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Austin is released from hospital after complications from prostate cancer surgery he kept secret 01/15/2024 12:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital on Monday, after spending two weeks there to treat complications from surgery for prostate cancer he kept secret from senior Biden administration leaders and staff for weeks. Austin will be working from home as he reco Catching the flu 'for the love of science': U. Md. study explores how it spreads 01/15/2024 04:10am • At a downtown Baltimore hotel, University of Maryland researchers have quarantined an entire floor. Flu sufferers and healthy volunteers are playing cards, assembling a 4,000-piece puzzle and watching old movies. Conversation is lively and six-foot social distancing is ignored. The fun and gam Browns coach confident Deshaun Watson will be 'ready to roll' after season-ending shoulder surgery 01/14/2024 08:19pm • BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson's first two seasons with the Browns have been short, underwhelming and incomplete. While expectations haven't been met, they haven't changed. Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said Sunday he's still confident Watson will bounce back from a shoulder injury that limited Following review, Business Insider stands by reports on wife of ex-Harvard president's critic 01/14/2024 05:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Business Insider’s top executive and parent company said Sunday they were satisfied with the fairness and accuracy of stories that made plagiarism accusations against a former MIT professor who is married to a prominent critic of former Harvard President Claudine Gay. “We st Japan's Kishida vows more funds to quake-hit zone as worry over diseases in evacuation centers rises 01/14/2024 06:56am • TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he was “speechless” by the severity and immense destruction of the disaster zone he saw during the helicopter ride on his first visit to the country's north-central region of Noto since the deadly Jan. 1 earthquakes, amid worries about spr Va. Dept. of Health says traveler with measles passed through Dulles and Reagan Airports last week 01/13/2024 09:37pm • The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is warning travelers who were in Dulles Airport on January 3 or Reagan National Airport on January 4 to stay alert for signs of measles if they never received a vaccine. A traveler with a now-confirmed case of the highly contagious illness passed through th A British D-Day veteran celebrates turning 100, but the big event is yet to come 01/13/2024 01:09pm • LONDON (AP) — British D-Day veteran Bill Gladden turned 100 on Saturday, a day after his niece threw a surprise birthday party for him. It was a big fuss he didn’t really expect, though the old soldier had tears in his eyes long before he caught sight of a cake decorated with a replica of his un AP PHOTOS: 100 days of agony in an unprecedented war between Israel and Hamas 01/13/2024 07:49am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Photographs of an unprecedented war between Israel and Hamas have captured 100 days of agony. Scenes from Hamas' surprise attack on a music festival, farming communities and army outposts in southern Israel are seared into the national psyche. The bloodied bodies of young men and During 100 days of war, a Gaza doctor pushes through horror and loss in his struggle to save lives 01/13/2024 06:06am • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — For a few hours every day or night, Dr. Suhaib Alhamss tries to sleep on a thin mattress in an operating room. He swings in and out of half-consciousness, both too tired to open his eyes and too tense to let go. Thunderous shellfire often rattles the windows of the hospita Changing your diet can actually help with anxiety, new research suggests 01/13/2024 06:00am • We all know what we eat can have an impact on our bodies, but new research shows it could affect our minds too. It turns out, one of the best cures for anxiety — which affects 40 million people in the U.S., according to the National Institute of Mental Health — could be changing what you eat. Nigerian group provides hundreds of prosthetic limbs to amputee children thanks to crowdfunding 01/13/2024 12:08am • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The accident that broke 10-year-old Princess Igbinosa's right leg could have crushed her dreams of becoming a model in a country where not many can afford prosthetics to cope with life and fight social stigma. “It was heartbreaking when they told us they had to amputate it A Florida hotel cancels a Muslim conference, citing security concerns after receiving protest calls 01/12/2024 11:26pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida Marriott Hotel canceled a Muslim group's conference at the last minute after a protest group claimed the coalition was promoting Hamas, terrorism and antisemitism. The South Florida Muslim Federation, a coalition of about 30 mosques and Islamic groups, They're not aliens. That's the verdict from Peru officials who seized 2 doll-like figures 01/12/2024 10:20pm • LIMA, Peru (AP) — Aliens they are not. That’s what forensic experts in Peru said Friday about two doll-like figures and an alleged three-fingered hand that customs authorities in the South American country seized last year from a shipment heading to Mexico. The forensic experts with Peru’s pro Live updates | Israel rejects genocide case as Mideast tensions rise after US-led strikes in Yemen 01/12/2024 10:08pm • In the second day of hearings Friday at the United Nations' top court, Israel rejected allegations levied by South Africa that its campaign against Hamas amounts to genocide against the Palestinian people, saying that, if anything, it is Hamas that is guilty of genocide. Although the case is likely Why are tweens and teens obsessed with skin care? Doctors warn the trend could be doing more harm than good 01/12/2024 08:21pm • If you’ve ever seen a “get ready with me” video on social media, or a new skin care product haul video, you might think tweens and teens are becoming obsessed with skin care. According to a recent survey by Piper Sandler, spending on skin care products among tweens and teens, particularly G