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Editorial Roundup: United States 03/06/2024 11:29am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: March 4 The Washington Post on SCOTUS keeping Trump on ballot No, there is no one weird trick to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot and out of the White House. That is the unanimous opinion of the Supreme Court, which ru South Korea's president vows not to tolerate walkouts by junior doctors 03/06/2024 05:01am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's president vowed Wednesday not to tolerate the prolonged walkouts by thousands of junior doctors, calling them “an illegal collective action” that threatens public health and shakes the country’s governing systems. President Yoon Suk Yeol’s government SEC Tournament: No. 1 South Carolina, No. 8 LSU on collision course for title 03/05/2024 11:10pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — This year's SEC Tournament is likely to come down to Dawn Staley's daycare and Kim Mulkey's defending champions. No. 1 South Carolina, at 29-0 the only undefeated program in men's or women's Division I, and No. 8 LSU (26-4) are the top two seeds and strong favorites to play f Cavaliers' Donovan Mitchell dealing with 'wear and tear' injury that could sideline him for weeks 03/05/2024 07:07pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell's left knee injury might keep the All-Star guard out longer than the Cavaliers initially estimated. Coach J.B. Bickerstaff provided some clarity about Mitchell's injury — deemed a bone bruise by the team — on Tuesday night, saying it had built up over time. Mi Liberty University will pay $14 million, the largest fine ever levied under the federal Clery Act 03/05/2024 06:33pm • Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine for the Christian school's failure to disclose information about crimes on its campus and for its treatment of sexual assault survivors, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday. The fine is by far the largest ever levi Alabama lawmakers advance legislation to protect IVF providers, with final approval still ahead 03/05/2024 04:00pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers facing public pressure to restart in vitro fertilization services in the state advanced legislation Tuesday to shield providers from the fallout of a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. Committees in the state Senate and House approved LIV Golf abandons its pursuit of getting world ranking points 03/05/2024 03:24pm • The Great White Shark is waving the white flag when it comes to LIV Golf being recognized by the Official World Golf Ranking. Greg Norman, the CEO and commissioner of the Saudi-funded league, has told his players that LIV has withdrawn its application. LIV Golf first applied for world ranking points Lab leader pleads no contest to manslaughter in 2012 Michigan meningitis deaths 03/05/2024 02:53pm • The co-founder of a specialty pharmacy that was at the center of a deadly national meningitis outbreak in 2012 pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Michigan, authorities said Tuesday. Under a deal, Barry Cadden's prison sentence of 10 to 15 years will be served at the same time as his c IVF gave hope to patients trying to build their families. The turmoil in Alabama put that in doubt 03/05/2024 12:59pm • Thirty-seven-year-old Corinn O’Brien is about two months pregnant through in vitro fertilization, but an ultrasound recently showed the fetus might be in trouble, and she wants the option to try again if she needs to. Cancer survivor Kailani Greenwood, due to give birth in spring after undergoing Former Speaker Gingrich donates congressional papers to New Orleans' Tulane University 03/05/2024 12:52pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has donated his congressional papers to Tulane University's Louisiana Research Collection. Gingrich earned a master of arts and a doctorate in education at the New Orleans university. He later became a teacher at West Georgia College before his For Women's History Month, a look at some trailblazers in American gardening and horticulture 03/05/2024 11:20am • Women have long been at the forefront of gardening, whether passing agricultural traditions from generation to generation, organizing garden clubs and beautification societies, or — in some cases — making significant contributions to science and landscape design. Some of these plantswomen gained A month after cyberattack, Chicago children's hospital says some systems are back online 03/05/2024 10:23am • CHICAGO (AP) — Doctors and nurses at a premier Chicago children's hospital can again access patients' electronic medical records, more than a month after a cyberattack forced Lurie Children's Hospital to take its networks offline. The hospital provided the update Monday and said its phone system a Thousands of Korean doctors face license suspensions as Seoul moves to prosecute strike leaders 03/05/2024 07:33am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of striking junior doctors in South Korea faced proceedings to suspend their medical licenses Tuesday, while authorities pushed for police investigations into leaders of the walkouts that have disrupted hospital operations. Nearly 9,000 of South Korea’s 13,00 Gang rape of a tourist in India highlights its struggle to curb sexual violence against women 03/05/2024 07:30am • NEW DELHI (AP) — The woman in the Instagram video appeared shaken. Her face was swollen and bruised. Sitting beside her husband, she began recounting her ordeal. “Something happened to us that we wouldn’t wish on anyone," she said in Spanish, with captions in English. Her husband then said: "W As France guarantees the right to abortion, other European countries look to expand access 03/04/2024 07:45pm • PARIS (AP) — As France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee the right to abortion in its constitution, other Europeans look at the U.S. rollback of abortion access and wonder: Could that happen here? Abortion is broadly legal across Europe, and governments have been gradually expanding