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Indiana’s attorney general faces misconduct complaint over remarks about abortion doctor 09/18/2023 06:57pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A complaint filed Monday alleges that Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita violated professional conduct rules in statements he made about a doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim last year. The Indiana Supreme Court’s disciplinary commission references Virginia Rep. Jennifer Wexton will not seek reelection after receiving diagnosis update 09/18/2023 11:15am • Virginia Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton said she will not seek reelection and will be retiring after receiving an update on her health. While receiving treatment for Parkinson’s disease, Wexton received a modified diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy. PSP is a form of atypical parkinson Howard U. sickle cell researcher calls for more funding, awareness amid new treatments 09/18/2023 06:00am • A leading Sickle Cell researcher in D.C. has issued a call to boost funding and awareness of the country’s most common genetic disease. Dr. James Taylor, director of the Center for Sickle Cell Disease at Howard University, appealed as the nation recognizes September as National Sickle Cell Awar 2 years ago, the Taliban banned girls from school. It’s a worsening crisis for all Afghans 09/18/2023 02:40am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two years after the Taliban banned girls from school beyond sixth grade, Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education. Now, the rights of Afghan women and children are on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly Monday in New York. T Indiana attorney general sues hospital system over privacy of Ohio girl who traveled for abortion 09/17/2023 07:59pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's attorney general has sued the state's largest hospital system, claiming it violated patient privacy laws when a doctor publicly shared the story of an Ohio girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion. The lawsuit, filed Friday in Indianapolis federal court, marked At Former Colorado officer gets probation for putting woman in police vehicle that was hit by a train 09/17/2023 04:56pm • DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle that was hit by a freight train, causing the woman to suffer serious injuries, has avoided a jail sentence and must instead serve 30 months on supervised probation. Jordan Steinke, 29, was sentence Charlie Manuel, who managed Phillies to World Series title, makes progress after suffering stroke 09/17/2023 12:03pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Former manager Charlie Manuel suffered a stroke Saturday while undergoing a medical procedure in a Florida hospital, the Philadelphia Phillies announced. Manuel “has made progress over the past 12 hours, and his doctors are encouraged,” the team said Sunday, a day after the 79 Rural hospitals are closing maternity wards. People are seeking options to give birth closer to home 09/17/2023 10:11am • Alisha Alderson placed everything she needed for the last month of her pregnancy in various suitcases as she prepared to leave the comfort of her home in rural eastern Oregon. The only maternity ward within 40 miles abruptly closed in August, so she would be staying at her brother’s house in Idaho Rural hospitals are closing maternity wards. People are seeking options to give birth closer to home 09/17/2023 10:08am • Alisha Alderson placed her folded clothes and everything she needed for the last month of her pregnancy in various suitcases. She never imagined she would have to leave the comfort of her home in rural eastern Oregon just weeks before her due date. But following the abrupt closure in August of the o Fire engulfs an 18-story tower block in Sudan's capital as rival forces battle for the 6th month 09/17/2023 07:59am • CAIRO (AP) — An 18-story building in the center of Sudan's capital was engulfed in flames Sunday as fighting between the military and a rival paramilitary force enters its sixth month. The Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower, situated in the center of Khartoum, caught fire early Sunday during Blake Corum scores 2 TDs, helps No. 2 Michigan pull away to beat Bowling Green 31-6 09/17/2023 12:04am • ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — J.J. McCarthy followed up two fantastic performances with a clunker. McCarthy threw a career-high three interceptions and had two touchdown passes to help No. 2 Michigan overcome a turnover-filled game in a 31-6 win over Bowling Green on Saturday. “Put them all on me,” Angels star Shohei Ohtani will have elbow surgery soon, out for the season because of oblique injury 09/16/2023 07:10pm • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani will have surgery soon on the ligament tear in his pitching elbow after the Los Angeles Angels' two-way star was ruled out for the rest of the season Saturday due to an oblique injury. Ohtani and the Angels, out of playoff contention, decided to wrap up his sea Brazilian leader Lula rekindles ties with Cuba at G77 summit in Havana 09/16/2023 06:01pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met with his Cuban counterpart Saturday in Havana, signaling a revitalization of ties between the two countries in the first trip by a Brazilian president to the Caribbean nation in nine years. Lula was in Havana for the summit o Yankees' Anthony Misiewicz released from hospital after being struck in face by line drive 09/16/2023 05:07pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Yankees reliever Anthony Misiewicz was released from Allegheny General Hospital after taking a line drive to the face, and New York placed him on the seven-day concussion injured list Saturday. The 28-year-old was struck by a 100.6 mph liner from Pittsburgh's Ji Hwan Bae in the s Supply problems and insurance issues make popular weight-loss drugs hard to get 09/16/2023 03:00pm • When she prescribes the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy, Dr. Angela Fitch sends patients on a quest she likens to “The Hunger Games." They will have to call drugstores over several days to find one with the properly sized first dose. Then they'll do that again for their second dose, and probabl