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Free toy store in Nashville gives families the dignity of choice while shopping for holiday gifts

Free toy store in Nashville gives families the dignity of choice while shopping for holiday gifts

NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Kopi Thyme brand sauces and soup bases recalled due to potential botulism threat

Kopi Thyme brand sauces and soup bases recalled due to potential botulism threat

OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling several Kopi Thyme brand sauces and soup bases due to the potential growth of bacteria that causes botulism.
FDA approves 2 gene therapies for sickle cell. One is the first to use the editing tool CRISPR

FDA approves 2 gene therapies for sickle cell. One is the first to use the editing tool CRISPR

Regulators on Friday approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder that afflicts mostly Black people in the U.S.
Breast cancer survivors may not need so many mammograms after surgery, UK study suggests

Breast cancer survivors may not need so many mammograms after surgery, UK study suggests

Annual mammograms are recommended indefinitely for breast cancer survivors in many countries, including the U.S., but a large British study finds that less frequent screening is just as good.
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is the first tour to gross over $1 billion, Pollstar says

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is the first tour to gross over $1 billion, Pollstar says

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is the first tour to cross the billion-dollar mark, according to Pollstar's 2023 year-end charts. Not only was Swift's landmark Eras Tour the No.
Celebrity chef and Nova Scotia First Nation team up to create meal kits with venison

Celebrity chef and Nova Scotia First Nation team up to create meal kits with venison

MILLBROOK FIRST NATION, N.S. — A First Nation in Nova Scotia has collaborated with a celebrity chef to create meal kits for band members that feature meat from nuisance deer shot by crossbow hunters.
Chronic fatigue syndrome is not rare, says new CDC survey. It affects 3.3 million U.S. adults

Chronic fatigue syndrome is not rare, says new CDC survey. It affects 3.3 million U.S. adults

NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials on Friday released the first nationally representative estimate of how many U.S. adults have chronic fatigue syndrome: 3.3 million.
Johnny Depp among stars paying tribute at funeral of The Pogues singer Shane MacGowan

Johnny Depp among stars paying tribute at funeral of The Pogues singer Shane MacGowan

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people lined the streets of Dublin on Friday to say goodbye to The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan as his coffin wound through the Irish capital before a small-town funeral attended by family, neighbors and friends including
1 in 9 Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID infection, StatCan says

1 in 9 Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID infection, StatCan says

About one in nine Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID-19 infection, according to a Statistics Canada report issued Friday. That amounts to 3.5 million Canadians, it said.
Jonathan Majors begged accuser to avoid hospital, warning of possible 'investigation,' messages show

Jonathan Majors begged accuser to avoid hospital, warning of possible 'investigation,' messages show

NEW YORK (AP) — The actor Jonathan Majors begged his former girlfriend not to seek medical attention after an incident that left her with a head injury last year, warning she had “no perspective of what could happen" if the truth got out, according t
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