A report by Florida police has found that professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan died of natural causes last year. The findings formally close the investigation into his death. The Clearwater Police Department released a 72-page report on Friday summarizing an exhaustive review of statements, medical records, surveillance footage and a visual inspection of the body. Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, died last July at age 71. Family members told investigators that Hogan had been suffering from multiple heath issues in the weeks before his death, including leukemia, an irregular hearth rhythm, pneumonia and kidney failure. He had also undergone many hospitalizations and surgeries in the years before his death.
Edward Cabrera and Matthew Boyd are close to returning to the banged-up rotation for the Chicago Cubs after being sidelined by injuries. Cabrera is expected to start for Chicago this weekend, and Boyd is slated to make a second rehab start for Triple-A Iowa on Saturday. If all goes well with that appearance, the plan is for Boyd to return to the Cubs at that point. Cabrera was placed on the 15-day injured list on May 24 because of a blister on his right middle finger. Boyd is coming back from left knee surgery.
As the Kansas City Chiefs begin voluntary workouts, wide receiver Rashee Rice is serving a 30-day jail sentence in Dallas for violating probation related to a car crash. He tested positive for THC and was booked on May 19. Rice will miss all workouts and a mandatory minicamp starting June 9. He recently had knee surgery and is continuing rehab while incarcerated. Chiefs coach Andy Reid says Rice should be ready for training camp. Rice was suspended for six games last season for violating the league’s personal conduct policy, and it is unclear whether his latest probation violation will result in any additional punishment.
Marty Makary is resigning as President Donald Trump's Food and Drug Administration chief. The surgeon and health researcher's tenure had drawn complaints from pharmaceutical executives, anti-abortion activists and other Trump allies. The President said Tuesday that Makary “was having some difficulty” but ”he’s going to go on and he’s going to do well.” Makary came to prominence as an outspoken critic of public health measures during the COVID pandemic, when he appeared on Fox News Channel. But at the FDA, Makary failed to win the staff's confidence after mass layoffs, leadership changes and a series of controversies involving vaccines, drugs and electronic cigarettes.
Fighting Illini guard Gretchen Dolan will miss the rest of the 2025-26 season after tearing her meniscus.
Illinois will ban arbitrary limits on anesthesia coverage thanks to a bill Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law Friday.
Local lawmakers filed the plan after they saw insurance companies try to enforce time limits on anesthesia coverage.
State lawmakers are renewing calls for a bill to increase educational requirements for surgical technologists.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A bill to require insurance companies to cover anesthesia during surgery no matter how long passed unanimously out …