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Medicare will remove limits on PET scans used with new Alzheimer's drugs

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:49:54 GMT

(The Hill) - Medicare will remove limits on covering PET scans used to help diagnose Alzheimer's disease, allowing broader access to new treatments on the U.S. market.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said in a memo it was removing a previous once-in-a-lifetime limit. But instead of making a broad decision about how many scans Medicare will cover, CMS said it was leaving coverage up to its regional contractors.The non-invasive PET scans detect the presence of a brain plaque called amyloid and can be used as a way to determine whether a patient will be a good candidate for potentially promising drugs like Leqembi, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in July.Medicare will cover the pricey drug, but it requires patients to be diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment or mild Alzheimer’s disease with documented evidence of amyloid on the brain.Leqembi is part of a new class of so-called anti-amyloid drugs because they target amyloid brain plaque, whi...

Dolly Parton to perform in the Dallas Cowboys' Red Kettle Kickoff halftime show

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:49:54 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — It's Dolly Parton's world, we're all just living in it.The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee will perform in the Dallas Cowboys' Red Kettle Kickoff halftime show this Thanksgiving, the team announced in a social media post.The Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign is an annual fundraiser that collects public contributions to help support The Salvation Army's efforts, including providing toys for kids, coats and food for those in need as well as funding several social service programs.The Dallas Cowboys will take on the Washington Commanders at 3:30 p.m. CT on Nov. 23.The halftime show has become an annual tradition for the Thanksgiving game. It started in 1997 with country superstar Reba McEntire.The Jonas Brothers performed last year's show. The boy band also performed the Thanksgiving show in 2008.

2024 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix tickets launch this week

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:49:54 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Drivers, start your engines.Formula 1 revs ahead with the release of its 2024 Grand Prix grounds passes, slated to go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday.The three-day Formula 1 United States Grand Prix returns to Austin's Circuit of the Americas Oct. 18-20, 2024. Tickets cost $299 each and provide weekend-long access, with law seats, races and headlining acts. Those with Amex cards will have early presale access, running from 10 a.m. Monday through 11:59 p.m. Thursday.More details on next year's United States Grand Prix are available online.

Cirque du Soleil coming to MVP Arena in 2024

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:49:54 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Cirque du Soleil is heading to Albany with its "Corteo" production. The group will be having five shows at MVP Arena from April 19 to 21, 2024. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Corteo is a "joyous procession, a festive parade imagined by a clown." The show features the clown in a place between heaven and earth as he envisions his own funeral.For the first time, the stage will be central in the arena and divide the venue, with each half of the audience facing the other half. The Cirque du Soleil audience will get a unique perspective of the show, as well as a performer’s eye view of the rest of the audience. 2023 Saratoga Wing Off winners announced ScheduleFriday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m.Saturday, April 20 at 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.Sunday, April 21 at 1 p.m.Tickets are already available for Club Cirque members. Tickets go on sale to the general public on October 23. You can buy tickets on the ...

SUV stolen after a woman walks out of a St. Louis County police station

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:49:54 GMT

RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Mo. -- A woman charged in over 20 crimes this year has one more to add to the list. Octavia Bryant is accused of walking out of the Richmond Heights police station and stealing a vehicle from a nearby mechanic's shop. She was charged Thursday with felony tampering with a motor vehicle.Court documents state that Bryant walked out of the Richmond Heights Police Municipal Complex on July 14, 2023 at around 12:30 p.m. She walked across the street to the Telle Tire shop and asked employees for a ride to the MetroLink station. They told her no, and went back to work. They later discovered that keys to a 2016 Nissan Rogue were missing. It appears that she drove off in the vehicle.Police found the stolen SUV a few hours later at a Hazelwood apartment complex. The address was connected to some of her previous arrests. She was later identified in a line-up by witnesses from Telle Tire.Bryant has been charged since this in happened in July with shoplifting, stealing, and prop...

