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West Virginia University approves $7M in staff cuts and a 3% tuition increase 06/23/2023 03:12pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — With more cuts expected, West Virginia University's governing board moved forward Friday with slashing 12 graduate and doctorate programs amid a $45 million budget shortfall and approved a just under 3 percent tuition increase. The estimated $1.2 billion fiscal year 2024 b Data Doctors: 4 free alternatives to Microsoft Office 06/23/2023 01:57pm • Q: I just purchased a new computer that did not include Microsoft Office. Are there any free alternatives or am I stuck paying $100 a year from now on? A: A common misconception for new computer buyers is that Microsoft Office is part of W Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/23/2023 01:43pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 06/23/2023 01:20pm • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Hunter Biden’s gun charge isn’t the same as t Why some doctors stay in US states with restrictive abortion laws and others leave 06/23/2023 07:55am • Dr. Kylie Cooper chokes up thinking about the patients she left behind in Idaho. One who often comes to mind is Kayla Smith. Smith said she chose to end a desperately wanted pregnancy last year after discovering her fetus had potentially deadly heart defects and other problems. But Idaho banned near North Carolina GOP legislators making changes to new abortion law days before enforcement 06/22/2023 09:58pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislators rolled out on Thursday adjustments to the state's new abortion restrictions that are set to take effect in days, addressing some provisions that litigation seeking to block the law's enforcement calls confusing and inconsistent. GOP senato Where abortion laws stand in every state a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe 06/22/2023 08:13pm • In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that ended nearly a half-century of a nationwide right to abortion, states have enacted contrasting policies on the issue. The Dobbs decision overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that protect HIIT vs. Cardio for Weight Loss 06/22/2023 08:00pm • If you've been hearing a lot about HIIT, or high-intensity interval training, lately, you're definitely not alone. HIIT has taken the fitness world by storm over the past decade or so, with more people discovering it as an efficient means of getting an intense workout. But what exactly is it, and is Deion Sanders says he will undergo surgery for blood clots in both legs 06/22/2023 07:24pm • Deion Sanders is scheduled to undergo surgery Friday for a blood clot in each leg, the University of Colorado football coach revealed in a video he posted. The news of Coach Prime’s impending procedure began to spread Thursday after Pat McAfee discussed on his podcast with longtime NFL defensive b Bills trainers cite Hamlin case as example for schools, youth leagues to make life-saving plans 06/22/2023 05:21pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When Buffalo Bills trainers Nate Breske and Denny Kellington rushed onto the field following Damar Hamlin's collapse in January, they stuck to the plan — right down to positioning Hamlin's teammates to shield the television cameras. Their quick actions saved Hamlin's life. No Gadhafi’s detained son taken to hospital due to hunger strike in Lebanon 06/22/2023 05:00pm • BEIRUT (AP) — A son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was briefly taken to hospital this week after his health deteriorated nearly three weeks into a hunger strike to protest his detention without trial in Beirut, a person familiar with the case said Thursday. The health of Hannibal Gadhafi, w In 'Every Body,' a galvanizing moment — and celebration — for the intersex community 06/22/2023 04:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Like some 260,000 Americans, Sean Saifa Wall was born with significant intersex traits. The sex on the birth certificate was checked “ambiguous” and then crossed out. Wall was instead labeled female on the document and, at the age of 13, after his mother was inaccurately warne Group promoting plant-based eating wants a new name for Macon Bacon baseball team 06/22/2023 02:57pm • MACON, Ga. (AP) — A doctors' group that promotes plant-based eating and animal rights is makin' a fuss over the Macon Bacon baseball team. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has sent a letter urging the Georgia summer collegiate team to change its name, WMAZ-TV reported. The group h Google backs creation of cybersecurity clinics with $20 million donation 06/22/2023 02:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Free medical clinics and legal aid clinics, where college students and their instructors help their communities while also learning more about their professions, are now commonplace. Google hopes to add cybersecurity clinics to that list. Google CEO Sundar Pichai pledged $20 mill A year after fall of Roe, 25 million women live in states with abortion bans or tighter restrictions 06/22/2023 11:04am • One year ago Saturday, the U.S. Supreme Court rescinded a five-decade-old right to abortion, prompting a seismic shift in debates about politics, values, freedom and fairness. Twenty-five million women of childbearing age now live in states where the law makes abortions harder to get than they were