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Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele.In the recovery unit of UC San Diego Health, Salaysay helps patients manage pain after surgery. Along with medications, he offers tunes on request and sometimes sings. His repertoire ranges from folk songs in English and Spanish to Minuet in G Major and movie favorites like “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”Patients often smile or nod along. Salaysay even sees changes in their vital signs like lower heart rate and blood pressure, and some may request fewer painkillers.“There’s often a cycle…

HONOLULU (AP) — Jason Momoa drove a vintage pickup along a winding country road in Hawaii, a tattooed arm dangling out the window and Metallica blasting.“POO’-ah-LEE’,” he said. His passenger corrected him, again, modeling the subtle emphasis on the “u” sound: “Puali.”Momoa was preparing for his role in “Chief of War,” the first major TV series featuring the language and culture of Hawaii’s Indigenous people. His passenger, Kahoʻokahi Kanuha, connected with Momoa years ago while they were both protesting against a giant telescope on a mountain summit held sacred by some Native Hawaiians. He wound up living with the Hawaiian…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians shared their disappointment Saturday that the U.S. may not provide Kyiv with long-range Tomahawk missiles, while work to repair the damaged power supply to the country’s Zaporizhzhia power plant soothed other concerns surrounding Europe’s largest nuclear plant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, after the U.S. leader signaled that Washington could provide Ukraine with the long-range missiles Kyiv believes will help bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.Yet Zelenskyy ultimately left empty-handed — an outcome that dismayed, but did not surprise, many in the…

Sam TigheOct 18, 2025, 05:00 AM ETCloseSam is a writer, broadcaster and podcaster for ESPN. He will write on the Premier League, scouting and transfers.What do Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid have in common? Of the many answers to that question, two are particularly pertinent right now: First, they’ve all been afflicted by copious and curious injuries early this season; second, they all played competitive football deep into the summer while contesting the latter stages of the newly formatted FIFA Club World Cup, which Chelsea won on July 14.Never before have European club teams extended their seasons so far…

Beth LindopOct 18, 2025, 05:00 AM ETCloseBased in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.After Liverpool’s last-gasp 2-1 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge before the international break, goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili made his intentions clear.The Georgia international had impressed on his Premier League debut against Enzo Maresca’s side, having been drafted in to deputize for the injured Alisson Becker. Taking to social media following the game, he shared lyrics from the song “Lose Yourself” by Eminem: “Success is my only m—–f—–g option. Failure’s not.”Such a tenacious mentality has propelled Mamardashvili from the small…

1949 : Kuwait Amir Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah inaugurated Al-Amiri Hospital. The seaside hospital contained 45 beds, 13 doctors and two nurses.1958: Liaison officers of regional offices for the boycott of Israel met in Kuwait. Officers from Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Arab United Republic (Egypt and Syria), Lebanon and Libya attended the two-week conference.2005: The National Bank of Kuwait opened an office in Shanghai to be the first Arab bank with a branch in China.2008 — Kuwait’s ophthalmologist Dr. Khaled Al-Sabti registered a patent and published by the British Journal of Ophthalmology.2010: Arab Finance Ministers, meeting in Kuwait, approved management…

United, meanwhile, will make checks on the fitness of Noussair Mazraoui and Diogo Dalot, the latter returning early from duty with Portugal due to a muscle complaint. Lisandro Martinez is edging closer to a return from the anterior cruciate ligament injury he sustained in February, but this contest comes too soon for the defender. “Licha [Martinez] is near, but almost returning to the trainings with the team,” Ruben Amorim told reporters. “Mazraoui, I don’t know. “The rest of the guys, the national team [players], they are ready. But if you saw the games, some players played in Japan, so we…

As the global market for secondhand luxury items surges, authentication has become the defining factor separating credible platforms from the rest.The resale market for fashion and luxury items is expanding at an annual rate of 10%, three times faster than the firsthand market, according to a report released Oct. 9 by Boston Consulting Group and luxury resale platform Vestiaire Collective.The report projects the global resale market could reach up to $360 billion by 2030, from about $210 billion today.With more shoppers buying pre-owned designer brands, trust has become paramount. “As counterfeit manufacturing becomes increasingly sophisticated, even luxury brands themselves sometimes…

Oct 18, 2025, 01:04 AM ETSofia Huerta converted a penalty in the 67th minute and the Seattle Reign clinched a spot in the National Women’s Soccer League playoffs with a 2-1 victory over the visiting Utah Royals on Friday night.The Reign (10-7-8) moved into third place in the standings with the victory, which extended the team’s unbeaten streak at Seattle’s Lumen Field to seven games.Ainsley McCammon scored on a header off a cross from Maddie Dahlien in first-half stoppage time to put Seattle up 1-0. It was the 18-year-old’s first goal.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedThe Royals (5-13-7) tied it in the 61st…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang, one of the most influential scientists in modern physics, died in Beijing on Saturday. He was 103. The prestigious Tsinghua University, where he studied and served as a professor, said in a statement that Yang died of an illness, without sharing further details. “Professor Yang is one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century, having made revolutionary contributions to the development of modern physics,” the statement said, praising his contribution to China’s scientific and educational developments.Yang won the Nobel Prize in 1957 with Tsung-Dao Lee for their investigation of…