Month: July 2024

By Associated Press ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid has a good idea of four of the five spots on his team’s offensive line. Joe Thuney will be at left guard, Creed Humphrey at center, Trey Smith at right guard and Jawaan Taylor at right tackle. The biggest question now falls

By Associated Press The union representing workers a Lear Corp. plant in Missouri that makes seats for General Motors vehicles said Thursday it reached a tentative agreement with the company, ending a strike that was in its fourth day. About 480 workers at Lear Corp. in Wentzville who walked out at midnight Sunday are back

By Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A North Korean military intelligence operative has been indicted in a conspiracy to hack into American health care providers, NASA, U.S. military bases and international entities, stealing sensitive information and installing ransomware to fund more attacks, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. The indictment of Rim Jong Hyok by a

By Wealth of Geeks via AP According to new research, seven in 10 Americans (68%) are guilty of “patientsplaining” their online health findings to their doctor. A survey of 2,000 general-population Americans examined how they invest time in their health and found that three in four (77%) do at least some health-related research in their

By Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — Nearly 40 million people were living with the HIV virus that causes AIDS last year, over 9 million weren’t getting any treatment, and the result was that every minute someone died of AIDS-related causes, the U.N. said in a new report launched Monday. While advances are being made to

By American Heart Association News via AP Around the time a cardiologist diagnosed Keri Mathew with a heart problem at age 4, her dad once again failed the physical required to increase his life insurance policy. So Gary Peterson went to see that cardiologist, too. Mathew, who grew up in southwest Iowa, had been born

By Metro Creative As women enter perimenopause and begin the transition that will ultimately lead to menopause, many doctors prescribe hormone pills to help regulate menstruation cycles and ease certain symptoms. Compared to regular birth control pills that contain 30 to 50 micrograms of estrogen, a doctor may suggest a low-dose pill that contains between

By Metro Creative Lobsters weren’t always a delicacy. In fact, lobster was once known as “the poor man’s chicken,” and it was largely eaten by the lower classes and was even fed to pigs in colonial times. Lobsters can be green, yellow or even bright blue. They get their red hue after being cooked. Lobsters

By Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Gabriel Moreno broke a ninth-inning tie with a two-run double, Ketel Marte added a three-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Kansas City Royals 8-6 on Wednesday night. Eugenio Saurez homered for Arizona in the second and Joc Pederson and Christian Walker hit back-to-back shots in the

By Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan | A typhoon killed three people in Taiwan as it approached the island on Wednesday, while people trapped by rising floodwaters in the Philippines called for help in the Southeast Asian nation where at least 13 died. Taiwan’s Central News Agency said more than 220 other people were injured as