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Americans with disabilities worry about proposed changes to health survey

NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government is planning to dramatically shrink its most influential health survey, and some researchers worry that the changes will underestimate how many Americans are disabled. At least half the survey questions could be axed. The cost-saving change is part of an ongoing effort to slim down the 69-year-old National Health Interview Survey, which for years has been suffering from declining response rates. As many as a quarter of wheelchair users and more than a third of people who are blind or deaf could be miscategorized as not disabled because of the ...

College football

Today’s games EAST CCSU (2-3) at Mercyhurst (1-5), Noon Duquesne (1-4) at Stonehill (2-4), Noon Rhode Island (3-3) at Yale (3-1), Noon FAU (4-1) at Army (3-2), Noon Brown (2-2) at Princeton (3-1), Noon Cincinnati (4-1) at West Virginia (3-3), Noon New Haven (1-5) at Robert Morris (3-3), Noon Hampton (1-5) at Sacred Heart (2-4), Noon Pittsburgh (5-1) at Boston College (2-3), Noon Rutgers (1-4) at Maryland (2-4), 12:30 p.m. Bryant (4-2) at Maine (1-5), 1 p.m. Merrimack (2-4) at Dartmouth (1-3), 1 p.m. Holy Cross (2-4) at Harvard (4-0), 1 p.m. Monmouth ...

Barrett Burch

Barrett Burch, 51, a resident of Montrose, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, at his home following an extended illness. At the request of the family, flowers are to be omitted. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be under the direction of the Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins for Barrett Burch. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.

W.Va. launches intentions for space academy

FAIRMONT – That’s one giant leap … for Almost Heaven. Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Wednesday he wants West Virginia to be the home of the U.S. Space Academy. That’s the interstellar initiative President Donald Trump fronted in August, as a way to advance the nation’s ideals beyond ...

Tygarts Valley golf team advances to state tournament

CANAAN VALLEY - The Tygarts Valley golf team advanced to the West Virginia State Golf Tournament after earning a second place finish in regional competition held Monday at the Canaan Valley Golf Course. Pendleton County captured the regional championship after finishing with a team score of ...

The tyranny of one man’s opinion

Thomas Cromwell was the Lord Chancellor of England for much of the reign of King Henry VIII. He engineered the convictions and executions of many whom Henry wanted out of the way, including his two predecessors in office -- one of whom was St. Thomas More -- and even the king's second wife, Queen Anne. When Cromwell's son Gregory, who became sickened as he watched his father devolving from counselor to monster, learned that an executioner for the queen had been sent for from France a week before her trial, he asked his father what the purpose of her trial was if the king had ...