Load fresh fruits and vegetables into a refrigerator truck and drive it to a health clinic, then have a doctor write a “prescription” for food to improve the diets of low-income people with diabetes and high blood pressure. U.S. food banks — the organizations on the front lines of fighting hunger — increasingly are promoting “food as medicine” strategies designed to address, not exacerbate, the high rate of chronic health problems among the poor. Since August 2015, six Chicago-area clinics have... Читать дальше...
Saudis sent telegrams to the king on Sunday pressing the monarchy to abolish male guardianship rules for women, the culmination of a months long campaign that is working to abolish the system.
Ryan Fitzpatrick avoided turnovers in last week’s victory over the Bills, but he couldn’t make it out of the first quarter without one this Sunday. Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters went up high to snag a pass intended for Jalin Marshall and gave the offense the ball at the Jets’ 32-yard-line. Alex Smith capitalized with a…
MINNEAPOLIS — Seattle designated hitter Nelson Cruz left Sunday’s game in Minnesota with left wrist soreness. Cruz, who hit two home runs in the game, appeared to hurt himself on a sixth inning swing. His second home run of the game came on the next pitch. He hit four home runs in the three-game series
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Seattle designated hitter Nelson Cruz left Sunday's game in Minnesota with left wrist soreness.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Seattle designated hitter Nelson Cruz left Sunday's game in Minnesota with left wrist soreness.
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José Fernández, the 24-year-old Miami Marlins pitcher who died this weekend in a boating accident off the coast of Florida, was imprisoned in Cuba as a teenager for trying to escape the island.
He finally managed to defect at age 15, but only after saving his mother Maritza from drowning.
Just five years later, he won the 2013 National League Rookie of the Year Award and finished third in the voting for the Cy Young.
Though he started only 76 games in his career... Читать дальше...
Chargers linebacker Manti Te’o suffered an Achilles injury in the first quarter of today’s game at Indianapolis. Te’o wasn’t touched on the play. He dropped into coverage, tried to plant his feet and change direction, and immediately crumpled to the ground. He was helped off the field and then carted to the locker room. The…
HNC opposition group coordinator Dr. Riad Hijab has interrupted his participation in the UN General Assembly in New York in order to return to Syria.
An amateur cyclist from London dies in a crash with a support vehicle during a road race in France.
Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus, the clinical director of Maze Women's Sexual health, reveals why successful people tend to have more sex than others.
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With just 80 minutes remaining in the NRL, rugby-bound winger Marika Koroibete admits he's only leaving the Melbourne Storm for money.
LAS VEGAS — The Latest on a hostage situation and shooting in Las Vegas (all times local): 2:35 p.m. Authorities have found nothing dangerous after using bomb experts to search the belongings of a shooting suspect for a possible explosive device. Las Vegas police said via Twitter that the scene of the Sunday morning shooting
One-third of voters say the presidential debates will be very important in helping them decide who to support for president, with slightly more Republicans than Democrats saying so, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll has found.
From left, Byung-hun Lee, Ethan Hawke, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Vincent D’Onofrio and Martin Sensmeier in Antoine Fuqua’s remake of “The Magnificent Seven.”
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — All the Washington Redskins needed to avoid a dreaded 0-3 start was a couple of fourth-quarter interceptions by backups and five field goals from a guy who had never made that many in a game. Dustin Hopkins kicked a 37-yard field goal with 1:51 to play and the defending NFC East
FT columnists look at Argentina trying to join an emerging markets upswing and the lessons of Lehman
NEW YORK — The Mets left Citi Field smiling after a record-setting rout. They hope to return home for more games this year. In the largest shutout victory in team history, Asdrubal Cabrera hit a grand slam, Jose Reyes drove in four runs and New York overwhelmed the Philadelphia Phillies 17-0 Sunday to maintain the
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Читать дальше...DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Police say a man driving a tractor trailer with his two children inside fled police, totaled four cars and eventually tried to run away with the kids. Daytona Beach police say 30-year-old Matthew Berthel initially smashed his semi into three cars on Saturday. A police report says Berthel fled that accident,
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The laborious process of jury selection is getting under way in the federal death penalty trial of Dylann Roof, the white man charged in the deaths of nine black parishioners gunned down during a Bible study at a Charleston church. Prosecutors allege he talked of starting a race war, posed with the Confederate battle flag before the killings, and used the Internet to scope out Emanuel and other historically black churches. Miller Shealy, an attorney who teaches criminal law at Charleston School of Law... Читать дальше...
A former USA Gymnastics team doctor, already accused of sexually abusing two gymnasts, is facing 16 more abuse complaints.
