Coming back to church while reconciling faith and sexuality Linnette, Paula, Julio, Bennet and Becky all thought that being actively involved in their faith was impossible. Like others coming back, they tell stories of being led towards new joy, surprising ... 05/31/2024 - 6:35 am | View Link
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Build your resilience with easy steps to develop grit and determination Life is filled with setbacks but some people seem to be better equipped to cope with them than others. It’s all down to resilience, says author and therapist Sally Baker whose new book offers a ... 05/29/2024 - 10:16 pm | View Link
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Check out Berkeley's summer reading list for incoming students We invite you to peruse the latest edition of the UC Berkeley Summer Reading List for New Students. The list is intended as a welcome to incoming students who will be arriving on campus for the fall ... 05/23/2024 - 5:25 pm | View Link
Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Aries.
Happy Birthday for Saturday, June 1, 2024:
You are entertaining, witty and mischievous. You’re intellectually curious and eager to learn. This year is the final year of a nine-year cycle. Take inventory of your life — its victories and failures.
By JOE REEDY (AP Sports Writer)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ezequiel Tovar homered and had three hits, Dakota Hudson allowed only one run and four hits in seven-plus innings and the Colorado Rockies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 on Friday night.
Hudson (2-7) entered the game with only 17 runs of support, the fifth-fewest runs in the majors among pitchers with at least 10 starts.
Days after the AI-generated image calling for “all eyes on Rafah” went viral on Instagram, dozens more posts that seem to have been created using artificial intelligence have been shared across the social media platform.
The images circulating online are a mix of pro-Israel and pro-Palestine posts, NBC News reported. Some of them imitate the original “all eyes on Rafah” image, while others are more graphic, such as one that depicts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu covered in blood.
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One post is an image of a large crowd with the words “bring them home now,” referencing the Israeli hostages in Gaza.
This wave of AI-generated images comes after the “all eyes on Rafah” post has been shared more than 47 million times by Instagram users, including celebrities like Bella Hadid and Nicola Coughlan.
Washington — A woman who received a pig kidney transplant is back on dialysis because surgeons had to remove the gradually failing organ after just 47 days.
Lisa Pisano was the second person to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig, and NYU Langone Health announced that she is stable after an operation to remove the organ earlier this week.
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The first patient to receive a pig kidney transplant, Richard “Rick” Slayman at Massachusetts General Hospital, died in early May, nearly two months after his transplant.
Washington — Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died. She was 86.
Mrs. Robinson’s death was announced by Michelle Obama and other family members in a statement that said “there was and will be only one Marian Robinson.
CHICAGO — After Donald Trump’s historic guilty verdict, a steady flow of images showing upside-down American flags has appeared on social media as his supporters and right-wing commentators protest his felony conviction.
At least one such flag was spotted Friday outside Trump Tower in New York City as the Republican former president spoke about the trial.