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You know the way the world is going because you're happy it's happening. Out with the old ways of doing things -- going to work at an office, for example -- and in with doing your own thing. All the time, anywhere. I sense McDonald's understands this. It seems to have realized that people coming to work at its restaurants, greeting you as they take your order at the drive-thru and then quickly cooking your food is an outmoded concept. Instead, how about machines doing it all faster than humans ever could? Well, here's a little announcement the global burger...

October is all about pitching. Well, when it’s not about a ground ball going through a first baseman’s legs, a 12-year-old reaching over the outfield wall, an obstruction call at third base or a swarm of midges descending upon the field. But mostly it’s about pitching. So how do this year’s postseason teams rank in terms of their pitching staffs? Glad you asked. Let’s rank them. *ERA+ stats current through Saturday 1) Dodgers Major League ranks: first in ERA (3.01), ERA+ (136) and WHIP (1.10), third in K/BB (3.29) Bottom line: This is not exactly the starting staff we envisioned...

The AL East rivals will enter the final day of the season with identical 91-70 records Thanks to Saturday's results, we'll go into Sunday with the possibility of a four-way tie for two wild-card spots still intact ... Now, here are the current wild-card standings after the Red Sox, Blue Jays, and Mariners all won on Saturday and the Yankees lost: AL wild-card standings 1. Red Sox: 91-70 2. Yankees: 91-70 --------------------------- 3. Blue Jays: 90-71 (1.0 GB) 4. Mariners: 90-71 (1.0 GB) ... The Yankees and Red Sox have already guaranteed themselves an extra game, either a Game 163...

is arguably one of the most important things to pay attention to when it comes to your overall health, as it can impact your risk of things like excessive weight gain, gastrointestinal disease, and even cancer. As more and more research is being done, experts are finding that food and diet play a large role in the care of your gut health. In fact, foods like yogurt, sprouted grains, salmon, and garlic have all been found to contribute in a positive way. 00:36 / 00:36 One food that stands out, in particular, is garlic. Not only because it's delicious, but...

MACKINAC ISLAND, MI -- Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel kicked off the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference on Friday with a remark that seemed tailored to the Republican faithful in attendance. “You know I do still live in Michigan, just so you know. I’m still a Michigander. I’m still suffering, like all of you, under Gretchen Whitmer, ok?” she said. The line was greeted by applause by attendees of the semi-annual gathering at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. The hotel’s famous porch buzzed with activity as the conference kicked off on Friday, with attendees sipping drinks and candidates and...

You can consider it an old wives tale or something that gray-haired ladies weave while power-knitting: the older you get, the less sleep you need. That sounds like a rare and significant pro of aging, being able to be energized for longer hours. It also sounds... extremely not real. While I do remember my grandma up-and-at-'em around 6 a.m. each day, and I also remember her out cold on the couch, head toppled backwards. So do you need less sleep as you get older? Or is YiaYia a liar? Well, first off, there's at least an element to truth, according...

As an emergency medicine doctor in Michigan’s Thumb, Dr. Mark Hamed has seen hundreds of patients with COVID-19, but no one with a bad reaction to a COVID vaccine. “Not one,” said Hamed, who also is the medical director for the public health departments in Huron, Lapeer, Sanilac, Tuscola, Alcona, Iosco, Ogemaw and Oscoda counties. That parallels the experience of Dr. Liam Sullivan, an infectious disease specialist at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids: Countless patients with complications from COVID and very few with complications from the vaccine. “There’s just no comparison at all,” Sullivan said. “We’ve had how many thousands...

New version of brand's No. 1 sales product is being rolled out now in the U.S. and Canada and will be in system fully by September. The Wendy’s Co. has reformulated its French fries, a project last undertaken in 2010, and the new products are rolling out to some markets now and are expected to be completed in September, the company’s culinary team said Thursday. Culinary leaders from the Dublin, Ohio-based burger chain said the process of reformulating the skin-on fries was a months-long journey. The new French fry was designed to retain heat and crispness for between 15 and...

The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration's Covid-related eviction moratorium. "If a federally imposed eviction moratorium is to continue, Congress must specifically authorize it," the court wrote in an unsigned, eight-page opinion. The three liberal justices dissented.

Mark Brnovich @GeneralBrnovich · 10h Our office just notified the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors that it is in violation of state law for failing to comply with AZ Senate’s subpoena. The County has 30 days to change course or lose state-shared funds. The rule of law must be followed.

