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Thousands of migrant kids have reached the Canary Islands alone. Local officials want Spain's help 07/23/2024 03:50pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The children sometimes won't stop crying. Health workers dealing with migrants arriving on Spain's Canary Islands try to understand if the tears are from illness, injury or, as is often the case, from pure shock. One young Senegalese boy who disembarked recently kept faint Biden will address the nation Wednesday on his decision to drop his 2024 Democratic reelection bid 07/23/2024 03:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday evening on his decision to drop his 2024 Democratic reelection bid. Biden posted on X that he would speak “on what lies ahead” and how he will “finish the job for the American people.” He will s Suspected gunman in Croatia nursing home killings charged on 11 counts, including murder 07/23/2024 02:44pm • ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A suspected gunman in a mass shooting at a nursing home in Croatia is facing 11 criminal charges, including murder, after he was accused of killing six people, including his own mother, and wounding as many more, police said on Tuesday. The carnage stunned Daruvar, a spa tow As doctors leave Puerto Rico in droves, a rapper tries to fill the gaps 07/23/2024 09:37am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — On a recent morning in an Afro-Caribbean community in northeast Puerto Rico, Dr. Pedro Juan Vázquez went door-to-door as part of his medical rounds. He greeted the elderly residents the town with a cheerful “Good afternoon!” and a smile and casually asked if they� Olympic drug-fighting failures make Enhanced Games 'not so radical' says former anti-doping advocate 07/23/2024 05:49am • An expert on the ground floor of some of anti-doping’s most broad-reaching advances says the recently proposed idea of the Enhanced Games — an Olympic-style sports competition with reduced doping oversight — makes sense given the recurring drug-fighting failures of the current Olympic system. A top Chinese university fires a professor after a student accused him of sexual harassment 07/22/2024 11:26pm • HONG KONG (AP) — A top Chinese university fired a professor on Monday, a day after a graduate student accused him of sexual harassment on social media in a rare public allegation and posted recordings as evidence, drawing widespread support. The woman, who identified herself as Wang Di, said she i How Siblings Can Coordinate Care for Elderly Parents 07/22/2024 08:00pm • When aging parents require more help, their children naturally come together and assume the mantle of caregivers. But that rosy picture of family unity is often more idealistic than realistic. Denise M. Brown, author of "The Caregiving Guide" and founder of CaringOurWay.com, expected her siblings to How to Prepare for End of Life: Medical Planning and Paperwork 07/22/2024 08:00pm • Many people feel unprepared for death -- and that's natural. While it's hard to prepare for something you've never experienced, planning for death can help ensure you and your loved ones' needs are met at the end of your life. It's never too early to start this process, and the sooner you begin, the More money could result in fewer trips to ER, study suggests 07/22/2024 12:01pm • Giving cash to poor people could result in fewer emergency department visits, a new study suggests. The study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association looked at almost 2,900 low-income people who applied for a lottery in the Boston suburb of Chelsea, Massachusetts. Nearly Too many pills? How to talk to your doctor about reviewing what’s needed 07/22/2024 11:38am • Swallowing a handful of pills is a daily ritual for many people, from young adults coping with anxiety to older adults managing chronic conditions. Overall, 13% of people in the U.S. take five or more prescription drugs. For those 65 and older, that number is 42%. If you’re taking multiple meds, i Book Review: Call the script doctor! 'Feh' explores the toxic storyline of a religious education 07/22/2024 11:21am • A few years ago, the writer Shalom Auslander was hospitalized with a potentially fatal case of pancreatitis after taking a banned performance-enhancing drug to lose weight. His psychiatrist said he was trying to kill himself. Auslander, then unemployed, in his 40s, with a wife and two children, disa Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen to miss series in Colorado due to health issues 07/22/2024 12:04am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Boston Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen will not be with the team during its series in Colorado due to health issues. Jansen said after Sunday's 9-6 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers that doctors had to “shock his heart back into rhythm” after three previous trips to Colorado. The 2024 Election Latest: Biden ends reelection bid, endorses VP Harris for Democratic nomination 07/21/2024 10:28pm • President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he is dropping his reelection bid against Donald Trump, in a social media post that sent political shockwaves around the country and threw an element of turmoil into the election just months before voters go to the polls. Biden's decision came on the heels o Biden's decision to drop out crystallized Sunday. His staff knew one minute before the public did 07/21/2024 09:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — At 1:45 p.m. Sunday, President Joe Biden’s senior staff was notified that he was stepping away from the 2024 race. At 1:46 p.m., that message was made public. It was never Biden’s intention to leave the race: Up until he decided to step aside Sunday, he was all in. His camp Apple Cider Vinegar: Myths vs. Facts 07/21/2024 08:00pm • For a salad dressing ingredient, apple cider vinegar, or ACV, sure gets a lot of credit. The vinegar is made from fermented apple juice, and its active ingredient is acetic acid. Although this ingredient is found in all types of vinegar, ACV has a reputation as a health tonic. Now it's being added t