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A judge has ruled Texas' abortion ban is too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications 08/05/2023 01:00am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge ruled Friday the state’s abortion ban has proven too restrictive for women with serious pregnancy complications and must allow exceptions without doctors fearing the threat of criminal charges. The ruling was the first to undercut Texas’ law since it took ef Fighting has plunged Sudan into a humanitarian catastrophe, senior UN officials say 08/04/2023 11:13pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The conflict in Sudan has left 24 million people — half the country’s population — in need of food and other assistance, but only 2.5 million have received aid because of vicious fighting and a lack of funding, two senior U.N. officials said Friday. Eden Worsornu, direc 'Cuddling' is just what the doctor ordered for a 200-pound walrus calf rescued this week in Alaska 08/04/2023 06:12pm • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A 200-pound (90 kilogram) walrus calf found alone and miles from the ocean on Alaska’s North Slope is being bottle fed and receiving round-the-clock “cuddling” from doting animal welfare workers who are trying to keep the 1-month-old baby alive. The male Pacific walrus As the climate changes, how doctors treat patients, and medical program curricula, are evolving 08/04/2023 11:32am • NEW YORK (AP) — In the 1990s, two hurricanes devastated Samoa in the South Pacific Ocean, wiping entire communities off the map and killing dozens of people. “Everything was just decimated,” Malama Tafuna’i, a primary care physician in Apia, the territory’s capital, said. “It looked like Kenyan doctors say civilians were shot, and some killed, while running from police during protests 08/04/2023 09:45am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Doctors in Kenya say the bullet wounds that civilians received during opposition protests in two counties last month show that most were shot while running from police or trying to surrender, according to a report released Friday. The report by the Kenya Medical Association, Protests, poisoning and prison: The life of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny 08/04/2023 05:56am • LONDON (AP) — In a span of a decade, Alexei Navalny has gone from the Kremlin’s biggest foe to Russia’s most prominent political prisoner. Already serving two convictions that have landed him in prison for at least nine years, he stands a new trial that could keep him behind bars for two more Matildas prepare for second must-win match of the tournament in round of 16 against Denmark 08/04/2023 04:20am • Brisbane, Australia (AP) — Australia once again finds itself in a must-win Women’s World Cup game when the Matildas face Denmark on Monday in the round of 16. “This is do or die now,” said Australia goalie Mackenzie Arnold. “Historically, we’ve always really performed well with our back 'Brazen and absurd' mall shooting sends DC man behind bars for 25 years 08/03/2023 10:35pm • A D.C. man who had hopes of moving him and his four sons out of the region will instead spend the next 25 years behind bars after he was sentenced for a murder described as both "brazen" and "absurd" by a Prince George's County, Maryland, judge. In August of 2022, 20-year-old Darrion Herring was Rays P Shane McClanahan on 15-day IL, one day after leaving start early with forearm tightness 08/03/2023 09:30pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays placed All-Star left-handed pitcher Shane McClanahan on the 15-day injured list on Thursday, one day after he left his start at the New York Yankees with left forearm tightness. The Rays said in a release that they are in the process of gathering furt Florida man who dropped appeals is executed for 1988 hammer killing of a nurse 08/03/2023 08:33pm • STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who recently dropped all legal appeals was executed Thursday for the 1988 murder of a woman who was sexually assaulted, killed with a hammer and then set on fire in her own bed. James Phillip Barnes, 61, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. following a lethal injectio Data Doctors: How to schedule text messages 08/03/2023 08:23pm • Q: Is there an easy way to schedule text messages on my smartphone? A: Text messaging has become one of the most efficient communication tools, and sending them at the most opportune time can dramatically improve their effectiveness, especially if you’re in different time zones. Beyond the p Former first-round NBA draft pick is sentenced to 10 years in prison in $4M health care fraud 08/03/2023 05:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge sentenced a former first-round NBA draft pick to 10 years in prison Thursday, saying he used his people skills to entice others to aid his $5 million health care fraud after he “frittered away” substantial earnings from his professional career. Terrence Williams A federal appeals court just made medication abortions harder to get in Guam 08/03/2023 05:05pm • People seeking medication abortions on the U.S. Territory of Guam must first have an in-person consultation with a doctor, a federal appeals court says, even though the nearest physician willing to prescribe the medication is 3,800 miles (6,100 kilometers) — an 8-hour flight — away. The ruling Tunisian minister concedes 'small groups' of migrants were pushed back into desert no man's land 08/03/2023 02:39pm • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s interior minister conceded that small groups of sub-Saharan migrants trying to enter the country are pushed back into the desert border areas with Libya and Algeria, but labeled as “false allegations” claims by the U.N., humanitarian groups and migrants themse Review: 'Heartstopper' returns on Netflix for believable coming-of-age romance 08/03/2023 01:16pm • Double strikes by the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild currently have new Hollywood productions on hold, but thankfully for viewers, a few beloved series return for your enjoyment this week. On Wednesday, "Reservation Dogs" returned for its third and final season on both cable