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King Charles III’s openness about cancer has helped him connect with people in year after coronation 05/05/2024 03:16am • LONDON (AP) — King Charles III’s decision to be open about his cancer diagnosis has helped the new monarch connect with the people of Britain and strengthened the monarchy in the year since his dazzling coronation at Westminster Abbey. Charles has used his illness to highlight the need for early Juro Kara, rebel playwright behind Japan's modern underground theater, dies at 84 05/04/2024 10:28pm • TOKYO (AP) — Juro Kara, who helped shape Japan’s postwar avant-garde theater, defiantly yet playfully transforming the essence of Kabuki aesthetics into modern storytelling, has died. He was 84. The playwright, director and troupe leader died late Saturday from a blood clot in the brain after he Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, dies at 85 05/04/2024 08:59pm • MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Burt Rutan was alarmed to see the plane he had designed was so loaded with fuel that the wing tips started dragging along the ground as it taxied down the runway. He grabbed the radio to warn the pilot, his older brother Dick Rutan. But Dick never heard the message. Nine days Biden and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in 2024's rare contest between two presidents 05/04/2024 08:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done. Their track records and plans on abortion, immigration, taxes, wars abroad — you name it — leave no doubt that the man voters choose in November will seek to shape the landscap May is National Water Safety Month — the ideal time to learn the ABCs of water safety before summer 05/04/2024 05:12pm • August is the month most D.C.-area children start school. But May is the ideal time to teach water safety to young swimmers, according to a coalition that includes the American Red Cross. The lessons can save countless lives during the peak summer months, when many families plan vacations near po ‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet 05/04/2024 05:00pm • Great Barrier Reef, Australia (CNN) — As the early-morning sun rises over the Great Barrier Reef, its light pierces the turquoise waters of a shallow lagoon, bringing more than a dozen turtles to life.These waters that surround Lady Elliot Island, off the eastern coast of Australia, provide s The ‘Star Wars’ timeline is confusing. Here’s when ‘The Acolyte,’ ‘Ahsoka’ and more take place 05/04/2024 01:15pm • (CNN) — The “Star Wars” galaxy is ever-expanding. In the last year, we’ve gotten new tales of a beloved former Jedi, an animated look at the aftermath of Order 66 and a teased return of Rey Skywalker. The problem? All the stories take place at different points of time in the galaxy far, f Texas police officer dies after being injured when a tornado struck his home 05/04/2024 12:49pm • CONROE, Texas (AP) — A Texas police officer has died of injuries he suffered when a tornado struck his home, according to the Conroe Police Department. The department announced Friday on social media that Lt. James Waller, a 22-year veteran of the Conroe Police Department, died at a hospital where Hudson-Odoi nets twice as Nottingham Forest boosts survival hopes with 3-1 win over Sheffield United 05/04/2024 12:08pm • SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — Callum Hudson-Odoi scored twice and Nottingham Forest took a big step toward Premier League survival with a 3-1 win over Sheffield United coupled with Burnley’s 4-1 loss to Newcastle on Saturday. The victory at Bramall Lane kept Forest one spot above the drop zone and m The Canucks ready for all-Canadian second-round after eliminating Nashville 05/04/2024 08:56am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vancouver coach Rick Tocchet won't deny being one of the NHL's final eight teams still alive means a lot. An all-Canadian showdown against the Edmonton Oilers in the second round? Even better. “We know the next series will be tough," Tocchet said Friday night after his The Kentucky Derby is turning 150 years old. It's survived world wars and controversies of all kinds 05/04/2024 12:24am • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — As a record crowd cheered, American Pharoah rallied from behind and took aim at his remaining two rivals in the stretch. The bay colt and jockey Victor Espinoza surged to the lead with a furlong to go and thundered across the finish line a length ahead in the 2015 Kentucky D Lewiston bowling alley reopens 6 months after Maine's deadliest mass shooting 05/03/2024 09:32pm • LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — It's a dilemma no business owner should have to face: whether to reopen after a mass shooting. The answer didn't come easily to Justin and Samantha Juray. But when they did decide to reopen their Maine bowling alley, they didn't hold back. When patrons returned Friday, six m Luton gains valuable point from home draw with Everton 05/03/2024 06:18pm • LUTON, England (AP) — Luton got a valuable point in its fight to avoid relegation after a hard-fought 1-1 draw with visiting Everton in the English Premier League on Friday. Will it be too little, too late? Luton remained third to last, below 17th-placed Nottingham Forest only on goal difference. Former New York Giants player Aaron Thomas, who caught 35 touchdown passes, dies at 86 05/03/2024 02:39pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Thomas, one of the most prolific receiving tight ends in the history of the New York Giants, died last week at his home in Corvallis, Oregon, following a lengthy illness. He was 86. The Giants announced Thomas' death Friday. The team said he died on April 26. Tho How endometrial cancer is being treated using molecular profiling 05/03/2024 01:13pm • This content is provided by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Endometrial cancer, also known as uterine cancer, accounts for seven percent of all cancers in women, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer in the U.S., and the NCI