What's good for the body is good for the brain. For example, getting lots of exercise, reducing stress, going easy on the alcohol, and not smoking are all no-brainer brain boosters that you've heard about. But what has been getting more attention these days is the surprising connection between your gray matter and your diet. "The nutrients from food influence chemicals that directly and indirectly affect your brain and in turn change the way you think and feel," says nutritional psychiatrist, Uma Naidoo, MD, a professional chef, nutrition expert, and author of the book This Is Your Brain on Food....

After more than a decade of war and nation building, members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan are heading for the exits. Although what ISAF will leave behind is better than what was there in 2001, Afghanistan remains a battered land. However, the resources Afghanistan’s land holds — copper, cobalt, iron, barite, sulfur, lead, silver, zinc, niobium, and 1.4 million metric tons of rare-earth elements (REEs) — may be a silver lining. U.S. agencies estimate Afghanistan’s mineral deposits to be worth upwards of $1 trillion. In fact, a classified Pentagon memo called Afghanistan the “Saudi Arabia of...

President Biden will address the nation on Monday as more U.S. forces are on their way to Afghanistan to help with the evacuation of American personnel and allies. It will be the first time Biden has spoken publicly since the Taliban moved into Kabul, Afghanistan's capital. The president, who has been following the crisis overseas from Camp David, is returning to the White House on Monday afternoon. He is planning to address the public from the East Room at 3:45 p.m. Biden's Choices In Afghanistan Were Complicated. So Is The Fallout He Faces Biden's remarks come as his top allies...

... Now these arguments belong to the past. The war in Afghanistan isn’t just over. It’s lost. A few Americans may cheer this humiliation, and many more will shrug at it. But the consequences of defeat are rarely benign for nations, no matter how powerful they otherwise appear to be. America’s enemies, great and small, will draw conclusions from our needless surrender, just as they will about the frighteningly oblivious president who brought it about.

DENVER — Georgina Barela was attempting to make beans in a pressure cooker device when the lid flew off, leaving her with second-degree and third-degree burns on her face, arms and chest. "The way the pressure cooker was sitting ... it hit the cupboard and it ricocheted from there," Barela explained as she described the impact of the lid flying across her kitchen, sending hot liquid everywhere. "It exploded, and after that was kind of like a blur. Everything happened so fast," Barela said. Thousands of endurance athletes prepare to compete in Boulder despite poor air quality Barela said the...

G, Mich. (AP) — Republican ex-Detroit Police Chief James Craig all but launched his campaign for governor on Wednesday, seeking to become Michigan’s first Black governor with a “law-and-order” message and emphasis on leadership. Craig, the eighth Republican to form a candidate committee, is the best known and is considered a serious contender, albeit untested in electoral politics. A former Democrat, the 61-year-old would be just the second Black major-party gubernatorial nominee if he wins the 2022 primary and faces Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Life expectancy in the United States declined by a year and a half in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which says the coronavirus is largely to blame. COVID-19 contributed to 74% of the decline in life expectancy from 78.8 years in 2019 to 77.3 years in 2020, according to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. It was the largest one-year decline since World War II, when life expectancy dropped by 2.9 years between 1942 and 1943. Hispanic and Black communities saw the biggest declines. For African Americans, life expectancy dropped by 2.9 years from...

The Republican National Committee might skip network TV presidential debates if they aren’t dramatically overhauled before the next election, says David Bossie, president of Citizens United. “We don’t need to count on just the networks,” Bossie told Hugh Hewitt on his radio show, Politico reported. “There are so many opportunities out there, so many platforms out there that we can go to and partner with to get the message out.”

As far as weight loss foods go, eggs are one of the best choices you can make. Of course, the most effective way to shed pounds in a healthy way is simply to cut down on the number of calories you're taking in per day, burn more calories through exercise, or ideally, do a combination of both. But here's the thing: eggs can help in this regard because they're ultra-satiating—which means after you eat them, you'll be less likely to overdo it on the snacking between meals (thus helping you to save calories). Eggs are incredibly versatile—you can enjoy them...

It was one year ago on Friday that Minneapolis’ soy-boy mayor, Jacob Frey, issued the order to police to evacuate the Third Precinct and leave the station to be overrun by the mob and burned to the ground. Protests had quickly turned violent after George Floyd’s death under the knee of police officer Derek Chauvin three days earlier, and the police surrender only empowered the domestic terrorists who were whipping up the crowd. For the next four nights, criminals ransacked the city and terrorized its residents with little in the way of police intervention. Frey’s craven capitulation to the forces...