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Questions to Ask an Orthopedic Surgeon 05/28/2024 08:00pm • What to ask your orthopedic surgeon before surgeryIt's common to have questions if a doctor has recommended you have orthopedic surgery -- a procedure performed on the bones, ligaments, joints, tendons and muscles. More than 40 million visits take place each year in orthopedic offices around the Uni Alzheimer's Disease: Treatments, Medications and More 05/28/2024 08:00pm • In the spring of 2022, Marla Neise's brother noticed she was experiencing memory issues and confusion at the company where they work. "I couldn't balance a checkbook, put things in an order or stay on one task and I was having a hard time with numbers," recalls Neise, now 59. She went to her primary What Is Medicare: Coverage, Cost and Enrollment 05/27/2024 08:00pm • If you've just celebrated your 65th birthday or it's coming up in the next year, your mailbox is probably full of postcards, flyers and letters about your eligibility for Medicare. It's important to understand the ins and outs of Medicare before you sign up to avoid unexpected costs. Even if you've How to Decide Where to Live 05/27/2024 08:00pm • Sometimes you're ready for a change to a new city, and sometimes that change is thrust upon you. Whether you're carefully weighing your options to find the city where you want to live for the next 10 years or you're trying to decide if a cross-country job offer is worth uprooting your life, there ar Man convicted of Chicago murder based on blind witness' testimony sues city, police 05/27/2024 03:33pm • CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man convicted of murder based in part on testimony from a legally blind eyewitness is suing the city and the police department. A judge convicted Darien Harris in 2014 in connection with a fatal shooting at a South Side gas station in 2011. He was 12 years into a 76-year World Health Assembly hopes to reinforce pandemic preparedness after bold treaty project stalls 05/27/2024 01:09pm • GENEVA (AP) — Member countries kicked off the World Health Organization's annual assembly on Monday with hopes of improving global readiness for deadly outbreaks like COVID-19, after an ambitious “pandemic treaty” ran aground last week. Health officials are racing to get the world to agree to A synthetic drug ravages youth in Sierra Leone. There's little help, and some people are chained 05/27/2024 07:17am • FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. Trash-strewn alleys are lined with boys and young men slumped in addiction. Healthcare services are severely limited. One frustrated community has set up what it calls a treatment center, run by volunteers. B WTOP Book Report: In 'My Name Was Eden' one twin vanished in the womb, while the other remained … until now 05/26/2024 10:00pm • This story was written as part of the WTOP Book Report series written by Terik King. Read more of that coverage. In her riveting debut novel, My Name Was Eden (HarperCollins), UK-based author Eleanor Barker-White channels the profundity of life into art by telling the tale of a mother named California evangelical seminary ponders changes that would make it more welcoming to LGBTQ students 05/26/2024 07:21pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fuller Theological Seminary, an evangelical school in Pasadena, California, is deliberating whether to become more open to LGBTQ+ students who previously faced possible expulsion if found to be in a same-sex union. That's according to a draft of proposed revisions to the seminar Ronel Blanco returns from a suspension to shut down the A's and lead the Astros to a 5-2 win 05/26/2024 07:19pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Ronel Blanco held Oakland in check for seven innings in his return from a suspension and Kyle Tucker hit a two-run homer to lead the Houston Astros to a 5-2 victory over the Athletics on Sunday. “Just like he did not lose a beat,” manager Joe Espada said of Blanco. “We Man accused in fiery liquid attacks on New York City subway riders 05/26/2024 05:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A man set a cup of liquid on fire and tossed it at a fellow subway rider in New York City, setting the victim's shirt ablaze and injuring him, police said Sunday. The random attack happened on a No. 1 train in lower Manhattan on Saturday afternoon, city police said, adding that the Aid group says over 100 people killed in 2 weeks of fighting in a Sudanese city 05/26/2024 11:23am • CAIRO (AP) — More than two weeks of fighting between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group over a major city in the western Darfur region killed at least 123 people, an international aid group said Sunday. The fighting in el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur province, Globe-trotting anthropologist who drew comparisons to Indiana Jones dies at age 94 05/26/2024 05:05am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Schuyler Jones, a globe-trotting American anthropologist and adventurer whose exploits drew comparisons to iconic movie character Indiana Jones, has died. He was 94. Jones' stepdaughter, Cassandra Da'Luz Vieira-Manion, posted on her Facebook page that Jones died on May 17. She National Spelling Bee reflects the economic success and cultural impact of immigrants from India 05/26/2024 12:58am • When Balu Natarajan became the first Indian American champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 1985, a headline on an Associated Press article read, “Immigrants’ son wins National Spelling Bee,” with the first paragraph noting the champion “speaks his parents’ native Indian language JP Sears throws 6 strong innings to help Athletics snap skid against Astros with 3-1 win 05/25/2024 07:43pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — JP Sears allowed one unearned run and two hits in six solid innings, Brent Rooker hit a two-run double in the first and the Oakland Athletics beat the Houston Astros 3-1 on Saturday. It was the A’s first victory over the Astros this season after dropping the first five gam