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Doctors give mixed testimony on whether tests show brain damage in the Pittsburgh synagogue killer 06/27/2023 05:44pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jurors considering a death sentence for Pittsburgh synagogue killer Robert Bowers heard mixed testimony from doctors on Tuesday about whether medical scans showed any significant brain damage — a central point of contention in his lawyers' strategy to spare his life. The testim 6 dead in a meningitis outbreak tied to Mexico clinics as officials struggle to reach more patients 06/27/2023 03:58pm • The death toll has risen to six in an outbreak of fungal meningitis that's tied to surgical procedures in a city along the U.S.-Mexico border, and health officials say they have not been able to reach everyone who may be at risk of infection. More than 200 patients could be at risk of fungal meningi A player's mistreatment exposes flawed sex eligibility rules used by FIFA at Women's World Cup 06/27/2023 07:46am • Barbra Banda will be allowed to captain Zambia in its Women's World Cup debut and continue a promising soccer career that was thrown in doubt when she was excluded from last year's African championship in a sex eligibility case mishandled by authorities. While officials blamed each other, Banda was Washington's long-term care payroll tax starts July 1, as other states explore similar programs 06/27/2023 12:24am • SEATTLE (AP) — On some days, Anthony Jones can’t get to work. Since he was a teen, the 41-year-old Seattle resident has often struggled with lupus, an autoimmune disease that can cause the body to attack tissue surrounding joints and organs, making everyday tasks like showering, cooking and comm Malaria cases in Texas and Florida are the first US spread since 2003, CDC says 06/26/2023 09:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The United States has seen five cases of malaria spread by mosquitos in the last two months — the first time there's been local spread in 20 years. There were four cases detected in Florida and one in Texas, according to a health alert issued Monday by the Centers for Disease Con American Heart Association says women with irregular periods could be at higher risk of heart disease 06/26/2023 06:14pm • It's a condition that can affect up to 25% of all women: Irregular menstrual cycles. Doctors are raising awareness about a study from the American Heart Association, which says that women affected by irregular periods can also be at a 20% higher risk of cardiovascular disease and atrial fibrillat Supreme Court lets lawsuits over team doctor's sexual abuse proceed against Ohio State 06/26/2023 11:37am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a decision that allows more than 230 men to sue Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by a university doctor, the late Richard Strauss. Two cases involving the abuse were on a list of many cases the court said it would no Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 2-8 06/26/2023 10:31am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 2-8: July 2: Actor Robert Ito (“Quincy”) is 92. Actor Polly Holliday (“Alice”) is 86. Writer-director Larry David (“Curb Your Enthusiasm,” ″Seinfeld”) is 76. Keyboardist Roy Bittan of the E Street Band is 74. Actor Wendy Schaal (“American Da Liz Weston: Safer ways to raid your retirement, if you have to 06/26/2023 09:34am • Raiding your retirement accounts can be expensive. Withdrawing money before age 59½ typically triggers income taxes, a 10% federal penalty and — worst of all — the loss of future tax-deferred compounded returns. A 30-year-old who withdraws $1,000 from an individual retirement account or 401(k) A woman fatally shot an Uber driver. Police say she wrongly thought she was being kidnapped 06/25/2023 03:10pm • EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Kentucky woman has been accused of fatally shooting her West Texas Uber driver after mistakenly believing she was being kidnapped and taken to Mexico, according to police. Phoebe Copas remained jailed Sunday in El Paso, Texas, after being charged with murder last week in th Deion Sanders expects hospital release Sunday, 2 days after surgery for blood clots in his legs 06/24/2023 10:49pm • Colorado football coach Deion Sanders said on social media that he expects to be released from the hospital on Sunday, two days after surgery for blood clots in his legs. In a video posted on Instagram on Saturday, Sanders told his family that he had successful surgery on Friday for a blood clot in One year later, the Supreme Court's abortion decision is both scorned and praised 06/24/2023 09:52pm • Activists and politicians are marking the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned a nationwide right to abortion with praise from some and protests from others. Advocates on both sides marched at rallies Saturday in Washington and across the country to call attention to Arizona executive order safeguards abortion seekers and providers from prosecution 06/24/2023 01:58am • PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday signed a sweeping executive order to protect anyone involved with a legally obtained abortion from prosecution. The order bans local prosecutors from bringing abortion-related charges and state agencies from assisting in any criminal investigations As Biden rallies for abortion rights, conservatives a mile away are pushing a 15-week national ban 06/23/2023 07:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden warned Friday that Republicans seeking a nationwide ban on abortion won’t stop there as he urged supporters to channel their outrage into mobilizing votes for Democrats in 2024. “We will not let the most personal of decisions fall into the hands of politic New York doctors get legal protection to prescribe abortion pills across state lines 06/23/2023 04:55pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A law to protect doctors in New York who prescribe abortion pills to patients in states where the procedure is outlawed was signed Friday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, who said the measure would serve women living in states with bans. Coming a year after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down