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A Guide to Calling in Sick 10/22/2023 08:00pm • Calling in sick can be a source of anxiety for workers who wonder when to call, what to say and how to say it. They may question whether they are truly sick enough to take the day off or worry missing work will reflect poorly on them. "First, there is a worry about the work they are going to miss," Best Healthy Foods You Should Be Eating 10/22/2023 08:00pm • The truth is, no single food contains superpowers to optimize your health. Rather than running out to buy the latest "superfood" you just read about, it's best to focus on eating a variety of healthy foods and creating a "super diet." A well-stocked kitchen helps to create the foundation for a healt Browns expect QB Deshaun Watson to start next week against Seahawks after latest injury 10/22/2023 07:12pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson made his first start in nearly a month Sunday. He spent the final three quarters in Indianapolis watching from the sideline, again, and now is scheduled to have another MRI on his injured right shoulder. After backup quarterback P.J. Picturing the Past: Stafford public schools create murals to highlight local history 10/22/2023 06:44pm • Brenda Edwards loved the idea of telling lesser-known, but still important, stories about Stafford County history. In particular, she wanted to let people know there was more to Stafford’s history than being George Washington’s boyhood home. “All we hear about is Ferry Farm,” Edwards s Rookie Tyson Bagent leads 3 TD drives in place of Justin Fields, Bears beat Raiders 30-12 10/22/2023 06:43pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Nervous all week, Tyson Bagent didn't need much time to get comfortable. The butterflies went away after about the first snap. Once he got that out of the way, the rookie looked like a quarterback who had been here and done this before. Bagent led three touchdown drives in his first Prosecutor: Ex-police chief who quit in excessive force case gets prison term for attacking ex-wife 10/22/2023 06:41pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri police chief who was forced to resign following allegations he assaulted a father who tried to drown his 6-month-old daughter has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for attacking his ex-wife during a domestic dispute, a prosecutor said. Greg Hallgrimson was se The Who's 'Quadrophenia' turns 50; How US fans embraced a rock opera on British youth culture 10/22/2023 04:30pm • Album cover for The Who's 1973 rock opera, "Quadrophenia," which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this week. The Who's "Quadrophenia" — a rock opera composed by guitarist Pete Townshend is turning 50 years old this week. The 17-song double album, released Oct. 26, 1973, tells the sto European cities see vigils to oppose antisemitism and rallies seeking relief for Gaza 10/22/2023 03:32pm • LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people joined vigils in Berlin and London on Sunday to oppose antisemitism and support Israel, while in Paris and other cities, thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators demanded a cease-fire and relief for people in the besieged Gaza Strip. Some of those who gathered i Egypt's border crossing opens to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into besieged Gaza 10/22/2023 12:24am • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off and began pounding it with airstrikes following Hamas' bloody rampage two weeks ago. Live updates | Israel plans to step up attacks on the Gaza Strip 10/21/2023 11:16pm • Aid deliveries have begun moving into the besieged Gaza Strip, two weeks after the militant group Hamas rampaged through southern Israel and Israel responded with airstrikes. Israel says Hamas has freed two American hostages who had been held in Gaza since the war began Oct. 7. Israeli airstrikes co Little light, no beds, not enough anesthesia: A view from the 'nightmare' of Gaza's hospitals 10/21/2023 04:23pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The only thing worse than the screams of a patient undergoing surgery without enough anesthesia are the terror-stricken faces of those awaiting their turn, a 51-year-old orthopedic surgeon says. When the Israeli bombing intensifies and the wounded swamp the Gaza Ci Pakistan's self-exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returns home ahead of a parliamentary vote 10/21/2023 11:51am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived home Saturday on a chartered plane from Dubai, ending four years of self-imposed exile in London as he seeks to rally supporters ahead of parliamentary elections due in January. Sharif, who was elected prime minister three time Thousands in Muslim countries and beyond demonstrate over Israeli airstrikes 10/20/2023 08:16pm • Thousands of people in Muslim countries and beyond held demonstrations Friday in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. They called for an end to Israel's blockade and airstrikes following a brutal incursion into southern Israel by fighters from the Hamas militant group that rules Gaza. Dem House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker, stumbling back to square one 10/20/2023 07:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans abruptly dropped Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump failed badly on a third ballot for the gavel. The outcome left Republicans dejected, frustrated an NFL fines Seahawks' Jamal Adams $50K for latest incident with concussion consultant, AP source says 10/20/2023 05:40pm • The NFL has fined Seattle Seahawks safety Jamal Adams $50,000 for comments directed toward a concussion doctor during last week's game against Cincinnati, a person familiar with the league's discipline told The Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because neither si