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ACLU sues to block new hybrid Nebraska law restricting abortion, gender-affirming care for minors 05/30/2023 06:47pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — As promised, the American Civil Liberties Union is suing to block the Nebraska Legislature’s most controversial measure combining an abortion ban with restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors, just days after it was signed into law. The lawsuit, filed in state court Fertility doctor accused of using own sperm dies in crash of hand-built plane 05/30/2023 01:30pm • YATES, N.Y. (AP) — A New York fertility doctor who was accused of using his own sperm to impregnate several patients died over the weekend when the hand-built airplane he was in fell apart mid-flight and crashed, authorities said. Dr. Morris Wortman, 72, of Rochester, was a passenger in the experi Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/30/2023 01:18pm • 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 Rights group says Uyghur student it reported to be missing in Hong Kong did not travel to city 05/30/2023 12:07pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Amnesty International acknowledged Tuesday that a Uyghur student who it had said was missing in Hong Kong after being interrogated did not travel to the city, easing concerns over his safety but raising questions over how the allegations first emerged. The human rights g 20 jobs that pay $80K or more 05/30/2023 10:30am • These careers have great earning potential. In 2022, full-time workers earned a median income equal to $55,068 per year, according to data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. That may not sound bad, but you could do better. In fact, many of the best occupations in the country earn median Humanitarian group MSF calls for support for refugees in Kenya affected by cholera crisis 05/30/2023 08:01am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab camps have been affected by a cholera outbreak as the population in the facilities grows rapidly, a humanitarian charity said Tuesday. Doctors Without Borders, known by French acronym MSF, said that 2,786 refugees have been affected so 9 Questions to Ask Before Paying Any Medical Bill 05/29/2023 08:00pm • A single stay in the hospital can result in a bewildering array of bills covering a number of services and providers. Some statements may provide scant details to justify charges while others could include descriptions or codes that make little sense to the average person. "There's a lot of needless Sudan army, rival force agree to extend truce after mediators show impatience with breaches 05/29/2023 02:54pm • CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s warring sides on Monday agreed to extend a shaky cease-fire in their battle for control of the country, after two key international mediators signaled impatience with persistent truce violations. The five-day extension of the cease-fire between Sudan’s military and its riv Casteless utopia: California religious group backs bill to ban caste discrimination 05/29/2023 08:03am • FRESNO, California (AP) — For decades, worshipping in temples, Ram Asra has sung spiritual songs known as kirtans. He did so on a recent Sunday at the Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha in Fresno, California, seated cross-legged on a dais in the temple’s prayer hall playing a harmonium. Devotees closed t Even without playing, Cup winner Patric Hornqvist still has big role for Panthers 05/28/2023 05:07pm • SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Patric Hornqvist was one of the last Florida Panthers players to leave the team’s locker room on Sunday, which surprises none of his teammates. He's not playing yet still working as hard as anyone. The two-time Stanley Cup winner has a chance to get his name on hockey’s bi Mpox is down, but US cities could be at risk for summertime outbreaks 05/28/2023 04:48pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The mpox health emergency has ended, but U.S. health officials are aiming to prevent a repeat of last year’s outbreaks. Mpox infections exploded early in the summer of 2022 in the wake of Pride gatherings. More than 30,000 U.S. cases were reported last year, most of them sprea Right-wing populist Javier Milei gains support in Argentina by blasting 'political caste' 05/28/2023 01:02pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — He believes selling human organs should be legal, climate change is a “socialist lie,” sex education is a ploy to destroy the family and that the Central Bank should be abolished. He also could be Argentina’s next president. Javier Milei, an admirer of former U US, Saudi Arabia call for warring sides in Sudan to extend 'imperfect' cease-fire 05/28/2023 11:28am • CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Saudi Arabia called on warring sides in Sudan to extend a fragile cease-fire due to expire Monday, as weeks of fighting reached a stalemate in the capital and elsewhere in the African country. The Sudanese army and a rival paramilitary force, battling for contro Bowman looking to pick up where he left off at Coca-Cola 600 following back injury 05/27/2023 06:30pm • CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR drivers have long considered the Coca-Cola 600 the most grueling race on the schedule. It’s expected to be even more challenging Sunday for Alex Bowman, who’ll be racing for the first time since fracturing his vertebra last month at a sprint car race in Hendrick Mot Man charged with killing Indianapolis police officer seeking insanity defense 05/27/2023 06:24pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with fatally shooting an Indianapolis police officer when she responded to a domestic violence call in 2020 is seeking an insanity defense as he tries to avoid the death penalty. Attorneys for Elliahs Dorsey filed a motion with the court Wednesday saying a report