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Billionaire Mackenzie Scott donates $101 million to UMES, Morgan State 10/28/2025 07:27am • Two historically Black colleges and universities in Maryland received a total of $63 million in donations in a span of less than two weeks from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the schools announced this month. The unrestricted gifts — $63 million for Morgan State University announ Does Long-Term Care Cover Assisted Living and Other Senior Living Expenses? 10/27/2025 08:00pm • For Laurie Craigen, the realities of senior medical costs hit hard when her grandmother needed hospice care. "It was a stressful time for the family because we were trying to figure out how to keep her comfortable and at home without running out of funds," recalls Craigen, an associate professor in Deion Sanders focused on rebounding from Colorado's loss, not coaching future after health concerns 10/27/2025 07:49pm • DENVER (AP) — Deion Sanders refuses to look too far down the road and especially not in regard to how his recent health concerns might impact any decision on returning as Colorado's coach next season or beyond. All he's focused on at the moment is bouncing back from the Buffaloes' 53-7 loss at Uta Ex-wife of Angels employee says she saw players party with pills during trial over pitcher's death 10/27/2025 07:36pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The ex-wife of a Los Angeles Angels employee at the center of the overdose death of one of its star pitchers testified in a civil trial Monday that she saw players and clubhouse attendants passing pills and alcohol while partying on the team plane. Camela Kay told jurors New Hampshire man resumes dialysis after record 271 days living with a pig kidney 10/27/2025 04:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Hampshire man is resuming dialysis after living with a gene-edited pig kidney for a record 271 days, doctors said Monday. His experience is helping researchers in their quest for animal-to-human transplants. Tim Andrews, 67, had the organ removed on Oct. 23 because its func Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 2-8 10/27/2025 09:06am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 2-8: Nov. 2: Actor Stefanie Powers is 83. Actor Kate Linder (“The Young and the Restless”) is 78. Drummer Carter Beauford of the Dave Matthews Band is 67. Actor Peter Mullan (“Trainspotting”) is 66. Singer k.d. lang is 64. Bassist Bobby Dall of Poison Beacon House teaches DC youth 'your dreams can come true' 10/26/2025 08:34pm • Twenty-five years ago, Rodney Cephas gathered a bunch of kids at Beacon House and told them he was forming a football team. Since then, Cephas, who is the director of athletics and mentoring for the after-school education and youth development program, has had 10,000 kids take part in one of New guidelines help doctors diagnose MS earlier and more accurately 10/26/2025 07:45pm • Doctors now have new tools to diagnose multiple sclerosis, or MS, earlier, sometimes even before a person experiences the symptoms of the autoimmune disease. MS is a disease where the immune system attacks the protective covering around nerves known as myelin. “We can now diagnose MS before Suspect in viral French train attack video denies attempted rape but admits altercation 10/26/2025 02:56pm • PARIS (AP) — A suspect arrested in connection with the attempted rape of a woman on a train near Paris after a video of the incident went viral on social media has admitted an altercation with the victim but denied any sexual assault, prosecutors said on Sunday. The suspect, aged 26 and of Egyptia A bomb in Gaza's rubble wounds twins who thought it was a toy 10/25/2025 01:47pm • GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Shorbasi family was sitting in their severely damaged house in Gaza City, enjoying the relative calm of the ceasefire. Then they heard an explosion and rushed outside to find their 6-year-old twins bleeding on the ground. The boy, Yahya, and his sister, Nabila, had Your latest prescription is to get outside 10/25/2025 09:07am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Find a shady spot under a tree, take a breath of fresh air and call me in the morning. Health care providers have long suggested stressed-out patients spend time outdoors. Now hundreds of providers are going a step further and issuing formal prescriptions to get outside. The t Historic libraries bring modern comfort to book lovers and history buffs in New England 10/25/2025 08:38am • BOSTON (AP) — When David Arsenault takes down a worn, leather-bound 19th-century book from the winding shelves of the Boston Athenaeum, he feels a sense of awe — like he’s handling an artifact in a museum. Many of the half a million books that line the library's seemingly endless maze of read Anti-abortion pregnancy centers are looking to offer much more than ultrasounds and diapers 10/25/2025 01:51am • Pregnancy centers in the U.S. that discourage women from getting abortions have been adding more medical services — and could be poised to expand further. The expansion — ranging from testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections to even providing primary medical care — has been un The CEO of the Alamo's historic site has resigned after a top Texas Republican criticized her 10/24/2025 06:16pm • The CEO of the nonprofit managing the Alamo resigned after a powerful Republican state official criticized her publicly, suggesting that her views aren't compatible with the history of the Texas shrine. Kate Rogers said in a statement Friday that she had resigned the day before, after Lt. Gov. Dan P Data Doctors: Beware of fake voicemail notifications 10/24/2025 03:58pm • Q: Why am I getting so many random voicemail notification emails? A: We’ve all been told countless times: never click on links or open attachments in an email unless you’re absolutely sure it’s safe. For most of us, that message has sunk in. But scammers know we’ve all been warned abo