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It depends where you go for health care, a consumer expert says. Here's why 01/09/2024 06:35pm • The start of a new year often sparks resolutions to take better care of yourself, including getting the best possible health care. "It's critical to choose the right doctor and the right hospitals to lower the odds of getting harmed by mistake," said Kevin Brasler with the Washington Consumers Ch NRA lawyer says gun rights group is defendant and victim at civil trial over leader’s big spending 01/09/2024 04:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A National Rifle Association lawyer acknowledged in court Tuesday that some former executives and outside vendors may have ripped off the influential gun rights group with lavish spending and self-dealing. But, in an opening statement at a New York civil trial scrutinizing the orga Defense Secretary Austin is being treated for prostate cancer, doctors say, after mystery about his hospitalization 01/09/2024 02:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Austin is being treated for prostate cancer, doctors say, after mystery about his hospitalization. Washington star Michael Penix Jr. takes pounding, disappointing loss in college finale 01/09/2024 12:44am • HOUSTON (AP) — Michael Penix Jr. couldn’t complete the final chapter in his storybook season Monday night. The quarterback with two surgically repaired knees threw for 255 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions, taking a pounding as No. 2 Washington fell to top-ranked Michigan 34-13 in the Israeli strike kills an elite Hezbollah commander in the latest escalation linked to the war in Gaza 01/09/2024 12:15am • BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed an elite Hezbollah commander Monday in southern Lebanon, the latest in an escalating exchange of strikes across the border that have raised fears of another Mideast war even as the fighting in Gaza exacts a mounting toll on civilians. The strike on an SUV Marine commandant has open heart surgery, Corps says he will return to full duty 01/08/2024 10:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Gen. Eric Smith, the commandant of the Marine Corps, had open heart surgery Monday, and he is expected to return to full duty as the service's leader, the Corps said in a statement. Smith suffered cardiac arrest near his home at Marine Barracks Washington on Oct. 29, and was hosp JetBlue's CEO is stepping down, and he'll be replaced by the first woman to lead a big US airline 01/08/2024 08:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) — JetBlue said Monday that CEO Robin Hayes will step down next month and be replaced by the airline’s president, Joanna Geraghty, who will be the first woman to lead a major U.S. carrier. Geraghty, 51, joined JetBlue in 2005 and has taken on an increasingly prominent role at the Ne 'King of the NRA': Civil trial scrutinizes lavish spending by gun rights group’s longtime leader 01/08/2024 07:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA,” spending lavishly on himself, punishing dissent and showering allies with country club memberships and no-show contracts, a lawyer for the New York attorney general’s office told jurors Monday. More women join challenge to Tennessee's abortion ban law 01/08/2024 04:05pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More women on Monday joined a Tennessee lawsuit challenging the state's broad abortion ban that went into effect shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The legal challenge is part of a handful of lawsuits filed across the U.S. in Republican-dom Mary Lou Retton says she's a 'fighter' as she recuperates at home following pneumonia scare 01/08/2024 12:09pm • Olympic gymnastics great Mary Lou Retton said she faces a long battle recuperating at home from a rare form of pneumonia in which doctors weren't sure whether she would survive. In an interview that aired Monday on NBC’s “Today” show, Retton said while wearing a breathing tube pumping oxygen t Bariatric surgeon on popular weight loss drugs: Not a 'magic cure' 01/08/2024 03:52am • New studies show that going off weight loss drugs like Ozempic or Wegovy could make you gain any lost weight back. The drugs were initially made to treat those with Type 2 diabetes. However, the medications have surged in popularity for their ability to help the user drop weight. Regaining weight Israel says Hezbollah struck sensitive air traffic base in the north and warns of 'another war' 01/08/2024 01:49am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Hezbollah has struck an air traffic control base in northern Israel, the Israeli military said Sunday, and warned of “another war” with the Iran-backed militant group. The increase in fighting across the border with Lebanon as Israel battles Hamas militants in Gaza gave new Medicare IRMAA: What You Should Know for 2024 01/07/2024 07:00pm • Medicare can be a complex web, and untangling its various strands to ensure you're getting the most appropriate coverage can be daunting. One thread you might find yourself unsnarling is income-related monthly adjustment amounts, or IRMAA. In this article, we'll go through the basics of what IRMAA e Blackwell helps the Blackhawks beat the Flames 4-3 in first game without Bedard 01/07/2024 06:57pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Back at home after a disastrous trip, the depleted Chicago Blackhawks desperately needed an encouraging performance. With Colin Blackwell leading the way, they got one. Blackwell had two goals and an assist, and Chicago beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 on Sunday in the Blackhawks' first Young Palestinian girl killed when Israeli police fire at suspected attackers in West Bank unrest 01/07/2024 02:25pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Sunday opened fire at a pair of suspected attackers who rammed their car into a West Bank checkpoint, fatally shooting a young Palestinian girl in an adjacent vehicle, according to police and medical officials. The two suspects were also shot, while a young po