Month: May 2024

By Associated Press NEW YORK — The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data posted Wednesday. Agency officials noted the data is provisional and could change after more analysis, but that they still expect a drop when the final counts are in. It would be

By Associated Press BEIJING — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday reaffirmed their “no-limits” partnership that has deepened as both countries face rising tensions with the West, and they criticized U.S. military alliances in Asia and the Pacific region. At their summit in Beijing, Putin thanked Xi for China’s proposals

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — How good would an algorithm have to be to take over your job? It’s a new question for many workers amid the rise of ChatGPT and other AI programs that can hold conversations, write stories and even generate songs and images within seconds. For doctors who review scans to spot

By Associated Press Creating the NFL schedule is a complicated process that requires tens of thousands of computers coming up with countless possibilities over a process that lasts about four months. There are several sometimes competing factors at play from keeping all of the television partners happy, to competitive balance for teams to stadium availability.

By Associated Press ROME — Unlike most Americans who can’t find their footing on clay when they come to Europe, Tommy Paul feels right at home on the dirt. That’s because he grew up playing on the surface in Greenville, North Carolina. “That was all I played on, even before going to play hard-court tournaments.

By Associated Press BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia — Slovak authorities charged a man Thursday with attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Robert Fico, saying he acted alone in a politically motivated attack that left the longtime leader in serious but stable condition. Fico’s pro-Russia views have contributed to deep divisions in the small European country that borders

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier off the Gaza Strip on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war. The final construction sets up a complicated delivery process more than two

By Associated Press MBALE, Uganda | Barbara Nabulo was one of three girls in her family. But when a sister died, her mother wailed at the funeral that she was left with just one and a half daughters. The half was the ailing Nabulo, who at age 12 grasped her mother’s meaning. “I hated myself

By Metro Creative Baked goods can take some time to prepare. But as many baking enthusiasts know, the results are well worth the effort. Such is the case with the following recipe for “Pistachio Honey Rolls” from Marguerite Marceau Henderson’s “Small Sweet Treats” (Gibbs Smith). Pistachio Honey Rolls Makes 32 rolls 2 cups shelled pistachio

By Metro Creative According to the American Cancer Society, recent research has found that sleeping problems associated with cancer treatment persist in almost 40% of cancer survivors for up to five years after diagnosis. The 2019 study, published in the journal Sleep Medicine, also found that one-fifth of cancer survivors reported poor sleep quality at

By Associated Press BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia | Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday, but his deputy prime minister said he believed Fico would survive. The prime minister had been greeting supporters at an event when the attempted assassination took place, shocking the small country and reverberating across

By Associated Press Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a measure Wednesday that could have earmarked up to $5 million for gun-detection systems in schools while expressing concern that it could have benefitted only one particular company. Kelly’s line-item veto leaves in place $5 million for school safety grants but deletes specific wording that she said

By Associated Press OCALA, Fla. | A man with a long record of dangerous driving told investigators he smoked marijuana oil and took prescription drugs hours before he sideswiped a bus, killing eight Mexican farmworkers and injuring dozens more, according to an arrest report unsealed Wednesday. Bryan Maclean Howard, 41, pleaded not guilty to driving