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In her late 20s, Johnna Byrd was stuck. She was living in Las Vegas, but didn’t have much desire to do anything other than lie in bed and scroll on her phone. Her life was mostly virtual, and when she did get out of the house, it was usually to pick up the cheapest, most convenient drive-through meal she could.Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and excess weight had always been problems for Byrd. She had gastric sleeve surgery in 2019, but her PCOS symptoms worsened again, and her weight eventually crept back up to more than 350 pounds.In August 2021, she…
LONDON (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz will begin his bid for a third consecutive Wimbledon championship and put his career-best 18-match winning streak on the line by facing the volatile Fabio Fognini in the first round at Centre Court when the tournament begins Monday.The singles brackets for the grass-court Grand Slam tournament were set in Friday’s draw, including potential men’s quarterfinals of No. 1 Jannik Sinner against No. 7 Lorenzo Musetti, No. 4 Jack Draper against No. 6 Novak Djokovic — who has won seven of his 24 major trophies at the All England Club — No. 2 Alcaraz against No.…
The idea of Max Verstappen joining Mercedes would have seemed outlandish when he fought Lewis Hamilton in the controversial title decider in 2021. Now it’s the hot topic in the Formula 1 paddock.The buildup Friday to the Austrian Grand Prix was dominated by comments made the day before by Mercedes driver George Russell to British broadcaster Sky Sports.Russell has yet to get a contract extension for 2026 and seemed to suggest that Verstappen and Mercedes were in talks.“As Mercedes, they want to be back on top, and if you’re going to be back on top you need to make sure…
The NBA has had Victor Wembanyama and Cooper Flagg as obvious No. 1 overall draft picks in recent years. AJ Dybantsa has been headed toward that status for 2026.The BYU signee has been a favorite to sit atop draft boards next summer and ranks as the nation’s top recruit by ESPN, On3 and Rivals. Kansas signee Darryn Peterson tops the list for 247Sports to make it a more open race for No. 1.Here’s an early look next summer’s potential lottery prospects:1. A.J. Dybantsa, BYUThe 6-foot-9 forward chose the Cougars over Kansas, North Carolina and Alabama. Athleticism and versatility shine through…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Kara Lawson has always been a basketball trailblazer and now the Duke women’s coach has a legit chance to lead USA to another gold medal.She has already done it once.Lawson guided the Americans to a 3-on-3 Olympic gold medal and could have the chance to lead the USA’s 5-on-5 squad at the Los Angeles Games in three years. First up is coaching the U.S. AmeriCup team that begins play this weekend in Chile. Coaching is something she wanted to do since she was a young girl growing up in Virginia. She just didn’t know it…
In March, I visited a strange place in the high desert east of Reno, Nevada.This is where JB Straubel’s startup Redwood Materials is turning a vast hoard of old batteries into valuable ingredients that power electric vehicles and other new devices.The weirdest part: Redwood’s HQ was surrounded by massive new data center projects. Right opposite, a ginormous Google complex rose up from the scrub and brush. And the hills around were flattened like pancakes, awaiting even more of these beasts.The demand for data centers is exploding because of generative AI. The GPUs and other gear required to train and run…
Henrik Werdelin has spent the last 15 years helping entrepreneurs build big brands like Barkbox through his startup studio Prehype. Now, with his new, New York-based venture Audos, he’s betting that AI can help him scale that process from “tens” of startups a year to “hundreds of thousands” of aspiring business owners. The timing certainly feels right. Mass layoffs across a variety of industries have left many workers reconsidering their career paths, while AI tools have markedly lowered the barrier to building digital products and services. At the center of that Venn diagram is Werdelin’s latest venture, with its promise…
Federal vaccine advisers installed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted Thursday to stop recommending influenza vaccines containing thimerosal, a preservative that has been long criticized by anti-vaccine activists.Scientists and public health authorities have deemed thimerosal safe, and the vast majority of flu shots don’t have it. But the removal would probably make flu vaccines more expensive and harder to receive for some Americans, public health experts said.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. Medical experts say the move is the latest by Kennedy, who was…
WASHINGTON (AP) — In parts of rural upstate New York, schools have more than 1,100 students for every mental health provider. In a far-flung region with little public transportation, those few school counselors often are the only mental health professionals available to students.Hennessey Lustica has been overseeing grant-funded efforts to train and hire more school psychologists, counselors and social workers in the Finger Lakes region, but those efforts may soon come to end — a casualty of the Trump administration’s decision to cancel school mental health grants around the country.“Cutting this funding is just going to devastate kids,” said Lustica,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is meeting Friday to decide the final six cases of its term, including President Donald Trump’s bid to enforce his executive order denying birthright citizenship to U.S.-born children of parents who are in the country illegally.The justices take the bench at 10 a.m. for their last public session until the start of their new term on Oct. 6.The birthright citizenship order has been blocked nationwide by three lower courts. The Trump administration made an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to narrow the court orders that have prevented the citizenship changes from taking effect…