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MedWatch Daily Digest: Over the counter birth control pill, body weight & colon cancer, menthol may sharpen the mind

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:58:46 GMT

For Wednesday, May 10, WGN’s Medical Reporter Dina Bair has the latest on new information including the following: More Coverage: WGN's Medical Watch An FDA advisory panel gives the nod for over the counter birth control pillBody weight may have an impact on the development of colon cancerInhaling menthol wakes people up and it may sharpen the mind

Trump won't commit to accepting 2024 election results

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:58:46 GMT

Former President Trump on Wednesday refused to commit to accepting the results of the 2024 presidential election during a CNN town hall.Moderator Kaitlan Collins asked Trump if he would commit to accepting the results, after he spent much of the evening railing against what he's called a "rigged" 2020 election that resulted in his loss. Trump said he would only accept the 2024 results if he believes no voter fraud occurred."Yeah, if I think it's an honest election, absolutely," he said.Collins pressed Trump on if he would accept the results regardless of the outcome, but Trump reiterated his statement."If I think it's an honest election, I would be honored to," he said.DEVELOPING

St. Louis man says airline lost prosthetic leg, won’t reimburse him

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:58:46 GMT

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) - “Dealing with a prosthetic leg is not as easy as people think it is,” Michael Williams, a St. Louis resident, told Nexstar's KTVI. He said dealing with an airline that lost your prosthetic leg is even harder.“You can’t do this to somebody that’s disabled. Just say, 'Hey, we lost something of yours, but we’re not going to pay for it,'” Williams said.But that’s what he said American Airlines told him. This all started in 2020. Williams was flying from Indianapolis to Charlotte on his way home to St. Louis. ‘Unacceptable’: Video of TSA worker’s handling of bomb dog draws outrage “The special-made leg, I put it in my suitcase. I put the sticker on it that says 'fragile,'" he explained. "I gave it to the young lady at American Airlines when I was checking in. When I get to St. Louis airport, they roll me downstairs to baggage claim. I’m sitting there waiting for my luggage to come off, and never comes off.”Williams said he followed all of American Airlines' delayed o...

Trump calls overturning Roe 'a great victory,' dodges on federal abortion ban

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:58:46 GMT

Former President Trump called the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade "a great victory" but did not say whether he would support a federal ban on abortion if he's elected again. "It was such a great victory and people are starting to understand it now," Trump said of the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which struck down the 1973 decision protecting abortion rights, when asked at a CNN town hall on Wednesday how he would appeal to female voters in 2024. "You know that they wanted to bring it back to the states but that was probably the least important part of that victory," Trump continued. "Getting rid of Roe v. Wade was an incredible thing for pro-life because it gave pro-life something to negotiate with.""For 50 years this has been going on," Trump added. "I was able to do it and I was very honored to do it." Trump went on to note his support for legal exceptions to have an abortion including rape, incest, and when the life of the mother is in ...

Teens take home prizes for Freihofer’s poster contest

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:58:46 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- This year, the Freihofer's Run for Women is celebrating its 45th year in Albany. To celebrate, young artists from around the Capital Region entered into the Anniversary Commemorative Poster Contest. Two teens took home first and second prize. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! "Instead of going to artists and commissioning them to do work for the race, which has been done in the past, we decided to do a contest for middle school and high school students," event director Kristen Hislop said. "We were absolutely thrilled with what we got back."The Race for Women 5K will take place at 9 a.m. on June 3. A Capital Kids 3K race and a smaller kids run will also be taking place in downtown Albany. The whole family is encouraged to attend.

Freihofer’s Run for Women presents donations

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:58:46 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Freihofer's Run for Women is only a few weeks away, and area non-profits are already seeing the benefits of the fundraiser. The annual 5K through the heart of downtown Albany raises money for organizations around the Capital Region. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! This year, donation recipients include the Albany Medical Center Foundation, United Way, Girls on the Run, and Russell Sage Foundation. A total of $12,000 has been raised for those organizations.

Border Protection dealing with huge influx of flowers at LAX

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:58:46 GMT

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists are working overtime to ensure that imported flowers arrive on time for Mother’s Day, but they must be free of pests and diseases first. According to industry statistics, around 80% of cut flowers sold in the United States are imported from across the world. CBP says that the weeks that lead up to Mother’s Day are some of the busiest of the year, when millions of cut flower shipments arrive from Ecuador, Colombia, the Netherlands, Thailand and Australia. “It is critically important not only to consumers, but to the vitality of the U.S. economy that cut flower imports are carefully inspected by CBP agriculture specialists,” said Carlos Martel, the CBP Director of Field Operations in Los Angeles. “Some of these flowers may carry hitchhiking pests and diseases that could cause millions of dollars in damage to the U.S. agriculture sector.” U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at L...

Larry Magid: Google unveils new devices while focusing on AI

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:58:46 GMT

As I entered Shoreline Amphitheater on Wednesday, I thought I was attending Google IO – the company’s annual developers conference. But after listening to CEO Sundar Pichai and several other Google executives speak about new products and services, the event felt like it should be renamed Google AI.Related ArticlesBusiness | Larry Magid: Voice cloning makes virtual kidnapping more convincing Business | The caller said he’d kidnapped my wife. Here’s what I did wrong then. Business | Magid: Teens can now use Meta Horizon Worlds Business | Magid: I asked ChatGPT to help me write an AI safety guide Indeed, the first 75 minutes of the two-hour event was focused on how artificial intelligence and specifically generative AI (GAI), is not only the main ingredient of Google Bard, the company’s new conversational, AI chat service, but soon integrated into all its services including search, photos, maps and Google docs....

Lakers coach responds to comments by Warriors’ Kerr on flops, gamesmanship

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:58:46 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO – One day after Warriors coach Steve Kerr bemoaned what he felt were glaringly obvious flops by Los Angeles Lakers players trying to draw charges, his counterpart, Darvin Ham, claimed the high road, saying he didn’t want to get into a back-and-forth regarding any contentious calls by NBA officials.Kerr said Tuesday there “was definitely some gamesmanship” by the Lakers during Monday’s Game 4, particularly late in the fourth quarter when Draymond Green was called for a foul as he attempted to set a screen on guard Lonnie Walker IV, who tumbled to the floor upon contact.Kerr said Tuesday that it was “a blatant flop. (Walker) just takes a dive and the ref bought it.”Asked about Kerr’s comment prior to Game 5 on Wednesday at Chase Center, Ham stayed above the fray.“I just control what I can control. That’s coaching my team,” Ham said. “I don’t go down the rabbit hole, pointing fingers, blaming the official. I never did when I was an assistant coach and I don’t ...

Dutch suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance will be sent from Peru to US to face fraud charges

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:58:46 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Peru’s government issued an executive order Wednesday allowing the extradition to the United States of the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway on the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba.The Peruvian Embassy in Washington told The Associated Press the order allows for the temporary extradition of Dutchman Joran van der Sloot to be prosecuted for alleged extortion and wire fraud, charges stemming from the Holloway case. Holloway’s body was never found, and no charges were filed against Van der Sloot in the case. A judge later declared Holloway dead.Prosecutors in the U.S. allege Van der Sloot accepted $25,000 in cash from Holloway’s family in exchange for a promise to lead them to her body in early 2010, just before he went to Peru. Holloway was from Mountain Brook, Alabama.Van der Sloot is serving 28 years in prison in Peru for being convicted of murdering 21-year-old Peruvian student Stephany Flores after meeting...