Scoreboard roundup — 11/16/22
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Minnesota 126, Orlando 108
Indiana 125, Charlotte 113
Oklahoma City 121, Washington 120
Boston 126, Atlanta 101
Toronto 112, Miami 104
Milwaukee 11…
What to know about Ozempic as demand for the drug leads to shortage
WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Social media is abuzz with people sharing stories about weight loss using Ozempic, a drug designed to regulate insulin.
Now, doctors are weighing in with context about this influential dr…
’Real Housewives of New York City’ star Lizzy Savetsky quits show after receiving “antisemitic attacks”
Sean Zanni/Getty Images for Fleishigs MagazineBravo’s Real Housewives of New York City reboot hasn’t aired yet, but they’ve already lost a cast member in Lizzy Savetsky.
Taking to Instagram Wednesday, Lizzy announced, “I will not be continuing on the …
In Brief: ‘Stranger Things’ star Joseph Quinn heads to ‘A Quiet Place’, and more
Deadline reports Joseph Quinn, who played the Dungeons & Dragons-loving metalhead Eddie Munson in the latest season of Stranger Things, is in talks to join Lupita Nyong’o in A Quiet Place: Day One. The film, based on an idea from John Krasinski, who di…
Hundreds of homes evacuated after gasoline tanker crash
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(BETHLEHEM, Pa.) — Hundreds of homes are being evacuated and the American Red Cross is responding after a gasoline tanker overturned early Thursday morning spilling thousands of gallons of fuel.
The American Red Cross Greate…
Winter season travel trends, top 10 destinations and more traveler patterns taking flight
Craig Hastings/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — After travel came to a halt during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, travelers are once again on the move and new data shows there’s no sign of demand slowing during the upcoming season.
Tripadvisor has rele…
Uvalde school board hires interim school police chief, force to be rebuilt
amphotora/Getty Images(UVALDE, Texas) — The Uvalde school board on Wednesday unanimously approved the hiring of an interim school district chief of police, Josh Gutierrez, to fill the gap left after the August ousting of the then-chief of police, Pete…
Home births in US rise to highest level in 30 years: CDC
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Home births in the United States reached the highest level in three decades during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Contr…
Woman shares warning after mark on face diagnosed as cancerous tumor two years later
Daniel O’Neill(NEW YORK) — An Arizona woman is opening up about her five-year cancer battle to help inspire other women to take charge of their health.
Alison O’Neill, now 49, said she first noticed a tiny mark on her cheek in 2017.
“It looked like …
Family sues over 8-year-old’s fall from Navy Pier climbing wall
Provided by Brewer family(CHICAGO) — An 8-year-old boy was not properly harnessed to a safety rope when he fell 24 feet off a climbing wall at Chicago’s Navy Pier this summer, suffering severe injuries, his parents allege in a new lawsuit.
Erin and G…