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The U.S. military isn’t prepared to wage long fights against Islamic State and other enemies.

"They call us 'providers,'" a physician said to one of us today. He went on to say, "We aren't even 'doctors' anymore. We're 'high-level providers' [pointing to himself] and you're 'mid-level' providers."

I suppose we are. The authors of this post are nurses, with Ph.D.s. Some of us are nurse practitioners.

The word "provider" is commonly used to refer to physicians, physician's assistants, nurse practitioners and nurse midwives. Each discipline is essential to provide critical primary care to those in need. Читать дальше...

MSNBC and CNN had competing town halls Wednesday night and MSNBC came in third despite having Donald Trump as its guest. It came in behind CNN and Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor."

HOUSTON - The U.S. women's soccer team is a win from the Olympics.

Public Safety Minister Mike Morris says the B.C. government is taking action to ensure consumers get what they pay for when they buy a vehicle.

The messy budget situation in Illinois, one of the country’s largest economies, became even worse Wednesday afternoon when first-term Governor Bruce Rauner (R) delivered his second budget speech. Rauner’s first budget never passed, and this one has even less of a chance of a being blessed by the Democrat-controlled state legislature.

The messy budget situation in Illinois, one of the country’s largest economies, became even worse Wednesday afternoon when first-term Governor Bruce Rauner (R) delivered his second budget speech. Rauner’s first budget never passed, and this one has even less of a chance of a being blessed by the Democrat-controlled state legislature.

Een lege trein zonder bestuurder heeft donderdagavond een ritje gemaakt tussen twee Belgische stations. Bij station Landen - ten oosten van Leuven - stapte de machinist uit om de locomotief te controleren maar terwijl hij buiten stond, reed de trein door nog onbekende oorzaak vanzelf weg.

Karen Butler
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Actor Christian Bale is set to star in the 19th century-set film "Hostiles", reuniting him with Scott Cooper, his director on 2013's "Out of the Furnace."

Veterans, calling the Veterans Affairs Crisis Line being sent to voicemail. Jeanette Gilles, Director of Collaborative Services for the Augusta Warrior Project, says, "My first impression was that I wanted to know what the VA was going to do about that."

Has a hockey coach ever succeeded by embarrassing a superstar player? Maybe once upon a time.

The agreement reached on Tuesday between the world’s largest oil producers – Russia, Saudi Arabia, along with Qatar, and Venezuela, on freezing average monthly oil production will not have a great positive impact on the world oil market, experts told Sputnik on Thursday.

Unique visitors are the old standby for measuring the size of an online audience. But BuzzFeed says that's not enough.

Net income climbs to $133-million in fourth quarter

Life is not smooth sailing. Right?

It's a combination of good and bad times - highs and lows - peace and trouble but you get through it. You always do. Things work out. You survive!

How can you use adversity to be strong and to move forward?

Fight for your happiness

We all experience hardships. Some people get through them with greater ease than others because of their attitude and choices. Their mindset propels them forward. They don't let suffering run their lives and they work through the hard times... Читать дальше...

We try to imagine what the Memphis locker room suddenly looks like with Lance Stephenson, Matt Barnes, Chris Andersen, P.J. Hairston, and Tony Allen together in one room.

WASHINGTON — South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn plans to endorse Hillary Clinton, according to one campaign source and a second Democratic source.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland's highest court has agreed to take up a key issue in the trials for the Baltimore officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, postponing trial proceedings until it…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland's highest court has agreed to take up a key issue in the trials for the Baltimore officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, postponing trial proceedings until it…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland's highest court has agreed to take up a key issue in the trials for the Baltimore officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, postponing trial proceedings until it…

While dance music offers an intoxicating backdrop, the genre is steadily moving to the forefront. The first-ever Electronic Music Awards will take...

Before the freighter El Faro sank, the captain was warned by a text message from his vacationing second mate that a storm looming offshore was forecast to become a hurricane, according to test…

Before the freighter El Faro sank, the captain was warned by a text message from his vacationing second mate that a storm looming offshore was forecast to become a hurricane, according to testimony Thursday. [...] Mate Charles Baird testified before a U.S. Coast Guard panel in Jacksonville investigating the ship's sinking last October. No company alert was sent out for Joaquin, and officials with the company that owns the ships, Tote Services Inc., have said they don't routinely send out warnings. Читать дальше...

Grade 2, $200,000 Buena Vista Stakes at Santa Anita; Grade 2, $400,000 Risen Star Stakes at the Fair Grounds — both Saturday Life Is a Trip, who recorded front-running victories in both starts with nearly identical times, heads a field of six 3-year-olds in Saturday’s fifth race. Hollendorfer also has Boldly True, who won a 6-furlong maiden race by a neck Jan. 10, in Saturday’s field. … Conspicuous by his absence in Monday’s Lost in the Fog Stakes won by Outside Nashville was Star Student, who... Читать дальше...

The Supreme Court returns to the bench Monday, a week after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Will Scalia’s vote count in cases argued before his death? [...] the majority opinions he was drafting will need to be reassigned to other justices. Would a new justice be able to vote on cases argued before he or she was confirmed? When it was argued in January, it seemed clear that the court was headed toward a closely divided decision in which the conservative majority would rule that workers who... Читать дальше...