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Harrison Ford, Angela Bassett, Miley Cyrus and more honored as Disney Legends in emotional ceremony 08/12/2024 05:31pm • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Harrison Ford held back tears, Miley Cyrus let them flow and several stars got emotional as they accepted the prestigious Disney Legends honor Sunday. The company bestowed Legends status on 14 artists it says have had a “significant impact” on Disney’s legacy, includi Their job was saving lives. They lost their own in Brazil’s horrifying plane crash 08/12/2024 02:56pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Arianne Risso worked every day to help her patients battle cancer. That made it all the more heart wrenching when her life — along with that of seven other doctors — ended abruptly after a plane tumbled from the sky in Brazil. She boarded the ill-fated flight Friday in th DC mobile pediatric clinics get 'Monumental' makeover 08/12/2024 02:49pm • More kids will be able to get the health care they need thanks to Monumental Sports and Entertainment's $1.1 million donation to help operate MedStar Georgetown’s Kids Mobile Medical Clinic. “Being able to bring doctors and nurses and the technology right into the neighborhoods, I think, Mexican prosecutors consider treason charges after US jails drug lord ‘El Mayo’ Zambada 08/12/2024 01:31pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States managed to arrest Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord, but Mexican prosecutors — and the president — now say they are considering bringing treason charges against those who handed him over. It’s part of the long, strange trail of Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael Book Review: Is the brilliant surgeon a 'Good Sociopath?' Chicago P.I. Annalisa Vega has her doubts 08/12/2024 11:41am • Professor Maura Delaney’s book, “The Good Sociopath,” is about to hit the market with a neurosurgeon, Dr. Craig Canning, as her primary example. The publisher has even put his photograph on the cover. Canning is arrogant and lacks genuine emotions (although he’s good at faking them), but his Released Palestinians describe worsening abuses in Israeli prisons 08/12/2024 09:26am • OUTSIDE OFER PRISON, West Bank (AP) — Frequent beatings, overcrowding, withholding of basic rations. Released Palestinians have described to The Associated Press worsening abuses in Israeli prisons crammed with thousands detained since the war in Gaza began 10 months ago. Israeli officials have ac Bangladesh's chief justice resigns under pressure as Yunus-led interim government starts working 08/11/2024 11:22pm • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan resigned Saturday following new protests by a group of students and other demonstrators, as the country’s interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus started functioning days after a mass uprising forced Prime Minis Best Morning Sickness Remedies During Pregnancy 08/11/2024 08:00pm • Pregnancy is a beautiful experience, but it can be uncomfortable too. One of the many discomforts of pregnancy is morning sickness, a term that refers to the all-too-common queasiness that can occur in your first trimester of pregnancy. Despite its name, morning sickness can strike at any time of th US surgeon general was warned by his mom to avoid politics, but he jumped into the fray anyway 08/11/2024 04:45pm • MIAMI (AP) — The gold and silver trophies packed in the china cabinet of Dr. Vivek Murthy’s childhood home boast the surgeon general’s many talents, from dance performances to math competitions. Growing up in a Florida suburb, it seemed to his family that Murthy could succeed at just about any US surgeon general was warned by his mom to avoid politics, but he jumped into the fray anyway 08/11/2024 04:44pm • MIAMI (AP) — The dated gold and silver trophies packed in the china cabinet of Dr. Vivek Murthy’s childhood home still boast the surgeon general’s many talents, from dance performances to math competitions. Growing up in a Florida suburb, it seemed to his family that Murthy could succeed at ju Three German open water swimmers fall ill after Olympic races in the Seine River 08/11/2024 08:02am • PARIS (AP) — Three German swimmers became ill after competing in the open water races at the Paris Olympics, though it was not immediately clear if the long-polluted Seine River was responsible for their sickness. The swimmers were not identified in a statement released Saturday by the German Olym After coach's life was likely saved backstage, Uzbekistan dominates Olympic boxing tournament 08/10/2024 06:56pm • PARIS (AP) — Uzbekistan's beloved head boxing coach was revived from apparent cardiac arrest Thursday by two members of Britain's training staff after celebrating his team's first gold medal of the Paris Olympics, his fighters confirmed Saturday night. The Uzbek team went on to win five golds — Meet Nacer Zorgani, the vision-impaired Para-judo athlete who doubles as boxing’s Olympic voice 08/10/2024 10:08am • PARIS (AP) — The crowd at Roland Garros, the legendary home of French tennis that's now hosting Olympic boxing, erupted in applause as Nacer Zorgani's deep, resonant voice filled the venue. “Ladies and gentlemen, in the red corner, representing France — Billal Bennama!” he announced in Frenc Donald Trump headlines Montana rally after plane was diverted but landed safely 08/10/2024 01:42am • BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Donald Trump traveled to Montana for a Friday night rally intended to drum up support for ousting the state's Democratic senator, but the former president's plane first had to divert to an airport on the other side of the Rocky Mountains because of a mechanical issue, accordi Plane crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 aboard, airline says 08/09/2024 08:38pm • VINHEDO, Brazil (AP) — A passenger plane crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday, killing all 61 people aboard and leaving a smoldering wreck, officials and the airline said. Officials did not say if anyone was killed on the ground in the neighborhood where