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Senior Blinken aide is taking a top job with Austin after Senate confirmation holdup
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Monday that one of his most senior aides is leaving for a top job with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and will be replaced by a brother of President Joe Biden’s national security adviser. State Department counselor...
Man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband also found guilty of kidnapping and faces life in prison
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in the attack against former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was convicted Friday of aggravated kidnapping, a conviction that mandates life behind bars without the possibility of parole. A San Francisco jury...
Editorial Roundup: Alabama
Cullman Times. June 15, 2024. Editorial: Elder abuse awareness is all in the family Elder abuse is not a problem isolated to any one state, region or even country. So widespread is the concern that World Elder Abuse Awareness Day was launched by the International...
Lower your risk of falling as you get older with these simple steps
One in four older adults in the U.S. will fall each year, putting them at risk of injury, broken bones and even death. Falls are a growing public health concern as the country's population sees record numbers of people turn 65 — now and in the future. But common as falls may be,...
'Biden Bingo': The president's campaign adapts a classic game to include malarkey and aviators
PHOENIX (AP) — DeAnna Mireau reached into a container and fished out a scrap of paper. “The next one is — do we have a drumroll?" she called out to a room crowded with some two dozen older adults and a half-dozen journalists. "Justice! Justice for all.” Nobody...
High school president writes notes thanking fellow seniors — 180 of them
Emily Post would be proud. A high school class president in Massachusetts who gave a commencement speech wanted to recognize all of his fellow graduates. So he wrote them personal thank-you notes presented at the ceremony — 180 to be exact. “I wish I could’ve...
Editorial Roundup: Nebraska
Lincoln Journal Star. May 30, 2024. Editorial: Census numbers give insight to the future Nebraska grew by just 10,000 from July 2022 to July 2023. But the vast majority of that growth, more than 9,000 people, came in Douglas, Sarpy and Lancaster counties. ...
Disruptions at University of Chicago graduation as school withholds 4 diplomas over protests
CHICAGO (AP) — Dozens of students protesting the war in Gaza walked out of the University of Chicago’s commencement Saturday as the school withheld the diplomas of four seniors over their involvement with a pro-Palestinian encampment. The disruption to the rainy two-hour outdoor...
With strawberries and goats, a ‘farmastery’ reaches out to its neighbors
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (RNS) — On a warm, sunny morning in farm country, a group of 40 preschoolers and their parents fanned out across several rows of crops to pluck strawberries from beneath crowns of green leaves. Later, the children sliced the berries they had gathered and added...
Guillain-Barre syndrome 'more common than expected' with RSV vaccine in older people, CDC reiterates
NEW YORK (AP) — Reports of a rare nervous system disorder were “more common than expected” in older U.S. adults who got the new RSV vaccines, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Thursday that's similar to what the organization said earlier this year. ...