How to make the most out of holiday shopping in 2023

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:49:54 GMT

Editor’s note: Digital premium subscribers have unlimited access to every article in this roundup, all published on news sites within our network. Subscribe for nationwide coverage from award-winning sites like the Baltimore Sun, New York Daily News, Orange County Register and more.This is the year you won’t wait until the last minute, the year you’ll go into Black Friday with a game plan, the year you won’t let yourself or your loved ones fall victim to scams. Or at least it can be with proper planning and preparation from our holiday shopping guide. Avoid unnecessary stress, save money and enjoy the final months of 2023 with these early holiday shopping tips. Holiday Shopping 2023 GuideStart holiday shopping earlyA Bankrate survey in September 2023 found half of holiday shoppers had already started checking items off their gift lists or planned to do so before the end of October. “While the 50% who get in the holiday shopping spirit before Halloween may appear comically ahead of t...

South Broadway outdoor consignment shop gearing up for first ski season

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:49:54 GMT

A south Broadway consignment shop is suiting up for its first full ski season. Charlie Fay opened Second Wind Sports in 3,000 square feet at 1901 S. Broadway in February, at the tail end of last year’s ski season. Now, with Colorado’s first ski areas weeks away from opening, Fay said he has hundreds of skis in stock. Fay said consignment shops are perfect for those that are new to outdoor sports or want to be environmentally friendly. And, especially for ski gear, it saves your wallet.“It comes to $2,500 at a normal ski shop versus $500 here,” Fay said of buying ski equipment. “More people can get more access to the outdoors.”Fay, born and raised in Cherry Hills Village, graduated from Santa Clara University in California at the beginning of the pandemic. Not quite ready to move back home, he found himself road tripping in the west when he stopped in Bozeman, Montana. “I liked being in a mountain town and skiing and hiking … and the people there in Bozeman are very nice,” Fay said. ...

Nuggets are scheming preseason bench offense around rookie Julian Strawther. As long as he keeps making shots, why stop in the real games?

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:49:54 GMT

David Adelman knew nobody wanted double overtime in Chicago. “Like, absolutely nobody,” he admits. And still, down two with 0.6 seconds remaining in regulation last Thursday, instead of drawing up a play for a catch-and-shoot three, the Nuggets’ interim coach designed a lob to the rim that resulted in the highlight of Denver’s preseason.Braxton Key’s buzzer beater also resulted in the team not getting home until 3 a.m. that night. Adelman played for the tie because “I couldn’t help it,” he said. “I love that play.”That also seems to be his stance on creating shots for Julian Strawther right now.As Adelman walked out the door after his postgame press conference Sunday night at Ball Arena, he paused to issue an addendum. The Nuggets had just avenged their double-overtime loss in Chicago with a 116-102 win over the Bulls, thanks in part to Strawther’s increasingly astonishing offense. So Adelman wisecracked that Strawthe...

Colorado Supreme Court upholds controversial Google search warrant in deadly Green Valley Ranch arson case

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:49:54 GMT

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday upheld a controversial search warrant that Denver police used to identify the teenagers accused of killing five people in a house fire three years ago, while also finding that Coloradans have a constitutionally-protected privacy interest in their Google search histories.The justices found in a 5-2 decision that Denver police acted in good faith when they used a “reverse keyword search warrant,” which required Google to turn over the account information for any users who searched particular keywords in a particular time frame. Denver police used that information from Google to identify the teenagers now accused of setting the fatal fire in Green Valley Ranch.The reverse keyword search warrant in this case might be legally flawed, but the evidence will still be allowed in court because police acted in good faith, the majority of justices found.“In reaching these conclusions, we make no broad proclamation about the propriety of rev...

20K square foot dog park, pub coming to Denver

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:49:54 GMT

Call it a pup crawl.The warehouse site that has gradually become more retail-focused is gaining a dog park and taproom. Skiptown, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, will open at 3833 N. Steele St. next year.According to its website, the York Street Yards location will include an indoor and outdoor dog park, an all-day coffee bar, and beer and cocktails in the evening. It won’t serve any food.Skiptown, founded by Meggie Williams in 2016, confirmed the opening but declined to comment. According to its website, Skiptown will open next summer.The space is 21,000 square feet, according to permit filings, 4,000 of which will be the dog park and taproom. The remaining space is for other services like grooming, boarding, dog walking, training and day care.Pet parents need to download the Skiptown app, register their dog and upload vet records to use any of the services. The business also offers tiered memberships. A bar membership, which includes unlimited access to the dog park and taproo...