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Simone Manuel returns from overtraining syndrome with her eyes on Paris Olympics
| June 14, 2024
The Olympic gold-medalist is on the mend, but self-care is crucial for a good showing.
Celtics favored to win Game 1 and NBA Finals series, but money is rolling in on the Mavericks
| June 4, 2024
The Celtics are prohibitive favorites to win Thursday’s Game 1 of the NBA Finals and odds are on Boston to hoist what would be its record 18th championship banner. But the money, at least at BetMGM Sportsbook, is pouring in on the Dallas Mavericks. Senior trader Halvor Egeland said Monday that 80% of the bets were coming on […]
Being a patient is getting harder in a strained and complex US health care system
| June 3, 2024
Patients are not getting enough help dealing with a healthcare system that is growing increasingly complex, according to researchers and other experts in care delivery.
Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion law over medical exceptions
| June 3, 2024
The Texas Supreme Court upheld the Texas law that opponents say is too vague regarding when medically necessary exceptions are allowed.
Weather-weary Texas battered again as powerful storm, strong winds kill 1, cause widespread damage
| May 29, 2024
Power outages remained widespread Wednesday in storm-weary Texas a day after another burst of severe weather flooded streets, uprooted trees, and ripped off roofs. Authorities said a teenager was killed at a construction site while working on a home that collapsed.
At least 22 dead in Memorial Day weekend storms that devastated several US states
| May 28, 2024
The destructive storms caused deaths in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky and were just north of an oppressive, early season heat wave setting records from south Texas to Florida.