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What made Beethoven sick? Preserved hair that holds DNA offers clues

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:15 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, researchers pulled DNA from strands of his hair, searching for clues about the health problems and hearing loss that plagued him.They weren't able to crack the case of the German composer's deafness or severe stomach ailments. But they did find a genetic risk for liver disease, plus a liver-damaging hepatitis B infection in the last months of his life.These factors, along with his chronic drinking, were probably enough to cause the liver failure that is widely believed to have killed him, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Current Biology.This photo provided by researchers in March 2023, shows the Stumpff Lock, from composer Ludwig van Beethoven, in a laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany. Hundreds of years after Beethoven's death, researchers have pulled DNA from strands of his hair — and found clues about what killed him, according to a study publi...

City says most have left downtown Salvation Army shelter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:15 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The City of Austin says only 26 people remained at the Salvation Army downtown shelter on March 17, just one month after the shelter announced it would close. According to a memo released Wednesday from the City of Austin Homeless Strategy Division, 71 people left the downtown shelter since Feb. 17.The city memo says the Salvation Army reports that clients have gone to a variety of locations, including the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (ARCH), the Austin Shelter for Women and Children, A New Entry, Community First! Village, Lifeworks, the SAFE shelter, as well as hotels provided through Front Steps veterans programming, and other permanent rental housing. The memo says others have reunified with family or have gone to self-paid hotels. One person asked for access to a previously offered transfer to The Salvation Army facility in Dallas. 17 have gone to an unknown destination or ended up in unsheltered homelessness.Of the 26 that remained on March 17, the m...

Bijan Robinson teaches swim lessons

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:15 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A former Longhorn football star is making sure children learn the importance of safety in the water. Austin Parks and Recreation said Wednesday, former UT running back Bijan Robinson taught a swim lesson at Bartholomew Pool last week. According to Parks and Rec, Robinson worked with the department's Aquatic Division and Tankproof, a non-profit that provides free swim lessons in the Austin area.The announcement from Parks and Rec says Robinson learned about the importance of water safety early in life after nearly drowning when he was five. According to Parks and Rec, drowning is the single leading cause of death for children ages one to four-years-old and a leading cause for older children and adults. Nine children have drowned in Texas already this year. Former UT Football star Bijan Robinson, middle. (Courtesy: Austin Parks and Recreation)Registration for City of Austin swim lessons and swim teams opens on Monday, April 3 at 8 a.m. for Austin residents and Monda...

St. Paul’s new Korean restaurant Juche is dark, stylish and delicious

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:15 GMT

Although it was hard to watch so many restaurateurs suffer during the pandemic, there are definitely some silver linings.Cook St. Paul’s transformation into Juche, a dark, stylish Korean restaurant, is one of those.Owners Chris Her and Eve and Eddie Wu did a lot of soul-searching during the shutdowns, meditating on exactly what they wanted in a restaurant, and Juche is the result.I recently brought some friends to check out the new menu, which is a mix of Korean-influenced American food and traditional Korean dishes.The Payne Avenue space that housed Cook St. Paul, and before that Serlin’s, has always been small, but now it is intimate and inviting. The walls are painted black, there are three tall black booths that seat six people each, a few tables and a small bar.Sujeonggwa, a makgeolli-based cocktail, at Juche in St. Paul. (Jess Fleming / Pioneer Press)We had to wait a bit for a booth, and we happily did so at the little bar, where we ordered the Korean rice drink makgeolli, and...

98.3 TRY Social Dilemma: Can Grandparents Give Kids Haircuts W/O Parents Knowledge

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:15 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Today's 98.3 TRY Social Dilemma came from Katy, and it's about babysitting, in-laws, and kids. Here's the email: Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Hi Jaime. I'm in the midst of an argument with my husband and my in-laws. My in-laws, the kids grandparents, agreed to watch our kids for one night so that we could have a nice evening alone. We have two kids under the age of four, so we just wanted a night of quiet, and my husband's parents graciously agreed to watch them starting at noon, staying at our house all night, so we could go to a hotel, and then we would relieve them in the morning. It was a wonderful gesture. Until we came home and found out that they had gotten our son's hair cut without our permission. My four year old son had beautiful long hair, down about two inches past his shoulders. He loved it, and we loved it. Well, while they were babysitting, my husband's parents took our son and ha...

