Democrats sweep Virginia legislature in blow to Gov. Glenn Youngkin

 Posted on July 19, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  623 words  |  Tobi Tarwater

Democrats in Virginia on Tuesday night retained their majority in the state Senate — a blow to Republicans who were hoping to achieve total control of the state legislature and boost Gov. Glenn Youngkin in his final two years in office.  The GOP also lost control of Virginia’s House of Delegates, with Democrats set to win at least 51 seats in the 100-member lower chamber.  Tuesday night represented the first good news for Democrats in the commonwealth since Youngkin upset former Gov. [Read More]

Dogs poop in alignment with Earths magnetic field, study finds

 Posted on July 19, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  230 words  |  Tobi Tarwater

Dogs use the Earth’s magnetic field when they’re relieving themselves. Not only that, but canines choose to do so in a north-south axis, a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology says. The study suggests that dogs are sensitive to small variations in Earth’s magnetic field. After examining 70 dogs — made up of 37 breeds — over two years, 1,893 defecations and 5,582 urinations, researchers found that under “calm magnetic field conditions,” dogs preferred to “excrete with the body being aligned along the north-south axis,” avoiding east-west altogether. [Read More]

More than 100,000 cancer patients may have been harmed by treatment and diagnosis delays

 Posted on July 19, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  792 words  |  Valentine Belue

More than 100,000 cancer patients may have been harmed by treatment and diagnosis delays over the past decade, a damning study suggests. Macmillan Cancer Support said its analysis of NHS figures show 180,000 have been forced to wait longer than they should for care since 2014. Many will have seen their cancer progress while waiting, leaving some with fewer treatment options and others with a disease that had become incurable. [Read More]

What is queso panela used for?

 Posted on July 19, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  312 words  |  Patria Henriques

Queso panela (panela cheese) is a white, fresh and smooth Mexican cheese of pasteurized cow’s milk. It is not the same as queso canasta or queso de la canasta. It is served most often as part of appetizer dishes such as nopal salads or quesadillas. It is derived from the Greek word for basket cheese.Click to see full answer. In this manner, what is panela cheese good for?Panela cheese is a Mexican firm, fresh cheese that is fantastic for baking, grilling, and frying. [Read More]

A Chef's Life | Shows

 Posted on July 18, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  460 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Season 5 of A Chef's Life premiered in October 2017. Find out when it is airing on your PBS station. A Chef's Life is a half-hour character-driven documentary and cooking series that takes viewers inside the life of Chef Vivian Howard, who, with her husband Ben Knight, left the big city to open a fine dining restaurant in small-town Eastern North Carolina. Each episode follows Vivian out of the kitchen and into cornfields, strawberry patches and hog farms as she hunts down the ingredients that inspire her seasonal menus. [Read More]

Bella Thorne Reveals She Cried All Night in New Video Discussing Mental Health: Watch

 Posted on July 18, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  330 words  |  Tobi Tarwater

Bella Thorne, 26, took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a new video of herself talking while resting her head on a pillow in bed. The actress admitted she had a tough night filled with crying “all night” and described the post as her “mental health check in.” She also included a caption that discussed the importance of “thoughts” and getting through even the tough days. “Mental health is important and all the time we push that to the side for everything else in our life, it still comes crashing down, so don’t end up like me and do the mental health check ins that are needed before you get to this point,” she wrote in the caption. [Read More]

Former Alabama football star Amhaad Galloway dead at 42

 Posted on July 18, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  463 words  |  Valentine Belue

Former Alabama running back Ahmaad Galloway was found dead in his St. Louis apartment on Monday, according to WVTM13.  Galloway, 42, was an eighth grade English teacher at Compton-Drew Middle School in St. Louis, where the school’s principal, Susan Reid, said he was found deceased during a welfare check. “Ahmaad was always on time, very responsible. So, we knew something might be wrong,” Reid told WVTM13. “There wasn’t anything disrupted at Ahmaad’s apartment, so we are thinking that it could have been a medical issue. [Read More]

Is pressure treated lumber weaker?

 Posted on July 18, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  185 words  |  Valentine Belue

Pressure treating does make wood rot resistant. But — it doesn’t make wood water resistant. Pressure treated wood still soaks and looses moisture. You can enjoy pressure treated decks for a very long time.Click to see full answer. Herein, is pressure treated wood weaker?Pressure treated lumber is no stronger than untreated lumber. The difference between the two is that pressure treated lumber will resist the elements better than untreated due to chemical preservatives added, and so will maintain its integrity in conditions that would cause normal wood to rot. [Read More]

Sunny Hostin Net Worth

 Posted on July 17, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  60 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Hostin married orthopedic surgeon Emmanuel Hostin, in August 1998. She lives with her husband and their two children, Gabriel, born on August 15th, 2002 and Paloma, born on May 5th, 2006 in Purchase, New York. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She had repeatedly (and I mean repeatedly) said on The View that she is Catholic.

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Which snow and ice hacks actually work and which ones don't

 Posted on July 17, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  997 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Explore More Don’t freeze up when it comes to snow removal this winter. In just a few days, the New York area has been blanketed with more snow and ice than it has seen in the past few years. Naturally, many a local’s frigid-weather management skills may have gone cold in the interim. Fortunately, experts have recently sounded off on the tips and tricks that will make deicing and shoveling a little less burdensome when the temperatures dip below freezing. [Read More]