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Abstinence not required: How a Baltimore drug treatment program prioritizes saving lives 06/11/2023 07:36am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Kelly trudged through southwest Baltimore, each labored footstep a reminder of the roofing accident that left him with chronic pain and a raging opioid addiction several years after he returned home from serving in the Marines. Doctors used metal plates to reconstruct his Pope Francis takes doctors' advice to skip Sunday public blessing as he recovers from major surgery 06/10/2023 12:58pm • ROME (AP) — Pope Francis, “wisely” following doctors’ advice, will skip Sunday’s customary public blessing to allow himself to better heal after abdominal surgery earlier this week, his surgeon told reporters. Blood and imaging tests indicate that the 86-year-old pope's recovery is proceed Children who were stabbed in France no longer in life-threatening condition as suspect is charged 06/10/2023 12:51pm • PARIS (AP) — Four young children stabbed in a playground in the French Alps are no longer in life-threatening condition but remain hospitalized, the regional prosecutor said Saturday, as the suspected attacker was handed preliminary charges of attempted murder. The victims came from multiple count Doctors drawing attention to new LGBTQ heart health risk factors during Pride month 06/10/2023 07:45am • Almost a million people died from heart disease in 2020, according to the most recent American Heart Association data, but doctors say LGBTQ individuals could be at higher risk. "The study from the American Heart Association found that lesbian, bisexual, gay individuals and other LGBTQ people had Florida's 'Dr. Deep' resurfaces after a record 100 days living underwater 06/09/2023 09:32pm • KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A university professor who spent 100 days living underwater at a Florida Keys lodge for scuba divers resurfaced Friday and raised his face to the sun for the first time since March 1. Dr. Joseph Dituri set a new record for the longest time living underwater without depressur Data Doctors: Tips for trying ChatGPT 06/09/2023 06:58pm • Q: I keep hearing about how incredible ChatGPT is, but what can it do for nontechnical people? A: The world of artificial intelligence is exploding and one of the first generally accessible AI tools, ChatGPT, is open for public use. Getting Started You’ll start by signing up for a free accou Vatican: Pope sitting up, working from an armchair after abdominal surgery 06/09/2023 02:06pm • ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was “progressively improving” and sitting in an armchair working Friday, following surgery to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, the Vatican said. After a restful night, Francis had breakfast and read the newspapers from his armcha Sudan's government declares UN envoy no longer welcome; warring sides agree to 24-hour cease-fire 06/09/2023 01:55pm • CAIRO (AP) — The Sudanese government announced that the U.N. envoy to the country and key mediator in its brutal conflict is no longer welcome as the warring sides in the African nation agreed to a new, 24-hour cease-fire. Sudan's Foreign Ministry issued a terse statement late Thursday, weeks afte DC's air quality continues improving, region shifts to Code Yellow 06/09/2023 01:45pm • The air quality in the D.C. region improved to Code Yellow Friday morning following days of an unhealthy atmosphere due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. Yet, it still remains unhealthy for some groups. Here's what you need to know. Changing to Code Yellow In a statement, the Metropolitan Washingt DC-area leaders said stay indoors, avoid unhealthy smog. What should homeless people do? 06/09/2023 01:19pm • A man offers drivers water and cool beverages for change while he stood in the smog in Northwest D.C. (WTOP/Ivy Lyons) During the Wednesday morning commute through haze along Georgia Avenue in Northwest D.C., the region's drivers smelled smoke in the air and kept on moving. Alan stayed put. A France hails 'hero with a backpack' who intervened in knife attack on very young children 06/09/2023 12:45pm • LE PECQ, France (AP) — The attacker slashed at the 24-year-old Catholic pilgrim with the knife that he used to savagely stab one young child after another. But rather than run, Henri held his ground — using a weighty backpack he was carrying to swing at the assailant and fend off his blade. Fren Death toll in clashes between ethnic groups at UN displacement camp in South Sudan now more than 20 06/09/2023 12:36pm • JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The death toll from clashes between displaced people inside a U.N. site in South Sudan has risen to more than 20, with more than 50 others wounded, the medical charity MSF said Friday. The statement by the organization, which is also known as Doctors Without Borders, said Berlusconi readmitted to Italian hospital for planned medical checks 06/09/2023 11:01am • MILAN (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was readmitted to a Milan hospital Friday for planned medical checks related to his chronic leukemia, his doctors said in a statement. Berlusconi's doctors, Alberto Zangrillo and Fabio Ciceri, said the tests being conducted at San Raffaele Hos Utah man sues Alaska troopers, says his job offer was yanked after revealing HIV status 06/08/2023 06:59pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Salt Lake City man who says his job offer to become an Alaska State Trooper was rescinded after he disclosed he was HIV positive filed a lawsuit in state court Thursday to get his position on the statewide police force and to prevent others from suffering similar alleged Russia shells Ukrainian city inundated by dam collapse after Zelenskyy visit 06/08/2023 05:55pm • KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces Thursday shelled a southern Ukrainian city inundated by flooding in a catastrophic dam collapse, Ukrainian officials said, forcing a suspension of some rescue efforts hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to the area to assess the damage. The fresh f