Heart disease is the #1 killer of Americans today—1 in 4 people die from this health condition. ACLS Medical Training put together a list of health or lifestyle risks that may increase your chances of getting heart disease, using information from the CDC.
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After much debate among fans, Stacker ranked the best “Simpsons” episodes of all time by surveying every episode’s IMDb user ratings as of February 2022.
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By Katie Hunt and Jackie Wattles, CNN It’s very unlikely that Europe’s first planetary rover will launch in 2022, the European Space Agency said Monday, given Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on the country as a result. The ExoMars Rover, a collaboration between ESA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos, had been
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Target will invest up to $5 billion this year in physical stores, new brands and expanding its online fulfilment as the discounter continues to drive sales growth and differentiate itself from rivals. Target announced the moves at its annual investor meeting Tuesday. They come as
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A preliminary hearing has been set for a Wichita man charged with attempted murder, kidnapping and other counts after police say he tried to kill his then-girlfriend in July and shot the woman’s 2-year-old daughter. Television station KAKE reports that a preliminary hearing for 22-year-old Kamden Campos has been set for
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By Tierney Sneed The Senate Judiciary Committee posted on Tuesday Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate questionnaire for her Supreme Court nomination, as lawmakers’ scrutiny of her record takes center stage in her confirmation push. The questionnaire revealed new details about the judge’s contact with the White House in the weeks leading up to her nomination
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By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have hired Kyle Davidson as general manager, dropping his interim tag instead of going outside the floundering franchise for new leadership. Davidson has been with the Blackhawks since he joined the organization as a hockey operations intern in 2010. The 33-year-old from Sudbury,
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Francesca Street, CNN From an English castle that’s threatened by climate change to an Egyptian landmark in the shadow of its more famous counterparts, this year’s World Monuments Watch highlights 25 culturally significant but endangered heritage sites. The World Monuments Watch is a project run by the World Monuments Fund, a nonprofit that spotlights threatened
Continue Reading HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A 33-year-old Missouri man is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the drug overdose death of a woman last year. The Cass County Prosecutor’s Office alleges that Kyle Calhoun, of Garden City, sold methamphetamine and fentanyl to 39-year-old Amy McConville, of Harrisonville. She was found unresponsive at a Garden City home last
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Zach Johnson was the obvious choice as U.S. Ryder Cup captain for the matches in Italy in 2023. And just as easy to predict was Phil Mickelson as the U.S. leader for the following Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. Except now it’s not
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Maksim Chmerkovskiy has shared that he has made it safely to Poland from his native Ukraine. The “Dancing With the Stars” alum has been documenting his time in Ukraine during the invasion by Russian forces. In a note posted on his Instagram stories late Monday, Chmerkovskiy wrote that he had
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan says he and his second wife Jennifer McDaniel are divorced. Hogan shared the news on social media after some asked about his relationship status when he was pictured with a different woman. “Yo Maniacs just for the record, the Facebook and Instagram posts are of me
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By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The International Energy Agency says all 31 member countries have agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves “to send a strong message to oil markets” that there will be “no shortfall in supplies” as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Virginia Tech center Elizabeth Kitley and North Carolina State coach Wes Moore headlined the list of Atlantic Coast Conference women’s basketball honors. Kitley was named league player of the year after ranking second in the league in both scoring and rebounding. She is the first Virginia Tech player to claim that
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By Brian Fung, CNN Business As hacking by nation-states has grown more pervasive in recent years, Microsoft has long called for the creation of a new Geneva Convention governing cyberspace. But now, for the first time, the tech giant appears to be suggesting that cyberattacks tied to the war in Ukraine could potentially be considered
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN Business As hacking by nation-states has grown more pervasive in recent years, Microsoft has long called for the creation of a new Geneva Convention governing cyberspace. But now, for the first time, the tech giant appears to be suggesting that cyberattacks tied to the war in Ukraine could potentially be considered
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Sun Belt Conference released a football schedule for the coming season that includes new members Marshall, Southern Mississippi and Old Dominion. The announcement comes two weeks after Conference USA put out its 2022 schedule with those schools included. The dispute over where Marshall, Southern Mississippi and Old Dominion compete next
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Olympic gold medalist and civil rights activist Tommie Smith is working on a graphic novel based on his life. Norton Young Readers announced Tuesday that Smith’s “Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice” will be published Sept. 27. Smith, 77, won a gold medal after placing first in the 200-meter sprint
Continue Reading By The Associated Press A glance at the reaction of sports to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia and its ally Belarus are being increasingly excluded from world sports. Events they are barred from include the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, World Cup soccer qualifying, world athletics championships in Oregon, and world figure skating championships in
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR and JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writers GENEVA (AP) — More and more sports are following the appeal of the International Olympic Committee and banning Russian athletes from competing in the wake of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia was barred from competing in international ice skating, skiing, track, basketball and some tennis
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