Our Real Talk with a Doc columnist explains how to push back if your doctor's obsessed with weight loss. And what other health metrics matter more instead.

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When a loved one goes missing, relatives can feel guilty simply for eating, says Charlie Shunick, whose sister was kidnapped. Shunick now helps others navigate a nightmare "nobody is prepared for."

Many U.S.-born Latinos feel afraid and anxious amid the political rhetoric. Still, others wouldn't miss celebrating their country

Ukrainian women in their 50s and 60s say they've embraced cheerleading as a way to cope with the extreme stress and anxiety of four years of Russia's full-scale invasion.

Sen. Katie Britt, Republican of Alabama, is a budding bipartisan dealmaker. Her latest assignment: helping negotiate changes to immigration enforcement tactics.

Margaret Tobin accepted a three-week babysitting gig in 1989 for a newborn named Audrey that turned into a life-long relationship. The two women talk about their life together.

As climate change accelerates, local experts say the date Wisconsin's Lake Mendota freezes over is getting later, making safe conditions for activities that rely on snow and ice harder to predict.

The U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone, members of Congress said Thursday, and the Federal Aviation Administration responded by closing more airspace near El Paso, Texas.

The Defense Department has been feuding with Anthropic over military uses of its artificial intelligence tools. At stake are hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts and access to some of the most advanced AI on the planet.

Spencer marked her victory by apologising to customers for potentially having to cancel work due to her Westminster move.

The prime minister is facing questions about whether Labour's focus on Reform left them exposed among some of their regular supporters.

Bombings by Pakistan are the most significant development in tensions between the two neighbours - though the physical impact remains unclear.

The statue of the former prime minster at Westminster was vandalised with slogans daubed in red paint.

Court documents state the claim against the BBC and BBC Studios has been "discontinued".

The supermarket chain says it will stop sourcing fresh, chilled and frozen mackerel by 29 April.

Huntley, who is serving a life sentence for murdering two schoolgirls, has significant head trauma, the BBC understands.

Netflix's decision to back down from the bidding war clears the path for Paramount to win the takeover battle.

The new review brings together the strongest evidence to date on collagen supplementation, say experts.

The disgraced financier was in talks to buy luxury abode Bin Ennakhi - but the purchase was never completed.

Most DSAG members willing to pay a premium to stay on legacy platform until 2030

About half of German-speaking SAP users on its legacy ECC ERP system are set to ignore the 2027 support deadline, according to a survey of users in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.…

French firm claims DWP failed to identify rival's bid was 'abnormally low' and alleges govt breached procurement rules

Sopra Steria is suing the UK government, alleging it accepted a bid from rival Capita for an outsourcing contract worth up to £958.7 million that it failed to recognize as too low to comply with procurement rules.…

Snack giant opts for vendor-neutral process mining as it shifts from ECC to S/4HANA

In the middle of a mammoth migration off SAP's legacy ERP systems, global snack giant Mondelēz has found an alternative to the German vendor's tech as the main platform for understanding its complex, fragmented business processes.…

Typing 8x more than your peers? You better have the work to show for it

Avon and Somerset Police this week confirmed a former officer was dismissed after she was found weighing her laptop keyboard down with photo frames to simulate activity.…

'I was no longer field support. I was collateral'

On Call Friday has arrived, bringing a promise of fleeting freedom – and a new instalment of On Call, The Register's reader-contributed column that retells your tales of tech support incidents that became memorable for all the wrong reasons.…

Dell also joins the alternative to Windows 365 Link fun

Microsoft has found some friends to make desktop devices that boot into its Windows 365 cloud PCs.…

Apparently Uncle Sam busted Binance to shore up the dollar, balance the budget, and achieve world domination

The Chinese agency that has accused the USA of cyberattacks on its own infrastructure to make Beijing look bad is back with another theory: Washington’s actions against cryptocurrency crooks are just attempts to dominate the global financial system.…

AI upstart won’t remove Claude’s guardrails to stay onside with Dept. of War

Anthropic has fired back at the US Department of War, arguing that it can’t agree to Uncle Sam’s contract demand to remove guardrails on its AI in part because the tech can’t be trusted not to harm American civilians and warfighters.…

One massive round of firings is apparently better for morale than a drip-drip-drip of death

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s financial services company Block has announced it will fire 40 percent of staff – around 4,000 people – because new "intelligence tools" the company is implementing “can do more and do it better.”…

Grants for critical, unappreciated projects

Open source projects, ever short of funding, have a potential new source of revenue in the form of the Open Source Endowment (OSE).…

"Neanderthal deserts" in our genomes suggest a strong pattern in matings.

It's also a buttoned-down, ostensibly safer take on the OpenClaw concept.

“Temu sound wall” not enough to quell fury over xAI’s power plant.

Geometry of tread patterns determines frequency, so blocks were designed to play Star Wars music.

Google's new image model replaces the previous versions immediately.

An OTA update will be pushed out in a few weeks; owners can also go to a dealership.

That guest network you set up for your neighbors may not be as secure as you think.

The ability to resell Steam items for real value is key to the state's case.

For some reason, NASA chose not to publicly release its Mars orbiter objectives.

Trump administration’s reduced vaccine schedule “throws science out the window.”