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Florida refuses to bar unvaccinated students from school suffering a measles outbreak 02/23/2024 05:48pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's controversial surgeon general is drawing criticism for his handling of an elementary school's measles outbreak, telling parents of unvaccinated children it is their choice whether their students attend class — a contravention of federal guidelines calling f Maryland House OKs bill to enable undocumented immigrants to buy health insurance on state exchange 02/23/2024 03:57pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland House approved a measure on Friday to enable people to buy health insurance through the state’s health care exchange regardless of their immigration status, with the approval of a federal waiver. The House voted 101-34 for the bill, which now goes to the Sen Alabama Senate OKs bill targeting college diversity efforts 02/23/2024 03:56pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation aimed at prohibiting universities, schools and public entities from maintaining diversity and inclusion offices or funding initiatives that teach what Republicans labeled as “divisive concepts.” The multi-pronged proposal is o What to stream this weekend: 'Avatar: The Last Airbender,' 'Priscilla' and Dolly Parton's puppies 02/23/2024 09:38am • Dolly Parton hosting a two-hour puppy-filled variety special on CBS and the seventh and final season of the hospital drama, “The Good Doctor” are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Kyle Lowry gets six stitches for a gash to his forehead in his debut for the 76ers 02/22/2024 11:48pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Lowry got six stitches in his gashed forehead in the pattern of a “7,” matching his 76ers uniform number during the North Philadelphia native's debut for his new team. But there's something about being raised Philly tough that motivated Lowry to return after he took an Live updates | Israeli strikes kill over 70 in Gaza, and West Bank shooters kill an Israeli 02/22/2024 11:31pm • Israeli strikes have killed at least 71 people in southern and central Gaza in about 24 hours, the territory's health officials said Thursday. Meanwhile, tensions are rising in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where three gunmen opened fire Thursday morning on a road near a checkpoint, killing one I More Alabama IVF providers pause treatment after court ruling on frozen embryos 02/22/2024 10:45pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Additional in vitro fertilization providers in Alabama paused services Thursday, sending patients scrambling to make other plans in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling that said frozen embryos could be considered children under state law. Doctors and patients have bee Utah man sues Maduro over trauma caused by nearly two years of imprisonment in Venezuela 02/22/2024 09:27pm • MIAMI (AP) — A Utah man imprisoned for nearly two years in Venezuela has sued President Nicolás Maduro, accusing the leftist leader of heading a “criminal enterprise” that kidnaps, tortures and unjustly imprisons American citizens. The complaint filed Thursday in Miami federal court by Jos What's next after the Alabama ruling that counts IVF embryos as children? 02/22/2024 07:01pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that couples who were trying in vitro fertilization and lost frozen embryos in an accident at a south Alabama storage facility can sue under the state’s wrongful death law. Since then, three providers have paused the often-used fe Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's mother says she's resisting pressure to agree to a secret burial 02/22/2024 05:37pm • The mother of Russia’s late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that she has seen her son's body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial outside the public eye. Lyudmila Navalnaya said investigators allowed her to see her son’s body in the Wendy Williams diagnosed with same form of dementia as Bruce Willis 02/22/2024 05:20pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with the same form of dementia that actor Bruce Willis has, a statement released Thursday on behalf of her caretakers says. The statement said the 59-year-old's diagnoses of primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal de GOP lawmakers try to thwart abortion rights ballot initiative in South Dakota 02/22/2024 04:08pm • PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota's Republican-led Legislature is trying to thwart a proposed ballot initiative that would enable voters to protect abortion rights in the state constitution. The initiative's leader says the GOP efforts threaten the state's tradition of direct democracy. Supporters How Holy Cross focuses on combating systemic maternal care issues faced by women of color 02/22/2024 04:00pm • There is a maternal health crisis for women of color in the United States, and Holy Cross Health wants to change that for women in the Metropolitan Washington area. “Despite being one of the wealthiest nations in the world, the maternal mortality rate in the United States is 23.8 per 100,00 Why doing good is good for your employees, business and community 02/22/2024 02:11pm • Community connections can help your business and employees thrive. If an employer offers its employees the chance to get involved with the community, “they feel they have meaning and purpose,” said Cynthia Cifuentes, vice president of brand, communications and community engagement for Kai Whitman-Walker Health expands primary, adolescent, senior and dental care in Southeast DC 02/22/2024 01:51pm • Most people know that Whitman-Walker offers care for the LGBTQ community and HIV prevention and treatment. But Whitman-Walker also provides primary care, care for adolescents and seniors and dental care. Dr. Stephen Abbott, medical site director of the new Max Robinson Center, and Dr. Terranc