Day: May 8, 2024

Eating yogurt could help prevent one common disease, according to the FDA

12:54 am May 8, 2024

Can incorporating yogurt into your diet keep diabetes at bay? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has implied that it’s possible. The health agency announced in March that it will not object to a claim from Danone North America — maker of Dannon and other popular yogurt brands — that regularly eating yogurt could […]

Katy Perry’s ‘American Idol’ seat eyed by Jelly Roll

12:53 am May 8, 2024

Katy Perry is hoping to give a leg up to her replacement after she ends her stint as a judge on “American Idol.” The longtime “American Idol” staple is hanging up her judging hat after seven seasons once Season 22 wraps later this year, and has previously expressed hope for Jelly Roll to fill her […]

Vietnam veteran reunites with lost dog tag after 56 years: ‘I didn’t believe it’

12:48 am May 8, 2024

A Vietnam War veteran recently reunited with a precious souvenir from his military career, nearly six decades after his service ended. Florence, South Carolina, resident Larry Morganti was given his dog tag, a piece of identification for military personnel, last month. He lost the metal tag during a rocket attack. According to WPDE, the veteran […]

Rescuers make contact with 11 workers buried alive by South Africa building collapse

12:12 am May 8, 2024

Rescue teams trying to find dozens of construction workers missing since a multi-story apartment complex collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa have made contact with 11 people buried alive beneath the mangled wreckage, authorities said Tuesday. One man called his wife from underneath the rubble of the five-story building that had been under […]

Semi-automatic gun ban nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled statehouse after historic progress

12:11 am May 8, 2024

A bill to ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms was nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled Legislature on Tuesday as lawmakers pressed forward with a slew of other gun control bills on the 25th anniversary year of the Columbine High School massacre. The western state has a deep history with firearms that is pockmarked by […]