-digital world, you don't need to do this via pen and paper. People who want to lose weight can download a variety of calorie trackers and weig Turkish court convicts Somalia president's son over motorcyclist's death, commutes sentence to fine 01/16/2024 12:56pm • ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court on Tuesday convicted the son of Somalia’s president over the death of a motorcycle courier and sentenced him to 2 1/2 years in prison. The sentence, however, was immediately commuted to a fine. Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was charged with “causing death by ne Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 21-27 01/16/2024 09:47am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 21-27: Jan. 21: Opera singer Placido Domingo is 83. Actor Jill Eikenberry is 77. Guitarist Jim Ibbotson (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 77. Singer-songwriter Billy Ocean is 74. Actor Robby Benson is 68. Actor Geena Davis is 68. Actor Charlotte Ross (“NYPD B