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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 Transit of migrants through the Darien Gap resumes as Colombian boat companies end work stoppage 03/04/2024 06:35pm • BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Migrants bound for the U.S. are once again crossing the Darien Gap in large numbers, officials in Colombia said on Monday, after being stranded for much of last week in a small town along the country's Caribbean coast due to a work stoppage by local boat captains. Johann W Decisions made by Caleb Williams, Marvin Harrison Jr. could impact future NFL combines 03/04/2024 05:00pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL scouting combine's evolution from hidden gem into the league's second-most anticipated offseason event has come with all sorts of twists. The question is whether this year's new ones could affect future combines. All-American receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. skipped media i The owners of a Christian boarding school in Missouri are jailed and charged with kidnapping crimes 03/04/2024 04:38pm • The husband and wife owners of a Missouri boarding school for boys have been jailed and charged with felony crimes after a lengthy investigation by a county sheriff. Wayne County Sheriff Dean Finch said in a news release that Larry Musgraves Jr., 57, was arrested Friday evening on the ABM Ministries Women without risk factors twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with lung cancer 03/04/2024 01:23pm • Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States — and it's disproportionately affecting some women. "It's sadly taking more lives than breast and cervical and ovarian cancers combined," said Laurie Ambrose, president and CEO of Go2 for Lung Cancer, an advocacy group that s Botched execution of serial killer in Idaho puts focus on capital punishment secrecy laws 03/04/2024 11:22am • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — In 2012, two Idaho prison officials chartered a private plane and flew to Washington state with thousands of dollars in cash. They met with a pharmacist behind closed doors and bought the drug for a convicted murderer's lethal injection. Only a years-long public records lawsuit Scientists have used cells from fluid drawn during pregnancy to grow mini lungs and other organs 03/04/2024 11:01am • Scientists have created miniorgans from cells floating in the fluid that surrounds a fetus in the womb – an advance they believe could open up new areas of prenatal medicine. Miniorgans, or “ organoids,” are tiny simplified structures that can be used to test new medical treatments or study ho What's next for South Korean doctors who face license suspensions because of walkouts 03/04/2024 06:17am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government is pressing ahead with its vow to suspend the licenses of thousands of junior doctors who ignore its repeated demands to end their collective walkouts. Nearly 9,000 out of the country’s 13,000 medical interns and residents have been refusing t With up to 300 deaths annually, a ladder safety expert shares advice for optimal use 03/04/2024 04:49am • "It's a ladder. You set it up and climb it. What's difficult about that?" That's the question posed by Mike Van Bree, a safety expert with the American Ladder Institute, adding that he has the answer. "People look at the instructions and think they already know what they need to do," Van Bree 5 key issues at stake in the upcoming 2024 Mexican elections 03/04/2024 12:15am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is almost certainly about to get its first woman president. Ruling-party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum leads in polls on the race leading to the June 2 vote. The second-place candidate is also a woman. A man running for a small third party essentially has no chance of winn 4 new astronauts head to the International Space Station for a 6-month stay 03/04/2024 12:14am • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts headed to the International Space Station on Sunday where they will oversee the arrivals of two new rocketships during their half-year stint. SpaceX’s Falcon rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael B South Korea takes steps to suspend licenses of striking doctors after they refuse to end walkouts 03/03/2024 11:41pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government began steps Monday to suspend the medical licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors, days after they missed a government-set deadline to end their joint walkouts, which have severely impacted hospital operations. Nearly 9,000 medical inte Knicks All-Star guard Jalen Brunson bruises left knee early in New York's 107-98 win over Cavaliers 03/03/2024 11:29pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — For a change, the New York Knicks carried All-Star guard Jalen Brunson. After seeing Brunson go down with a bruised left knee in the first quarter Sunday night, the Knicks recovered and posted a 107-98 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers that further showcased New York's toughness an Knicks overcome losing All-Star Jalen Brunson with bruised knee, regroup to beat Cavaliers 107-98 03/03/2024 10:42pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — One minute into the game, the New York Knicks had their season flash before their eyes. Turns out, it was probably just a scare. Josh Hart had a triple-double, Donte DiVincenzo scored 28 points and the Knicks regrouped after losing All-Star guard Jalen Brunson in the first minute South Korean doctors hold massive anti-government rally over medical school recruitment plan 03/03/2024 10:18pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of senior doctors rallied in the South Korean capital, Seoul, on Sunday to express their support for junior doctors who have been on strike for nearly two weeks over a government plan to sharply increase the number of medical school admissions. The rally came as