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Detecting depression: Smartphone apps could monitor teen angst, identify kids at risk of mental health crisis
(AP)- Rising suicide rates and depression in U.S. teens and young adults have prompted researchers to ask a provocative question: Could the same devices that some people blame for contributing to tech...
Jan 03, 2019
Ukraine aid support softens in the US: AP-NORC Poll
WASHINGTON (AP) - Support among the American public for providing Ukraine weaponry and direct economic assistance has softened as the Russian invasion nears a grim one-year milestone. That's according...
Jody Heemstra Feb 16, 2023 President Of Ukraine
Legendary Vikings Coach Grant Dies At 95
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Bud Grant, the stoic and demanding Hall of Fame coach who took the Minnesota Vikings and their mighty Purple People Eaters defense to four Super Bowls in eight years and lost all of...
Mar 11, 2023
United States and partners establish fund for the people of Afghanistan
The United States, through the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State, and in coordination with international partners including the government of Switzerland and Afghan economic exper...
Jody Heemstra Sep 14, 2022
Thinking of buying a new pair of jeans? Breaking down the cost over time might help you decide
NEW YORK (AP) - Shoppers are looking beyond just the price tag of a skirt or a pair of pants in the wake of still stubbornly high inflation. Some are adopting a new calculation: how many times will th...
Jody Heemstra Aug 19, 2023 CafeCredit.com / CC
At 103, Sister Jean publishes memoir of faith and basketball
CHICAGO (AP) - She's known simply as Sister Jean -- the Catholic nun who captured the sports world's imagination as chaplain for the Loyola Chicago men's basketball team that reached the NCAA Final Fo...
Jody Heemstra Feb 16, 2023
Conservative book ban push fuels library exodus from national association
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - After parents in a rural and staunchly conservative Wyoming county joined nationwide pressure on librarians to pull books they considered harmful to youngsters, the local library...
Jody Heemstra Sep 08, 2023 Charles Hackley / CC
Internal conflicts and power struggles have become hallmarks of the modern GOP
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Dysfunction within the Republican Party isn't limited to the leadership chaos in the House of Representatives playing out in the nation's capital. The GOP insurgent forces that i...
Jody Heemstra Oct 11, 2023 DonkeyHotey / CC
First over-the-counter birth control pill gets FDA approval
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, a major change that will broaden access for women and teenagers. The Food and Drug Administration decision...
Jody Heemstra Jul 13, 2023
Punishing their own but passing few laws, a Congress in chaos leaves much to do in 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) - This Congress started with showy bluster, a bitter 15-round, multi-day spectacle to elect a House speaker who vowed to "never quit," and then did just that. Lawmakers went ...
Jody Heemstra Dec 22, 2023 MrT HK / CC