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What Happens When You Stop Taking Weight Loss Drugs? 04/21/2024 08:00pm • The skyrocketing demand for fast weight loss ushered in an era of a new class of medications -- like Ozempic and Mounjaro -- approved by the Food and Drug Administration specifically for weight loss based on surprising results from diabetes drugs. While many tout the benefits of these weight loss dr

Your Guide to Hip Replacement Surgery 04/21/2024 08:00pm • Hip replacement surgery is a common procedure that can improve mobility and decrease pain in a hip joint that's no longer functioning properly. The American College of Rheumatology reports that about 544,000 hip replacement surgeries are performed in the United States each year, and that number cont

Josh Naylor's 3 RBIs sends Guardians to 6-2 win, sweep of A's and continues best start since 1999 04/21/2024 05:37pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Naylor delivered a clutch, three-run double in the seventh inning as the Guardians continued their best start in 25 years with a 6-2 win over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. With the Guardians up 3-2, Naylor, who celebrated a two-run homer on S

Stephen Breyer insists politics don't play a role in Supreme Court's decisions 04/21/2024 04:48pm • Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is pushing back on claims that the institution has become increasingly political, reflecting the partisan divides in America at large as the high court weighs in on Donald Trump's candidacy, abortion access and more. "I've not seen politics in th

Earth Day: How one grocery shopper takes steps to avoid 'pointless plastic' 04/21/2024 12:31pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Nature wraps bananas and oranges in peels. But in some modern supermarkets, they're bagged or wrapped in plastic too. For Judith Enck, that's the epitome of pointless plastic. The baby food aisle is similarly distressing for her, with its rows and rows of blended fruits, vegeta

Ryan Garcia knocks Devin Haney down 3 times and hands his amateur rival his first pro loss 04/21/2024 02:35am • NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Garcia's behavior leading up to his bout against Devin Haney seemed so erratic that some people thought he shouldn't be allowed to fight at all. Think of the performance they would have missed. Garcia knocked Haney down three times and handed the WBC super lightweight champio

Maryland native Helen Maroulis becomes first US female wrestler to qualify for 3 Olympic teams 04/20/2024 09:46pm • STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Helen Maroulis, the first American woman to win a wrestling gold medal, became the first U.S. female wrestler to qualify for three Summer Games as she earned a spot Saturday night on the American team for Paris. Maroulis, competing at 57 kilograms, dominated former Oly

Maryland Democrats compete for high-profile endorsements ahead of Senate primary 04/20/2024 09:45pm • With mail-in voting already under way, and the election less than a month from now, the number and pace of high-profile endorsements is intensifying in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. On Thursday, two powerful Black women officeholders from Prince George's County announced they were backi

Here’s what marijuana researchers have to say about 420 or ‘weed day’ 04/20/2024 05:30am • (CNN) — It’s 420 or “weed day,” and people around the world will be paying homage to their favorite guilty pleasure: marijuana.Currently, 24 states, two territories and the District of Columbia in the United States have legalized marijuana for recreational use, making it that much easier

Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and 'American Idol' alum, dies at 47 04/19/2024 06:57pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mandisa, a contemporary Christian singer who appeared on “American Idol” and won a Grammy for her 2013 album ‘Overcomer’, has died. She was 47. A representative for the singer told The Associated Press that the singer was found dead in her home in Nashville, Tennes

Stock market today: Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street to the finish line of another losing week 04/19/2024 05:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The worst week for big technology stocks since the COVID crash in 2020 dragged Wall Street on Friday across the finish line of another losing week. The S&P 500 dropped 0.9% to close out its third straight losing week. That’s its longest such streak since September, before it

Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson confronts history at US pavilion as its first solo Indigenous artist 04/19/2024 05:12pm • VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jeffrey Gibson’s takeover of the U.S. pavilion for this year’s Venice Biennale contemporary art show is a celebration of color, pattern and craft, which is immediately evident on approaching the bright red facade decorated by a colorful clash of geometry and a foreground d

Amateur rivals Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia meet as pros. Overweight Garcia can't win Haney's belt 04/19/2024 04:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — There was a time when Ryan Garcia was a better fighter than Devin Haney. Haney himself concedes that, though he figures they were around 10 years old at the time. That was at the start of an amateur rivalry that spanned six fights, with each winning three times. Now both are profe

How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 4/19/2024 04/19/2024 04:18pm • The worst week for big technology stocks since the COVID crash in 2020 dragged Wall Street across the finish line of another losing week. The S&P 500 fell 0.9% Friday to close out its third straight losing week. The Nasdaq composite tumbled 2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which has less o

Texas spring signals time for Ewers to slow down and enjoy football in 2024 before NFL draft 04/19/2024 03:58pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers figured his football career had always been in such a rush that it was time to slow down. Enjoy the spring. Enjoy the 2024 season, and Texas' move into the Southeastern Conference. The NFL, which is still his goal and dream, can wait a year. And t