JACKSON, Miss. — On the fourth floor of the Mississippi Department of Health, Dr. Daniel Edney sits at a desk cluttered with reports and medical journals. As the highest-ranking public health official in a state that regularly ranks lowest in nearly every health indicator, Edney’s got a lot on his mind. The elevator to his…
Goodbye college football 2023-24, see you in August And that’s a wrap on college football for this historic season. Kickoff times have not been set yet, but the likely first game of the 2024-25 campaign will be a Week 0 contest between Florida State and Georgia Tech in Dublin on Aug. 24. A title-game rematch,…
A preliminary review of side effects from popular drugs used to treat diabetes and obesity shows no link with suicidal thoughts or actions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. But the agency also said officials cannot definitively rule out that “a small risk may exist” and that they’ll continue to look into reports regarding more…
The parents of the 17-year-old who killed a sixth grader and wounded seven others in a shooting at his small-town Iowa high school last week said in a statement Monday that they “had no inkling he intended the horrible violence he was about to inflict.” Dylan Butler’s parents said in the statement that they are cooperating with…
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon inspector general said in a memo Thursday that it plans to begin a review of how the department handled Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization due to a diagnosis of prostate cancer. “The objective of the review is to examine the roles, processes, procedures, responsibilities, and actions related to the Secretary of…
Florida’s legislative session started only this week, and Republican lawmakers have already introduced more bills targeting LGBTQ people than there have been days in the new year. Some of the bills — including one that would change the state’s definition of sex and another that would criminalize “lewd or lascivious grooming” — are among the…
A Massachusetts woman is suspected of trying to poison her husband with tainted soup after a person posing as a soap opera star online told her to get rid of him, according to police records. A Townsend police incident report said Roxanne Doucette, 64, is being investigated on suspicion of attempted murder using poison. The…
When temperatures drop or the forecast calls for rain, an at-home treadmill ensures that you can still achieve your fitness goals and get some cardio in no matter the circumstances. You may also prefer to run or walk on a treadmill regardless of the weather due to its low-impact surface and distance-tracking capabilities, according to…
Olympic gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton faced “death in the eyes” while in intensive care, she said in her first interview since a life-threatening bout of pneumonia this past fall. In an interview with Hoda Kotb of NBC’s “TODAY” show from Retton’s home in Boerne, Texas, the 55-year-old icon said she’s grateful for every…
Outlogic, a Virginia-based data broker, agreed to stop selling sensitive location data that helps track people’s whereabouts, as part of the Federal Trade Commission’s first data tracking settlement. Tuesday’s accord resolves claims that Outlogic, formerly known as X-Mode Social, violated consumers’ privacy for several years by selling their data to advertisers, researchers, retailers and government…
