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There aren’t enough geriatricians – here’s how older adults can still get the right care
More than 70 million baby boomers – those born between 1946 and 1964 – are alive today. In 2026, the oldest of them are turning 80.
With longer lives often comes more complicated health needs: multiple chronic conditions, long lists of medications, balance problems that can increase the risk of falls, and changes in memory. Many ...Read more
Nanoparticles and artificial intelligence can help researchers detect pollutants in water, soil and blood
Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers are heavily contaminated with hazardous waste produced by human activity. Many of these places, designated as Superfund sites by the Environmental Protection Agency, can be found in Houston, Texas, the city where my colleagues and I live and work.
Hazardous contaminants...Read more
Trump hints at progress in talks with Cuba, floats 'friendly takeover' of the island
President Donald Trump hinted Friday that talks with Cuban leaders are progressing and suggested the island’s profound economic collapse could open the door for the United States to regain significant influence over decisions on the Caribbean island just 90 miles off the Florida Keys.
“The Cuban government is talking with us,” Trump said....Read more
Caribbean nations to send aid to Cuba amid fears crisis will spread to region
Leaders of the Caribbean Community said Friday they plan to send humanitarian aid to Cuba, stressing that the island’s deepening economic crisis could destabilize the wider region.
The announcement came in a joint statement the 15-member regional bloc, known as CARICOM, said it was issuing along with the United States. U.S. Secretary of State...Read more
Guatemalan detainee being held in Miami dies while in ICE detention
A 27-year-old man from Guatemala died in South Florida in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement this month, federal authorities said.
Jairo Garcia-Hernandez “collapsed unexpectedly” and died on Feb. 16 at Larkin Community Hospital in South Florida, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a press release. The cause of death ...Read more
Protests break out at KU after ICE reportedly detains 2 people in Lawrence, Kansas
University of Kansas students protested Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s presence on campus on Friday morning.
Social media posts spread online of ICE agents outside the Ambler Recreation Center on the KU campus around 8 a.m. Local advocacy group Sanctuary Alliance said it confirmed one person was detained by ICE near that location.
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Trump orders US agencies to drop Anthropic after Pentagon feud
President Donald Trump directed U.S. government agencies to stop using Anthropic PBC’s products, capping a feud between the artificial intelligence giant and the Pentagon over safeguards on its technology.
Trump said Friday that there would be a six-month “phase out period” for agencies including the Defense Department that are using ...Read more
Power outages plummet to around 4,000 as Bay State digs out
From nearly 300,000 without power to about 4,000 in one week.
And they were celebrating that blizzard bounce-back Friday in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as Mayor Jon Mitchell said nearly all the streets were plowed after 37 inches of snow fell on the Whaling City.
“This was a very large storm, the largest on record. The records go back to the...Read more
Savannah Guthrie renews plea for her mother Nancy's return as search for clues continues
The FBI has received more than 1,500 tips since Savannah Guthrie announced her family was offering $1 million for information leading to her mother's return. But with still no sign of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, the "Today" show co-anchor took to social media once again on Friday, pleading for help.
Nancy Guthrie, in her daughter's ...Read more
Cuba and US take calm approach to investigating deadly boat incident
A chaotic encounter between Cuban security forces and a boatful of men who had set out from Florida this week could have lit a fuse at a time of increased tension between the U.S. and Havana. Instead, calmer heads are prevailing, for now.
Cuban officials have said that the men were terrorists who had planned and trained for an attack on the ...Read more
No doubt feds will reimburse Florida for Alligator Alcatraz, attorney general says
MIAMI — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Friday defended the state’s front-loaded spending on immigration enforcement, saying he expects the Trump administration to fully reimburse Florida despite ongoing legal fights and the absence of a formal repayment commitment.
The attorney general’s remarks come just days after Florida ...Read more
Disneyland braces for 'MAGA Invasion' and counterprotesters
Trump supporters planning an “invasion” of Disneyland while wearing MAGA hats and Make Disney Great Again T-shirts will be met by flag-waving counterprotesters at the front gate of the Anaheim theme park promising to “stand against hate.”
The Disneyland MAGA Invasion and Disneyland Raza Invasion will both be at the theme park on ...Read more
MAGA troll 'doesn't remember' setting Black woman's boot on fire in NY clash
NEW YORK — One of the two social media trolls accused of trying to set a Black woman’s boot on fire during a clash on a Manhattan street filled with racist insults claimed Friday he had no memory of the crime — even though he recorded the entire thing.
“I don’t remember the incident,” Michael Santiago, 31, told the Daily News in ...Read more
Florida poet ID'd among dead in Cuba shootout fantasized about counter-revolution
Before his homeland of Cuba accused him of being a terrorist hellbent on toppling the island’s government, Pavel Alling Peña was a writer.
For years, the 45-year-old man shared the poems he wrote and the elaborate videos he made reciting them with his Facebook friends.
“Before you, the sun was a parabola of light, a star that cast a ...Read more
Attorney General Pam Bondi announces more charges in anti-ICE church protest
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced charges against 30 more people involved in an anti-ICE demonstration at a St. Paul church last month.
“At my direction, federal agents have already arrested 25 of them, with more to come throughout the day,” Bondi said on social media. “YOU CANNOT ATTACK A HOUSE OF WORSHIP. If you do so, you ...Read more
Calls continue for Chicago Police Department to address tactics during Operation Midway Blitz
CHICAGO — Police accountability advocates from across the city gathered on the Southwest Side Thursday evening, continuing their calls for a public hearing with Chicago Police Department leadership to address CPD’s response to — and relationship with — the federal government and its immigration crackdown.
The February meeting of the ...Read more
Embassies evacuate in Mideast with Trump 'not happy' on Iran
Countries including the U.S., U.K. and China evacuated embassy staff in the Middle East and issued travel advisories amid concerns about a regional conflict, as President Donald Trump on Friday sounded downbeat about diplomatic talks meant to avert airstrikes on Iran.
“We’re not happy with what’s going on. They should make a deal, they’...Read more
Car zoomed off near Nancy Guthrie's home around time of abduction: footage
New Ring camera footage from a home near Nancy Guthrie’s shows a vehicle rushing off just minutes after the missing woman’s abduction earlier this month.
Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah, was last seen on the evening of Jan. 31 and taken from her Tucson, Ariz. home in the early hours of Feb. 1, with her ...Read more
30 more indicted in anti-ICE protest at St. Paul church
An additional 30 people have been federally indicted in an anti-ICE protest at a St. Paul church, the U.S. Attorney General announced Friday.
Protesters disrupted services inside Cities Church on Summit Avenue near Snelling Avenue on Jan. 18, chanting “ICE out” amid an immigration enforcement crackdown in Minnesota. People also shouted, “...Read more
NASA revamps Artemis plan, adding one more mission near Earth before moon landing
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced a major overhaul of the agency’s Artemis mission plans on Friday, adding an extra mission next year to help the program better prepare for a moon landing in 2028.
And less than a year after nearly one-fifth of NASA’s workforce took a voluntary departure amid government-wide cuts, Isaacman now ...Read more
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