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What's an Esthetician? What's a Dermatologist? What's the Difference? 06/13/2024 08:00pm • When it comes to caring for your skin, there are a few professionals who can help. Chief among them are estheticians and dermatologists. While both of these professionals can keep your skin healthy and glowing, they do so through different ways. What's an Esthetician?Estheticians, sometimes called s Woman charged in DC hospital carjacking denied showers in jail, lawyer says 06/13/2024 07:49pm • A woman charged with carjacking after police say she stole a vehicle parked outside a hospital with an ill passenger inside last week, has been denied showers in the D.C. jail and experienced other mistreatment, her lawyer told a judge Thursday. Kayla Brown, 23, is charged with unarmed carjacking Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication 06/13/2024 05:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. The nine justices ruled Colombia plans to provide medical treatment to Palestinian children injured in Israel-Hamas war 06/13/2024 04:31pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Colombian military hospital would provide medical treatment to Palestinian children injured in the Israel-Hamas war under a plan announced Thursday by the country’s Foreign Ministry. Colombia's Deputy Minister of Multilateral Affairs Elizabeth Taylor Jay told reporters The Latest | The US Supreme Court rules to preserve access to the abortion pill mifepristone 06/13/2024 02:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously to preserve access to the drug most commonly used in medication abortion. The nine justices found that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone and the FD Abortion pill access is unchanged after the Supreme Court's decision. Here's what you need to know 06/13/2024 01:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Access to the abortion pill mifepristone will not change after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected an effort Thursday by anti-abortion groups to roll back its availability, a win for abortion rights supporters and millions of women in states where abortion is legal. Despi At age 50, National History Day keeps pushing students to seek difficult truths through research 06/13/2024 11:07am • COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — It wasn't your typical trifold poster board display. High school freshman Alexandra Bui constructed a jumbo mail-order catalog replica from wooden sheets — an inventive, oversized way to convey her research on the Sears catalog's impact on getting consumer goods to Black Celebrating local Pride Heroes: This Md. drag king is bringing fire-eating back to the DC Dyke March 06/13/2024 05:30am • Dr. Torcher, a Maryland drag king and sideshow art performer who uses they/them pronouns, is famous for being a fire-eater. Now, they are bringing back a tradition of fire-eating at the D.C. Dyke March. “Learning to eat fire was a reclamation of my own power,” they told WTOP. Learning the Does Medicare Cover Botox? 06/12/2024 08:00pm • Botox first became a household name for its ability to turn back the clock on facial aging. However, if you are considering Botox for cosmetic reasons and expecting Medicare coverage, you'll be disappointed. Medicare only covers Botox if your doctor considers it to be medically necessary treatment f How Often Should You Get a Full Eye Exam? 06/12/2024 08:00pm • About half of vision loss and blindness can be prevented through early diagnosis and timely treatment, according to the National Eye Institute. And the most effective way to detect problems early is with a full eye exam. Recently, the American Optometric Association updated their guidance for how of UCLA names new chancellor as campus is still reeling from protests over Israel-Hamas war 06/12/2024 05:57pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The president of the University of Miami was chosen Wednesday to become the next chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles, where the retiring incumbent leaves a campus roiled by protests over Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Dr. Julio Frenk, a Mexico City-bor Some Syrian refugees risk returning to opposition-held areas as hostility in host Lebanon grows 06/12/2024 01:21am • IDLIB, Syria (AP) — For more than a decade, a steady flow of Syrians have crossed the border from their war-torn country into Lebanon. But anti-refugee sentiment is rising there, and in the past two months, hundreds of Syrian refugees have gone the other way. They're taking a smugglers' route home With 1 out of 3 Californians on Medicaid, doctors push ballot measure to force state to pay more 06/12/2024 12:15am • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom last year agreed to a tax increase that aimed to do two things: Help balance a budget with a multibillion-dollar shortfall, and pay doctors more money to treat patients covered by Medicaid — the taxpayer-funded health insurance program for p Mariners scratch right-hander Bryan Woo from start against White Sox 06/11/2024 07:49pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle right-hander Bryan Woo was scratched on Tuesday, and the Mariners said they are awaiting results from an MRI on his right arm. Woo, 24, had been set to face Chicago White Sox rookie Drew Thorp. But he was replaced by Mariners left-hander Jhonathan Diaz. Woo spent the first m Jon Rahm withdraws from the US Open with a left foot infection 06/11/2024 07:31pm • PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Jon Rahm withdrew from the U.S. Open on Tuesday afternoon because of an infection in his left foot that led to concerns it could hurt the rest of his game. Rahm, a past Masters champion and former No. 1 player in the world, announced his decision in a social media post. He s