A biased test has kept thousands of black kidney patients off of transplant lists. More than 14,000 Black kidney transplant candidates so far, have been given credit for lost waiting time, moving them up the priority list for their transplant.
At issue is a once widely used test that overestimated how well Black people’s kidneys were functioning, making them look healthier than they really were — all because of an automated formula that calculated results for Black and non-Black patients differently.
Caitlin Clark scored 41 points to lift the top-seeded Iowa Hawkeyes past defending champion LSU 94-87 in a rematch of the 2023 NCAA Tournament championship game. Iowa (33-4) advances to the Final Four for the second straight year and gains a measure of revenge against the team that knocked out the Hawkeyes in last year’s title matchup.
The NCAA said Monday one of the 3-point lines on the court used for the women’s basketball regionals at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, was 9 inches short of regulation, a mistake made by the contractor that makes the courts used throughout March Madness. 3 games had already splayed on that court.
The teams’ coaches agreed to play Sunday’s game as scheduled with one line shorter than the other rather than delay it. Reasoning that each team would have the advantage for one half. N.C. State beat Texas 76-66 to advance to the Final Four.
The NCAA 3-point line is at 22 feet, 1 3/4 inches for both women and men.
Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case on Monday, averting asset seizures by state authorities that could have hobbled the former U.S. president’s business empire
Germany has legalized possession of small amounts of cannabis for recreational use over objections from doctors and police.
UPS will become the primary air cargo provider for the United States Postal Service.
The contract from the U.S. Postal Service significantly expands an existing partnership between the two.
UPS will move the majority of air cargo in the U.S. for the postal service following a transition period, according to UPS. USPS’s current air cargo contract with FedEx Corp. is set to expire in late September
This spring, an unusual cicada double dose is about to invade the southern and central parts of the United States in what University of Connecticut cicada expert John Cooley called “cicada-geddon.” The last time these two broods came out together was in 1803. Both 17 and 13 years cicadas are synched up for a maximum cicada outing when the ground reaches 64° Fahrenheit.
The Syrian and Iranian governments accused Israel of a missile attack on an Iranian diplomatic building in Damascus that killed a senior Iranian general, in a possible escalation of a shadow war between Israel and Iran that has intensified during the war in Gaza.
Lou Conter, the last living survivor on board the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, has died. He was 102.
Conter died Monday morning while surrounded by family in Grass Valley, California, according to his daughter.
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