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Volunteer medical students are trying to fill the health care gap for migrants in Chicago 11/02/2023 07:44pm • CHICAGO (AP) — ___Using sidewalks as exam rooms and heavy red duffle bags as medical supply closets, volunteer medics spend their Saturdays caring for the growing number of migrants arriving in Chicago without a place to live. Mostly students in training, they go to police stations where migrants Nigeria's government budgets for SUVs and president's wife while millions struggle to make ends meet 11/02/2023 06:13pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's lawmakers on Thursday approved the new government's first supplemental budget, which includes huge allocations for SUVs and houses for the president, his wife and other public officials, sparking anger and criticism from citizens in one of the world’s poorest coun Neymar has ACL surgery in Brazil, recovery expected between 6 months to 1 year 11/02/2023 12:31pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil forward Neymar went through ACL and meniscus surgery on Thursday at a hospital in the city of Belo Horizonte, local media reported. The procedure was performed by national team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar. Neymar's surgery took four hours, according to website Globo Esporte. The Charity says migrant testimonies point to a recurring practice of illegal deportations from Greece 11/02/2023 12:16pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A leading international medical charity alleged Thursday that testimony from dozens of migrants over the past two years points to a “recurring practice” of secret, illegal and often brutal deportations back to Turkey from two eastern Greek islands. Doctors Without Borders After team bus was attacked, Lyon must regroup quickly to turn around bad start to the season 11/02/2023 11:46am • Lyon's players will have to refocus their minds quickly for the home game against Metz in the French league on Sunday after their team bus was attacked in Marseille by fans throwing projectiles last weekend, injuring their coach and causing that match to be called off. The bus attack was the lowest Migrants in cities across the US may need medical care. It's not that easy to find 11/02/2023 10:19am • All the chairs in the waiting room were filled by dozens of newly arrived migrants waiting to be seen by a Cook County health worker at a clinic in Chicago. Julio Figuera, 43, was among them. He didn’t want to talk much about traveling to Chicago from Venezuela, where a social, political and econo Top Md. Democrats mobilizing to compete for newly open congressional seat, while GOP sees opportunity 11/02/2023 09:30am • Less than a week after U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes' surprise announcement that he would not seek a 10th term, several high-profile Democrats are mobilizing to try to replace him, and Republicans believe the Democratic congressman's decision could put his 3rd District seat into play for the first time i ‘A curse to be a parent in Gaza’: More than 3,600 Palestinian children killed in just 3 weeks of war 11/02/2023 05:10am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 3,600 Palestinian children were killed in the first 25 days of the war between Israel and Hamas, according to Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry. They were hit by airstrikes, smashed by misfired rockets, burned by blasts and crushed by buildings, and among Brazil to militarize key airports, ports and borders in a crackdown on organized crime 11/02/2023 02:04am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday he is sending the armed forces to boost security at some of the country's most important airports, ports and international borders as part of a renewed effort to tackle organized crime in Latin America's largest nat Ohio is about to vote on abortion rights. Misinformation about the proposal is rampant 11/02/2023 12:40am • As Ohio residents prepare to conclude voting on a constitutional amendment that would guarantee access to abortion in the state, they're encountering an array of misleading claims over how it could influence abortion care, gender-related health care, parental consent and more. The proposed amendment Confusion, frustration and hope at Gaza's border with Egypt as first foreign passport-holders depart 11/02/2023 12:17am • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of foreign passport-holders and dozens of other seriously wounded Palestinians desperate to escape Israel's bombardment of Gaza crowded around the black metal gate on the Egyptian border Wednesday, hoping to pass through the enclave’s only portal to the outside Teachers kick off strike in Portland, Oregon, over class sizes, pay and resources 11/01/2023 08:13pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Teachers in Portland, Oregon, walked off the job on Wednesday for the first day of a strike that shuttered schools for some 45,000 students in Oregon's largest city. Concerns over large class sizes, salaries that haven't kept up with inflation and a lack of resources prompted What Are Your Rights When It Comes to Your Apartment's Pet Policy? 11/01/2023 08:00pm • Pets are beloved members of the family, but if you're a pet owner who rents an apartment, condo or house, you may be subject to a few rules when it comes to pet ownership. Housing and rental restrictions are the leading causes for people to be forced to separate from their pets, says Katie Jarl, dir Montana's psychiatric hospital is poorly run and neglect has hastened patient deaths, lawsuit says 11/01/2023 07:47pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's state psychiatric hospital has been so poorly run for decades that patients are unsafe and not treated with dignity and respect, which combined with a pattern of understaffing, lack of training and neglect has hastened the deaths of two patients, a lawsuit filed this Bills' Damar Hamlin expects to be excited and emotional in return to Cincinnati 11/01/2023 07:17pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Whether he plays or not, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin says he has nothing to worry about in preparing to return to Cincinnati for a game against the Bengals on Sunday night so long as he stays true to himself. Cincinnati might be where Hamlin nearly died after going