Tag: In Preventing

Jessica Campbell will be the 1st woman on an NHL bench as assistant coach in Seattle

Seattle Kraken new assistant coach Jessica Campbell speaks during an NHL hockey press conference Wednesday in Seattle. Campbell will become the first woman to work on the bench of an NHL franchise after the team hired her as an...

2 Union soldiers awarded Medal of Honor for Confederate train hijacking

President Biden presents the Medal of Honor to Theresa Chandler, the great-great-granddaughter of Pvt. George D. Wilson in the East Room at the White House in Washington, on Wednesday. The medals posthumously honor two U.S. Army privates who were...

A boil water advisory has been lifted for D.C. and Arlington ahead of July 4 influx

A water boil advisory for Washington, D.C., and parts of Arlington, Va, was lifted early Thursday, a relief as the nation’s capital prepares to host a massive influx of visitors to enjoy the annual Fourth of July celebrations. The advisory...

The explosive history of fireworks, from ancient China to Revolutionary America

If you don’t see them, you hear them. On any July Fourth or New Year’s Eve, it’s common to experience the loud pop of a firework or see it colorfully explode into the sky and hang there briefly. Pyrotechnic amusements...

Medicare explores a new way to support caregivers of dementia patients

At 80, Rose Carfagno of West Norriton, Pa., was charming, social and independent, still working as a hair stylist and going ballroom dancing every weekend. “She would work three days a week, and then she would dance Friday night, Saturday...