UPMC nurse seriously injured in violent attack by patient at Altoona hospital

An emergency room nurse from a UPMC hospital in Pennsylvania was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital over the weekend after police said he was violently attacked by a patient. According to a criminal complaint, Bradley Lloyd, 40, is facing numerous...

A tool tracking $1 billion+ disasters is back after the Trump administration retired it

After months of uncertainty over its future, an online resource for tracking the financial cost of weather and climate disasters throughout the United States has been revived. The U.S. Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database was...

Lives in the balance: Kansas City’s top cancer researchers worry about federal funding cuts doing lasting damage

Every year, the University of Kansas Cancer Center must file a report with the National Cancer Institute in order to get its annual grant allotment. Takeaways Scientists in Kansas City and around the country face uncertainty about federal grant...

New Center to Develop AI-Based Imaging Tools to Improve Diagnosis, Care

BYLINE: Mark Reynolds Newswise — Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is establishing a new center dedicated to developing AI-based imaging tools to improve the diagnosis and precision...

TX Democrats urge Gov. Abbott to direct emergency funds to address the looming SNAP crisis

Texas Democratic lawmakers have urged Gov. Greg Abbott to use his executive authority to provide emergency state funding — a move he has done before — to offset the looming federal suspension of SNAP benefits this weekend for 3.5 million...

Med School Demands It Be Taken Off List of Schools That Use DEI Because it Renamed Virtually Unchanged DEI Program

For any conservative tempted towards a sense of triumphalism over the slow death of DEI programs, I submit the University of Missouri School of Medicine as an object lesson in why vigilance is imperative. According to a report from the Washington...

KCK voters to choose between Watson, Mulvany Henry for mayor

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Kansas City, Kansas, voters will decide Tuesday who will replace Mayor Tyrone Garner, choosing between two women with experience in both public and private sectors. Christal Watson currently leads the nonprofit Kansas...

Mapped: America’s National Guard Personnel by State

See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Mapped: America’s National Guard Personnel by State This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a...

A Hard Knox Life: Kobe Knox navigates a family legacy of athletes, NBA namesake at South Carolina

South Carolina guard Kobe Knox was metaphorically born with a basketball in his hand when his father, former Florida State wideout Kevin Knox Sr, named him after NBA legend Kobe Bryant. His namesake only added more to what became a growing list of...

Global Excellence Award 2025: GARI Unveils International Judges and Advisory Board Ahead of Final Nomination Deadline

In a world increasingly driven by innovation and knowledge exchange, Dr. Jimoh Braimoh has emerged as a leading voice at the intersection of education, research, and global development. As the Founder and Global Chief Executive Officer of the...

Historic Agreement Protects Bat Habitat Near Roy Blunt Reservoir

MILAN, Mo. — The North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission (NCMRWC) and the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation (MCHF) have finalized an agreement to establish a perpetual conservation easement around the Roy Blunt Reservoir to...

Recap: Sooners stay alive in playoff race with clutch win vs Vols

OU football’s College Football Playoff hopes remain alive. The 18th-ranked Sooners knocked off No. 14 Tennessee 33-27 Saturday night at Neyland Stadium, surviving a raucous night environment in a must-win SEC game. OU (7-2, 3-2) has little margin...

AP Top 25 Poll: Miami’s Playoff Hopes Crumble After SMU Upset

Miami has fallen out of the Top 12 for the first time this season following a 26-20 loss to unranked SMU. Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt also fell out of the playoff bracket in conclusion of a weekend filled with upsets. Suffering its second loss to...

MDC alerts hunters, public after avian flu found in wild birds

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is responding to reports of sick and deceased waterfowl and raptors statewide, with laboratory results confirming highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), commonly known as bird flu, as the cause. The...

Abby Dickinson: “There's not really a way to say ‘That is my identity’ until you have worn it.”

Abby Dickinson is a 23-yea-old bisexual person. They spoke about how they're casually exploring their gender identity — without putting too much pressure on themselves. Alphabet Soup shares LGBTQ+ Missourians’ stories through portraiture and...

How a humble weed became a superstar of biology

In November of 1956, after weeks of protests and calls for free elections in Hungary, Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest to crush the uprising. Well over a hundred thousand people fled the country seeking asylum. Among them was a young geneticist...

PD: Healthcare worker suffers skull fracture, brain bleed after attack at UPMC Altoona ER

BLAIR COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Authorities in Blair County say a 40-year-old man is jailed on assault charges after he allegedly attacked a UPMC Altoona staff member over the weekend, causing the victim to suffer serious injuries. Police say they were...

SNAP Benefits for 42 Million People Could Still Be Saved During the Shutdown

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! This story was originally reported by Amanda Becker of The 19th. Meet Amanda and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy. If the...

Ep. 428: Dog Junkies, City Slickers, and Amputee Hunters

00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Cow's Week in Review with Ryan cow Calahan. Here's cal A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports has found that dogs can become addicted to...

MU adds Mizzou Arena courtside seats, walks back changes to student section

MU has walked back recent changes to the Mizzou Arena student section after a wave of backlash from students and fans alike. “We’ve heard your feedback about how the new courtside seating has affected the student section," MU athletic director...