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UN says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported in eastern Sudan as conflict grinds on 09/26/2023 06:33am • CAIRO (AP) — Outbreaks of cholera and dengue fever have been reported in eastern Sudan, where thousands of people are sheltering in crowded camps amid deadly fighting between the country's military and a rival paramilitary force, the U.N. health agency said on Tuesday. According to the World Heal Brazilian President Lula to undergo hip surgery, will work from home for 3 weeks 09/25/2023 08:38pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will undergo hip surgery on Friday and will work from the presidential residence for about three weeks, officials said. Doctors will replace the top of his right femur with an implant to treat his arthrosis. Spokespeople for the South Does the Blood Type Diet Work? Evidence and Alternatives 09/25/2023 08:00pm • Should your blood type determine what kind of food you should eat? One fad diet says you should focus on certain foods depending on what's coursing through your veins, but science says otherwise. The blood type diet claims that your healthy eating plan should be based on your blood type. But accordi Rare tickets to Ford’s Theatre on the night Lincoln was assassinated auction for $262,500 09/25/2023 02:10pm • BOSTON (AP) — A pair of front-row balcony tickets to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 — the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth — sold at auction for $262,500, according to a Boston-based auction house. The tickets are stamped with the date, “Ford’s T Are you saying 'what?' more often? OTC hearing aids may help, but they’re not selling 09/25/2023 11:01am • The Food and Drug Administration approved sales of over-the-counter hearing aids almost one year ago, on Oct. 17, but despite the hyped expectations, they aren’t flying off the shelves. Polling commissioned by Rockville, Maryland-based the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association finds that On the run for decades, convicted Mafia boss Messina Denaro dies in hospital months after capture 09/25/2023 09:28am • L'AQUILA, Italy (AP) — Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia’s most heinous slayings, died on Monday in a hospital prison ward, several months after being captured as Italy’s No. 1 fugitive and following decades on the run, Italian prosecutors said. Rai s What Are the Best Ways to Gain Weight? 09/24/2023 08:00pm • Many -- perhaps most -- people in the U.S. have tried to drop a few pounds at one time or another. But not everyone needs to lose weight. In fact, some people could benefit from gaining weight. About 1.6% of the U.S. population over the age of 20, for instance, is considered underweight, according t Missouri says clinic that challenged transgender treatment restrictions didn't provide proper care 09/24/2023 05:01pm • Missouri officials struck back at one of the clinics that unsuccessfully challenged new state restrictions on gender affirming care, accusing the clinic in a lawsuit of failing to provide proper care for transgender minors even before the new law took effect. Missouri's Republican Attorney General A Becton moves to left tackle as Jets shuffle offensive line for their game vs. Patriots 09/24/2023 01:17pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets shuffled some of the big boys up front on the offensive line for their game against the New England Patriots on Sunday. With starting left tackle Duane Brown placed on injured reserve Saturday with a hip injury, the Jets moved Mekhi Becton from right Government should pay compensation for secretive Cold War-era testing, St. Louis victims say 09/24/2023 08:04am • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ben Phillips’ childhood memories include basketball games with friends, and neighbors gathering in the summer shade at their St. Louis housing complex. He also remembers watching men in hazmat suits scurry on the roofs of high-rise buildings as a dense material poured into the a WTOP Book Report: Memoir recounts mother's journey raising transgender daughter, twin brother 09/24/2023 05:15am • This story was written as part of the WTOP Book Report series authored by Terik King. Read more of that coverage.  Imagine you're in your early 40s, and after struggling through two years and seven rounds of fertility treatments, you become the mother of twin sons. But one of your children With temporary status for Venezuelans, the Biden administration turns to a familiar tool 09/23/2023 09:17pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — From a White House podium in May, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas outlined new legal pathways to the United States for Venezuelans and others, along with a “very clear” message for those who come illegally. “Our borders are not open. People who cross ou Jets place left tackle Duane Brown on injured reserve with a hip injury 09/23/2023 05:53pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets placed left tackle Duane Brown on injured reserve Saturday, leaving quarterback Zach Wilson without his starting blindside blocker against the New England Patriots. The 38-year-old Brown was initially ruled out earlier Saturday just for the game Sunday b Some providers are dropping gender-affirming care for kids even in cases where it's legal 09/23/2023 12:55pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — As Republican-led states have rushed to ban gender-affirming for minors, some families with transgender children found a bit of solace: At least they lived in states that would allow those already receiving puberty blockers or hormone therapy to continue. But in some places, inclu Nikki Haley's approach to abortion is rooted in her earliest days in South Carolina politics 09/23/2023 09:15am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As a state representative running a longshot campaign for South Carolina governor, Nikki Haley would often explain her opposition to abortion with a story about her family. “I’m strongly pro-life, very pro-life, and not because my party tells me to be, but my husband was