Tyler O’Neill is out of the lineup after leaving Monday’s game due a scary collision in the outfield with Rafael Devers. The Red Sox outfielder suffered a deep gash above his left eye and received eight stitches following the incident. Manager Alex Cora said following the game that O’Neill would be evaluated for a concussion, though it’s not clear as of this writing whether he suffered one or if he’s just being given a day to rest and recover. The rest of Boston’s lineup is front-loaded with lefties to face Cleveland right-hander Tanner Bibee (1-0, 5.93 ERA). Jarren Duran is playing left field ..read more

MIAMI BEACH — The COVID pandemic drove the cruise industry to a standstill, but numbers released Tuesday signal the years of comeback are officially over with more expansion on tap. More than 31.7 million passengers took cruises worldwide in 2023, said Kelly Craighead, Cruise Line International Association president and CEO, speaking at the annual Seatrade Cruise Global conference at Miami Beach Convention Center. CLIA is the lobbying group for member cruise lines, including Royal Caribbean, Disney Cruise Line, Carnival, Norwegian, MSC and most other major brands. The pandemic shut down sailin ..read more

“Irena’s Vow” is a potent reminder that the world needs heroes — those brave enough to do what’s morally right even when the risks are great. In theaters on April 15 and 16 via Fathom Events, the consistently compelling film is based on the true story of Irena Gut OpdykeI, who, during Nazi Germany’s occupation of much of Poland, put her life on the line in an attempt to protect a group of Jewish people from extermination. Astoundingly, she hid them right under the nose — literally under the feet — of a Nazi officer. “Irena’s Vow,” which premiered in September at the Toronto International Film ..read more

“If chicken soup is Jewish penicillin, then matzo ball soup is the key to world peace,” writes Jewish author Micah Siva in her debut cookbook, “Nosh: Plant-Forward Recipes Celebrating Modern Jewish Cuisine.” This recipe for matzo ball soup is great for Passover and for vegetarian eaters anytime of year. It gets its golden color and warm flavors from turmeric, ginger and a pinch of red chile flakes. Find the how-tos for Floater Herbed Matzo Balls here or use your favorite recipe instead. Turmeric Vegetable Matzo Ball Soup Serves 6 INGREDIENTS 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 medium white o ..read more

When it comes to comfort food, San Francisco cookbook author Micah Siva swears by potato kugel. “Kugels, at their core, are baked casseroles,” she writes in her debut cookbook, “Nosh: Plant-Forward Recipes Celebrating Modern Jewish Cuisine” (The Collective Book Studio, $35). This recipe, which is great for Passover, comes out crisp and golden on the outside and creamy on the inside — akin to a shareable hash brown or a giant latke. Cast-Iron Potato and Caramelized Onion Kugel Serves 10 to 12 INGREDIENTS 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided 2 medium yellow onions, cut into 1/2-inch pie ..read more

Emily Alpert Reyes | (TNS) Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Inside a clinic wedged next to a smoke shop in a South Los Angeles strip mall, Dr. Mohamad Yaghi operated on a 28-year-old woman who had traveled from Las Vegas to have fat trimmed from her arms and stomach. Yaghi had been offering liposuction for roughly seven years when he started making incisions that day in October 2020, but he was trained as a pediatrician, according to a formal accusation later filed by state regulators. When the woman stopped breathing less than an hour into the surgery at La Clinica de Los Angeles, paramedics w ..read more

Hannah Norman | (TNS) KFF Health News Christian Espinoza, director of a Southern California drug-treatment provider, recently began employing a powerful new assistant: an artificial intelligence algorithm that can perform eye exams with pictures taken by a retinal camera. It makes quick diagnoses, without a doctor present. His clinics, Tarzana Treatment Centers, are among the early adopters of an AI-based system that promises to dramatically expand screening for diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness among working-age adults and a threat to many of the estimated 38 million Americ ..read more

Martha Bebinger, WBUR | KFF Health News (TNS) A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. After he was weighed, he headed for an exam room decorated with decals of planets and cartoon characters. A nurse checked his blood pressure. A pediatrician asked about school, home life, and his friendships. This seemed like a routine teen checkup, the kind that happens in thousands of pediatric practices across the U.S. every day — until the doctor popped his next question. “Any cravings for opioids at all?” asked ped ..read more

By Funto Omojola | NerdWallet More Americans are defaulting on their car loans due to larger loan amounts, high interest rates, increased living costs and more. The number of borrowers who fell more than 90 days behind on their auto loans rose to 2.66% in the fourth quarter of 2023 — a nearly 20% increase from the same time last year, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Why are more people defaulting on car loans? Borrowers are struggling in part due to sky-high interest rates and increased expenses that have made it difficult for many to be current on their loans, acc ..read more

By JOHN RABY (Associated Press) CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s transgender sports ban violates the rights of a teen athlete under Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the law cannot be applied to a 13-year-old who has been taking puberty-blocking medication and publicly identified as a girl since she was in the third grade. In February 2023, the court had blocked the state’s bid to kick Becky Pepper Jackson off her middle school cross country and ..read more