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As Israeli military retaliates, Palestinians say civilians are paying the price in strikes on Gaza 10/11/2023 07:47pm • GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hallways filled with screaming voices. A terrible stench in the air. Wounded people streaming through the doors. Lifeless bodies and bags of body parts arriving in bedsheets. The scene at Shifa Hospital was a grisly reflection of the chaos around it. Even as workers m Social media is awash in misinformation about Israel-Gaza war, but Musk's X is the most egregious 10/11/2023 07:42pm • While Twitter has always struggled with combating misinformation about major news events, it was still the go-to place to find out what’s happening in the world. But the Israel-Hamas war has underscored how the platform now transformed into X has become not only unreliable but is actively promotin Caroline Ellison, saying Sam Bankman-Fried corrupted her values, found relief when truth came out 10/11/2023 07:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried's former top executive, testifying in Manhattan federal court Wednesday, blamed the FTX founder for corrupting her values so she could lie and steal and got emotional when describing the cryptocurrency empire's final days, saying the collapse of his businesses res Transgender residents in North Carolina, Montana file lawsuits challenging new state restrictions 10/11/2023 06:53pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Transgender residents of North Carolina and Montana added Wednesday to a growing list of lawsuits challenging the recent onslaught of Republican state laws aimed at transgender individuals. The family of a transgender boy in North Carolina is suing state health officials to bl Months after she got married in the hospital ICU, Va. woman is running Marine Corps Marathon to celebrate husband's second chance 10/11/2023 05:14pm • An Arlington, Virginia, woman is tackling the 26.2 miles of the Marine Corps Marathon after her now-husband suffered a life-threatening health episode just days before their wedding. Maria Anes told WTOP, “I decided to run the Marine Corps to celebrate his life, and the second chance that the u Voting begins in Ohio in the only election this fall to decide abortion rights 10/11/2023 04:19pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In-person voting for a November ballot measure over abortion rights began Wednesday in Ohio, the latest state where voters will decide the issue after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a nationwide right to the procedure last year. Ohio is the only state to put an abortion ri Suspect in pro cyclist's shooting in Texas briefly runs from officers at medical appointment 10/11/2023 04:17pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A woman awaiting trial in the killing of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson tried to run from officers escorting her to a doctor appointment Wednesday, authorities said. Two corrections officers had taken Kaitlin Armstrong to the appointment and were escorting her back to How suppressing inflammation can lower your risk for serious disease 10/11/2023 12:32pm • This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. When people think about their risk for heart disease, they may consider their family history, whether or not they smoke, how active they are, and how they eat. Dr. Allen Taylor, Chairman of the Department of Cardiology at MedStar Wa Kenya ends arrangement to swap doctors with Cuba. The deal was unpopular with Kenyan doctors 10/11/2023 09:55am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's government announced Wednesday it would not be renewing a 6-year-old deal that saw Cuban doctors employed in Kenya while those from the East African country travelled to Cuba for specialized training. The program was unpopular with Kenya's main doctors union, partly b Palestinians scramble for safety as Israel pounds sealed-off Gaza Strip to punish Hamas 10/10/2023 11:29pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes hammered the Gaza Strip neighborhood by neighborhood Tuesday, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety in the tiny, sealed-off territory now suffering severe retaliation for the deadly weekend attack by Hamas militants. Humanitari Michigan coach Juwan Howard, in recovery mode, has a heart surgery friend in Nebraska's Fred Hoiberg 10/10/2023 10:38pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The college basketball coaching fraternity runs deep, a collegiality among competitors that's stronger than in most other sports. Here's yet another example: Nebraska head coach Fred Hoiberg recently connected with his Michigan counterpart, Juwan Howard, to offer advice and e 'Warrior:' Commanders produce video documenting comeback of Brian Robinson, Jr. 10/10/2023 03:22pm • The Washington Commanders have produced and released a documentary-style video on the life and rehabilitation of running back Brian Robinson Jr., who returned to playing weeks after being shot twice in the leg in August 2022. Titled "Warrior," the film includes interviews with Robinson, family me Victim killed by falling mast on Maine schooner carrying tourists was a doctor 10/10/2023 02:11pm • ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — A woman killed when a mast snapped and toppled onto the deck of a historic sailing vessel that carries tourists off the Maine coast was a physician at the hospital where three other victims were taken for treatment, officials said Tuesday. Dr. Emily Mecklenburg, 40, of Rockl Aid groups scramble to help as Israel-Hamas war intensifies and Gaza blockade complicates efforts 10/10/2023 10:32am • NEW YORK (AP) — Humanitarian groups are scrambling to assist civilians caught in the war between Israel and Hamas and determine what aid operations are still safe to continue — efforts that are being complicated by an intensified blockade of Gaza and ongoing fighting. Two days after Hamas milita Shake it off: Travis Kelce hip to Taylor Swift's lyrics as he slips free from injury, Rodgers insult 10/10/2023 06:00am • Need another sign that Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are simply meant to be together or “Tayvis” or besties or whatever it is they are? How about this: the Kansas City Chiefs star tight end just spent Week 5 dealing with both a gnarly-looking sprained ankle and a needless dig from Aaron Rodgers