RCPD: Man pulled over had three arrest warrants

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:15 GMT

RUTLAND, Vt. (NEWS10) -- A Mendon, Vermont man with three arrest warrants was arrested on Wednesday after being pulled over, according to the Rutland City Police Department. Ethan Newton, 31, was also driving with a criminally suspended license, police say. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! On Thursday, around 8:36 p.m., Rutland police pulled over a car on N Main Street. Police say while conducting the traffic stop, they found Newton had three different arrest warrants. One was from the Rutland Police Department for allegedly failing to appear in court on an original charge of unlawful mischief, one from New Haven Vermont State Police for allegedly failing to appear in court for driving with a suspended license, and one from the Vermont Department of Corrections for alleged work crew failure. Newton was arrested and is held at the Marble Valley Correctional Center without bail.

Ask Amy: Wife wants her mom and husband to be friends

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:15 GMT

Dear Amy: I was raised by a single mother. She’s an educated, liberal feminist who brought me up to be a strong and self-sufficient woman.She is loving, open-minded and non-confrontational. We are very close, even though she lives in another state.Every year she comes to stay at my house for a week or two and the two of us travel to visit other relatives. I always thoroughly enjoy our time together.My husband was raised in a very patriarchal house by blue-collar workers who never denied him anything. He’s brilliant and extremely successful, even though he never finished college (but he is insecure about how smart he is).He’s a man’s man, physically strong, can fix anything, build anything, do anything he sets his mind to, takes excellent care of our grown children, and adores me.My problem is that my husband and mother don’t like each other.They don’t argue, but they definitely struggle to be in the same room.Once my husband and I were debating about so...

'Weakened' Macron sticks with pension bill, eyes new reforms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:15 GMT

French President Emmanuel Macron wants to regain control of the initiative through new reforms. His government was unable to survive a no confidence motion over a controversial pension bill. National protests continued.Last Thursday (16 March), as labour unions prepared for another day of strikes against Macron's reform of his pension, demonstrators waving flags and shouting gathered in central Paris. This was the sixth consecutive day protests since the passage of the bill.Garbage bins were set ablaze in central Paris' Place de la Republique at 2030 CET/1930 GMT. Protesters also set off fireworks. The police were called to disperse the demonstrators and arrived with fire engines to extinguish the flames.Macron's camp has warned him to stop doing business as usual amid violent protests, rolling strikes and that pose the greatest threat to his authority since the 'Yellow Vest' revolt four years back."We are all weak. Gilles Le Gendre (senior MP in Macron's camp), told Liberation news...

Who is buying VW’s assets in Russia?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:15 GMT

In 2007, the Volkswagen Factory was launched in Kaluga in SKD format and two years later, it started full-cycle production. Its capacity is 225 thousand cars per year. But after the start of the war in Ukraine, the work of the factory was suspended, and then Volkswagen Group considered selling the factory in Kaluga.As reported by “Izvestiya”, the main contender for the purchase of the Kaluga factory was Avilon car dealer holding which was Volkswagen’s own dealership, and after the withdrawal from the Russian market, this fact was a distinct competitive advantage.Avilon is a large Russian dealer of luxury cars with a revenue of 86,9 billion rubles. And it’s the dealer that can sell and serve cars but not produce them. The purchase of the factory is an opportunity for the dealer to buy the capacities at a low price and sell them at a higher price. The sales discount when selling the business leaving Russia should be not less than 50% of the price reported in the company's latest finan...

Montebello tornado was an EF1, touched down for 2-3 minutes, NWS says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:15 GMT

A tornado ripped through an industrial area of Montebello on Wednesday, carving a path of destruction that included damage to several buildings and cars, the National Weather Service confirmed.The twister touched down at 11:14 a.m. and was on the ground for two to three minutes, NWS said. Aerial footage from Sky5 showed roofs damaged and debris scattered across the area of South Vail Street and Washington Boulevard.The National Weather Service immediately dispatched a team to Montebello, a city eight miles east of downtown Los Angeles, to assess the damage. Officials later determined the tornado was an EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale with peak winds of 110 miles per hour. It was approximately 50 yards wide and covered four-tenths of a mile.17 structures were damaged, 11 “significantly,” and one person was injured, NWS said.Damage from a tornado that hit Montebello, California on March 22, 2023. (KTLA)A roof in Montebello was damaged by a tornado on March 22, 2023. (KTLA) KTLA viewe...