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Is Seltzer Water Good or Bad for You?
On the hierarchy of healthy beverages, seltzer bubbles up to the top. Research has found that sparkling water (another name for seltzer) is just as hydrating as still water, and the human body absorbs it the same way. After all, seltzer is little more than plain water infused with carbon dioxide gas to make it…
Read MoreMets prospect Drew Gilbert giving glimpse of vast potential now that he’s healthy
SYRACUSE — The early numbers are promising. The at-bats have been professional. The couple of highlight-reel plays remind of the ceiling. But most important and most promising for Drew Gilbert: He finally feels 100 percent. “I’m ready to go,” the 24-year-old outfield prospect said before a doubleheader at Triple-A Syracuse’s NBT Bank Stadium on Wednesday,…
Read MoreSheryl Crow says armed man broke onto her Nashville property after selling her Tesla in protest of Elon Musk
Sheryl Crow has revealed that an armed man had “barged onto her property” after she posted a now-viral video of her selling her Tesla in protest of Elon Musk. The “If It Makes You Happy” hitmaker, 63, shared a clip on social media in which she happily waved goodbye to her electric car in February…
Read MoreUK military launches airstrikes with US targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels
The British military launched airstrikes with the United States targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said early Wednesday, their first attack in Washington’s new intense campaign targeting the Iran-backed group. The United Kingdom offered a detailed explanation for launching the strike, in a departure from the US, which has offered few details about what it says are…
Read MoreMets’ Brandon Waddell has near-storybook ending in first MLB outing in nearly four years
Until the Mets bullpen blew it, Brandon Waddell’s Mets debut had all the pieces for a storybook ending in Queens. He entered in the third inning — working behind opener Huascar Brazobán — for his first MLB appearance in nearly four years, the culmination of a journey that started with a July 2021 cameo with…
Read MoreAFD puts out fire in east Austin home, no injuries
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Fire Department on Wednesday night said it put out a fire at a single-story home in east Austin in the 2000 block of East 10th Street. That’s near the intersection of East 7th Street and North Pleasant Valley Road. AFD said the fire in a back room had spread to…
Read MoreTesla board initiated search for Elon Musk replacement amid sliding sales and stock price, report says
AUSTIN (ABJ) — It turns out Tesla Inc.‘s sinking stock price and electric vehicle sales over the last few months might not be the only reasons Elon Musk has opted to spend less time in Washington, D.C., and more time on his duties as the Austin-based company’s CEO. According to The Wall Street Journal, Tesla board…
Read MoreBill Belichick’s daughter-in-law shades Jordon Hudson as CBS interview drama grows
Bill Belichick’s daughter-in-law weighed in on the ongoing drama involving his 24-year-old girlfriend Jordan Hudson, the famed football coach and his “CBS Sunday Morning” interview. Jennifer Schmitt, the wife of Belichick’s son Stephen, seemed to throw shade at Hudson over her decision to interrupt CBS News’ Tony Dokoupil’s question to Belichick about how the couple…
Read More7-year-old who wanted McDonald's drove 10 miles with little sister in car
OGDEN, Utah (KTVX) – A Utah mom woke up to the police knocking on her door Sunday morning, telling her that her 7-year-old son had taken his 5-year-old sister on a drive to a different city. In an interview with Nexstar’s KTVX, Whitney Bush said that she woke up early to check on her four…
Read MoreHave a look at Starbucks' first 3D-printed store in the US
(AP) – There’s a new pour from Starbucks: Its first 3D printed store in the U.S. The Seattle-based coffee giant with more than 17,000 locations nationwide has never had a store quite like the one opening this week in the Texas city of Brownsville, along the U.S.-Mexico border, where a computer-controlled robotic arm did much of the…
Read MoreFired state employees breached the personal data of 33,529 more Texans
AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — Texas Health and Human Services Commission late Wednesday began notifying another 33,529 recipients of state benefits that their private information had been improperly accessed. The latest announcement comes as the state agency continues to investigate a series of breaches by its own employees of its database for Medicaid, food stamp and…
Read MoreAllison Lanier Leaving The Young and the Restless
Allison Lanier‘s time on The Young and the Restless is coming to an end. The actress, who plays Summer Newman on the CBS soap opera, announced April 30 that she will be leaving the show after almost three years. “This Friday, May 2nd, will be my last episode on Y&R!” Allison wrote on X, formerly…
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