Millions of Americans who have dropped pounds and boosted their health using popular obesity drugs like Wegovy are facing a new dilemma: What happens if they stop taking them? Many worry, rightly, that they’ll regain weight and revert to old habits. In clinical trials, patients who paused the drugs put back on most of the […]
Lane County announced Thursday a new coordinated entry portal and associated tools designed to connect people experiencing homelessness or eviction to shelter and housing resources. Lane County Coordinated Entry “is a low-barrier first step to accessing services available to anyone in Lane County facing a housing crisis,” the county said in a press release. The […]
A woman plans to forfeit more than $100,000 — the amount of Veterans Affairs benefits she’s accused of stealing from her family member. The 48-year-old resident of Jacksonville, Florida has pleaded guilty to theft of government money, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced in a Feb. 9 news release. Her […]
It’s the age of “Sephora kids.” As teens and tweens as young as 9 years old roam the aisles of the beauty chain — filling their baskets with upscale skin care products and posting their product reviews on TikTok — parents fret over what this fascination might mean for their kids’ self-image, and wonder whether […]
Employees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with defence ministry officials to embezzle almost $40 million (€36 million) earmarked to buy 100,000 mortar shells for the war with Russia, Ukraine’s security service has reported. The SBU said late on Saturday that five people have been charged, with one detained while trying to cross the Ukrainian […]
Employees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with defence ministry officials to embezzle almost 40 million US dollars (£31.5 million) earmarked to buy 100,000 mortar shells for the war with Russia, Ukraine’s security service has reported. The SBU said late on Saturday that five people have been charged, with one detained while trying to cross […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Employees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with defense ministry officials to embezzle almost $40 million earmarked to buy 100,000 mortar shells for the war with Russia, Ukraine’s security service reported. The SBU said late Saturday that five people have been charged, with one person detained while trying to cross the […]
As Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Lt Gov. Aruna Miller start their second legislative session on the second floor of the State House, the pair is not looking back in celebration to bills passed last session, but looking forward to a larger work changing a culture. “The biggest win that she has had is she’s […]
NEW PHILADELPHIA — How does the saying about weather in Ohio go — If you don’t like it, wait five minutes? Well, for ice fishermen, local businesses and other winter-loving outdoor enthusiasts in the region, that just may well feel like an eternity right now. Although the National Weather Service forecast for the the county […]
Ukraine received a new Western air-defense system on Thursday, German authorities said. The German-made system, Skynex, can fire up to 1,000 bullets per minute, per its developer. It could prove vital to countering short-range Russian aerial attacks. Ukraine has just received a new Western air-defense system designed to wipe out Russian drones by firing 1,000 […]
A microbiologist named João Pedro de Magalhães has proposed the idea that the reign of dinosaurs forced mammals to speed up their reproductive cycle, eliminating key longevity genes. de Magalhães posits that in order to survive amidst dinosaurs, mammals may have actively evolved away from long life, something he calls the “longevity bottleneck hypothesis.” He […]
Detroit ushered in its first Black mayor in January 1974 with a boisterous inauguration that stretched over three days. Today, the celebration is largely remembered for four much-debated words in Coleman Young’s first mayoral speech that he delivered 50 years ago Tuesday. “Hit 8 Mile Road!” Young said, addressing criminals in Detroit. The mayor, who […]