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Dansby Swanson homers as the short-handed Cubs beat the struggling Astros 4-3 04/24/2024 11:42pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Dansby Swanson hit a three-run homer during Chicago's four-run first inning and the short-handed Cubs beat the Houston Astros 4-3 on Wednesday night. Playing without Cody Bellinger, Chicago used Swanson's big swing and a solid start by Jameson Taillon to earn its second straight win Haiti's government scrambles to impose tight security measures as council inauguration imminent 04/24/2024 10:30pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Armored vehicles roll slowly past Haiti’s National Palace as police scan the horizon for gangs. Every day, bullets whiz past the area, striking buildings and people alike. Gangs control most of the territory that surrounds the palace, but a transitional council charg Arizona House advances a repeal of the state's near-total abortion ban to the Senate 04/24/2024 10:12pm • PHOENIX (AP) — A proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total ban on abortions won approval from the state House Wednesday after two weeks of mounting pressure on Republicans over an issue that has bedeviled former President Donald Trump's campaign to return to the White House. Three Republicans joi Md. Board of Education picks Carey Wright as permanent public schools superintendent 04/24/2024 09:09pm • She’s staying put. The interim title will be removed from Carey Wright’s name after the Maryland Board of Education’s unanimous vote Wednesday to make her the permanent state superintendent of public schools. Wright began as interim superintendent Oct. 23, replacing Mohammed Choudhury, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California 04/24/2024 08:11pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Arizona doctors could give their patients abortions in California under a proposal announced Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom to circumvent a ban on nearly all abortions in the neighboring state. It would apply only to doctors licensed in good standing in Arizona and their What Is a Fasting-Mimicking Diet? 04/24/2024 08:00pm • Fasting has become a hot topic in the world of science and nutrition. A growing body of research conducted has suggested that fasting -- or abstaining from eating food -- for certain periods of time might pay significant health dividends, such as improved weight management, lowered risk of developin New California rule aims to limit health care cost increases to 3% annually 04/24/2024 07:49pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies in California will be limited to annual price increases of 3% starting in 2029 under a new rule state regulators approved Wednesday in the latest attempt to corral the ever-increasing costs of medical care in the United St Relatives of those who died waiting for livers at now halted Houston transplant program seek answers 04/24/2024 07:47pm • DALLAS (AP) — Several relatives of patients who died while waiting for a new liver said Wednesday they want to know if their loved ones were wrongfully denied a transplant by a Houston doctor accused of manipulating the waitlist to make some patients ineligible to receive a new organ. Officials at Key moments in the Supreme Court's latest abortion case that could change how women get care 04/24/2024 06:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first test on Wednesday of state abortion bans that have been enacted since the court upended the Roe v. Wade constitutional right to abortion. While the current case involves an Idaho abortion ban, the court’s ruling could have implications bey How US changes to 'noncompete' agreements and overtime pay could affect workers 04/24/2024 06:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) — For millions of American workers, the federal government took two actions this week that could bestow potentially far-reaching benefits. In one move, the Federal Trade Commission voted to ban noncompete agreements, which bar millions of workers from leaving their employers to join Oracle's Larry Ellison says planned Nashville campus will be company's 'world headquarters' 04/24/2024 05:24pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Oracle Corp.'s planned campus in Nashville, Tennessee, will serve as the business software giant's world headquarters, placing it in a city that's a center for the U.S. health care industry, company Chairman Larry Ellison said. Ellison spoke about Oracle's plans for its Nas More doctors can prescribe a leading addiction treatment. Why aren't more people getting help? 04/24/2024 05:04pm • It’s easier than ever for doctors to prescribe a key medicine for opioid addiction since the U.S. government lifted an obstacle last year. But despite the looser restrictions and the ongoing overdose crisis, a new study finds little change in the number of people taking the medication. Researchers Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law 04/24/2024 05:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients. The case marks the first time New federal rule would bar 'noncompete' agreements for most employees 04/24/2024 04:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by a federal agency Tuesday, though the rule is sure to be challenged in court. The Federal Trade Commission voted Tuesday 3-2 to ban measures known as noncompete agre Tennessee would criminalize helping minors get abortions under bill heading to governor 04/24/2024 03:55pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is poised to become the second state in the nation to make it illegal for adults to help minors get an abortion without parental consent, a proposal that is likely to face immediate legal challenges should Gov. Bill Lee sign it into law. Tennessee's GOP-dominant