Category: News


Clemson basketball player’s teammates pool money to bring her mom from overseas for surprise visit


For Rusne Augustinaite, home is more than 5,000 miles away. The 22-year-old junior guard at Clemson University grew up in Lithuania, far from where she’s become one of the best three-point shooters in the Atlantic Coast Conference. And while she has now spent years playing in the U.S., one person has never seen her play a college game in person: her mom.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/clemson-basketball-players-teammates-pool-money-bring-mom-overseas-surprise-visit/


Understanding Maternity Hospital Packages and Costs


Confused about the cost of childbirth? Learn what maternity hospital packages include, compare average costs for vaginal delivery vs. C-sections, and find out how insurance and the No Surprises Act impact your out-of-pocket expenses.

https://health.usnews.com/health-care/best-hospitals/articles/understanding-maternity-hospital-packages-and-costs


These kitchen items may be contaminating your food with chemicals


When Americans eat a burger, they aren’t just biting through bun, lettuce, tomato and cheese. Instead, the burger — or its packaging, or the utensil used to cook it — also probably contains a blend of chemicals scientists believe harm human health. PFAS. Phthalates. BPA. Flame retardants.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2025/food-plastic-chemicals-pfas-bpa/?itid=sf_climate-environment_package-1_1_2


Victorian-era disease branded world’s ‘most infectious’ rips through UK


Cases of a Victorian-era disease commonly mentioned in history books are increasing in parts of the UK. The disease famously killed authors like Emily Brontë and George Orwell, and is considered by many as a thing of the past. However, cases of tuberculosis, or TB, are still reported in the UK, and are rising in some regions. The north east of England has seen the highest increase in cases, followed by the East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber and the north west.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2164865/victorian-disease-rips-through-uk-tuberculosis


Bracketology: No. 2 seeds Houston, UConn, Purdue, Iowa State ready to move up if teams on top line go down


The race for No. 1 seeds in the 2026 NCAA Tournament is heating up, and this weekend will provide significant data points for a handful of teams jockeying for a spot on the top line.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/bracketology-ncaa-tournament-bracket-field-of-68-predictions-houston-uconn/