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School voucher proponents spend big to overcome rural resistance
AUSTIN, Texas — In rural Texas, public schools are the cultural heart of small towns. People pack the high school stadium for Friday night football games, and FFA classes prepare the next generation for the agricultural ...Read more
A mom's $97,000 question: How was her baby's air-ambulance ride not medically necessary?
Sara England was putting together Ghostbusters costumes for Halloween when she noticed her baby wasn’t doing well.
Her 3-month-old son, Amari Vaca, had undergone open-heart surgery two months before, so she called his ...Read more
What's lurking in your body? Mayo probes health risks of tiny plastic particles
Similar to natural elements like iron and copper, people can ingest, absorb or even inhale microplastics and nanoplastics and their chemical additives. A landmark study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine...Read more
Commentary: Trump just got a break in one case against him. But his luck was running out in another
The courts give, and the courts take away. And in a whirlwind couple of hours on Monday, they took a fair bit more from Donald Trump than they gave him.
The helping hand Trump got from one court, reducing the bond he had ...Read more
COVID and Medicare payments spark remote patient monitoring boom
Billy Abbott, a retired Army medic, wakes at 6 every morning, steps on the bathroom scale, and uses a cuff to take his blood pressure.
The devices send those measurements electronically to his doctor in Gulf Shores, ...Read more
Why are Black people more likely to develop glaucoma? Scientists discovered new clues in the largest study of its kind
A team led by University of Pennsylvania scientists has discovered three genetic variants that offer the first strong clues as to why glaucoma disproportionately affects Black people.
The variants are common in people ...Read more
Telehealth sites promise cure for 'male menopause' despite FDA ban on off-label ads
Online stores sprang up during the COVID-19 pandemic’s telehealth boom touting testosterone as a cure-all for men’s age-related illnesses — despite FDA rules issued years ago restricting such “low testosterone” ...Read more
Why was 2023 such a deadly year in Los Angeles County jails? It depends on whom you ask
LOS ANGELES -- It was well after dark, but Tawana Hunter lingered in the hospital parking lot, watching the minutes tick by on her phone. As midnight drew closer, she ran through all the things she wished had been ...Read more
Mayo Clinic Minute: Wash your pet's food and water bowls to prevent salmonella
Salmonella is a bacterial infection that can cause fever, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. It can be transmitted from contaminated food, such as raw meat or eggs. But what you may not know is that your pets �...Read more
Biden, at risk with young voters, is racing to shift marijuana policy
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris looked up from prepared remarks in the White House's ornate Roosevelt Room this month to make sure the reporters in the room could hear her clearly: "Nobody should have to go to ...Read more
These Puget Sound orcas could be designated as distinct species
SEATTLE —For more than a century, killer whales have been understood to be just one worldwide species, Orcinus orca, with many types.
But now, after decades of work, scientists have determined the differences between ...Read more
Few states cover fertility treatment for same-sex couples, but that could be changing
Elizabeth Bauer was working out at the gym one morning last August when she got a phone call from her fertility nurse. It was a call that Bauer and her wife, Rebecca, had long been waiting for.
Elizabeth dialed in Rebecca...Read more
Starvation has decimated gray whales off the Pacific Coast. Can the giants ever recover?
LOS ANGELES — When large numbers of gray whales began washing up along North America’s Pacific Coast nearly six years ago, marine scientists could only speculate at the reason: Was it disease? Ocean pollution? ...Read more
Editorial: America's energy boom has helped with global security. Biden should leave well alone
North America’s amazing energy boom has been a huge plus for U.S. domestic security over the past decade. Thanks to the rise of shale fracking and other game-changing technologies, the U.S. and Canada have produced more ...Read more
Dubai's glitz dims for Russians on costs, US sanction pressures
Two years ago, Dubai became a hot favorite with Russians looking to park money or build new lives after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. That allure is now dimming as the cost of living in the ...Read more
Punxsutawney Phil and his wife had BABY GROUNDHOGS!
PHILADELPHIA — We're pleased to bring you very serious and important breaking news regarding cute, furry, baby animals and Pennsylvania lore: Punxsutawney Phil and his wife, Phyllis, have babies.
As first reported by ...Read more
Judge recommends disbarring attorney who aided Trump
Another defendant in the Georgia election interference case may lose his license to practice law for aiding Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
John Eastman devised questionable legal ...Read more
Yellen: Bridge collapse impact on economy being 'tracked very closely'
ATLANTA — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday during an event in metro Atlanta the federal government is watching closely the economic impact of the Baltimore port closure in the wake of Tuesday’s ...Read more
Bolsonaro tells Brazil's top court he didn't seek asylum with Hungary
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s defense told the Supreme Court that is “illogical” to suspect him of having sought political asylum with Hungary when there is no adequate reason for him to be arrested in ...Read more
Baltimore bridge collapse reverberates from cars to coal
The 1.6-mile-long bridge collapsed in a matter of seconds. The catastrophic consequences are set to stretch out for weeks.
As much as 2.5 million tons of coal, hundreds of cars made by Ford Motor Co. and General Motors ...Read more
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