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Abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court 05/17/2023 08:27pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers seeking to preserve pregnant women's access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion got pushback Wednesday from appellate judges with a history of supporting abortion restrictions. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Americans urged to cancel surgeries in Mexico border city after meningitis cases, 1 death 05/17/2023 08:06pm • BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — State and federal health officials are warning U.S. residents to cancel planned surgeries in a Mexico border city after five people from Texas who got procedures there came back and developed suspected cases of fungal meningitis. One of them died, officials said. The five $2 billion budget bump: Oregon GOP walkout stalls two-year funding plan amid rosy revenue forecast 05/17/2023 08:00pm • SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's latest state revenue forecast far exceeded expectations Wednesday, giving lawmakers more money for a two-year budget that's due in June, but a walkout by Senate Republicans has jeopardized the process and they show no signs of planning to return to the chamber. Senate D Court record: Wife says California doctor purposely drove family off cliff 05/17/2023 07:27pm • REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — The wife of a California radiologist accused of trying to kill his family when he drove his Tesla off a cliff along the Northern California coast told rescuers her husband was depressed and needed a psychological evaluation, according to a newly unsealed search warrant Nigerian doctors begin 5-day strike, leaving many without health care 05/17/2023 01:57pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Doctors in Nigerian public hospitals on Wednesday kicked off a five-day strike to demand better conditions, leading to health care being shut for many patients. The strike by the resident doctors became necessary after the government’s refusal to increase their salaries and Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/17/2023 01:24pm • 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 Drug overdoses in the US slightly increased last year. But experts see hopeful signs 05/17/2023 12:04pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. went up slightly last year after two big leaps during the pandemic. Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the numbers plateaued for most of last year. Experts aren't sure whether that means the deadliest drug overdose Abortion after 12 weeks banned in North Carolina after GOP lawmakers override governor’s veto 05/17/2023 08:25am • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will become law in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode the Democratic governor’s veto late Tuesday. The House completed the second and final part of the Teen cancer survivor receives a Swiftie's ultimate surprise 05/17/2023 07:05am • ▶ Watch Video: 14-year-old cancer survivor receives a Swiftie's ultimate surprise As the lyrics to Taylor Swift's hit song "Bad Blood" go: "'Cause baby, now we got bad blood. You know it used to be mad love." It's an anthem about falling out of friendship, but to 14-year-old Hallie Bar Four Evenepoel teammates leave Giro after testing positive for COVID 05/17/2023 04:40am • BRUSSELS (AP) — Four teammates of world champion Remco Evenepoel tested positive for the coronavirus and followed the Soudal Quick-Step leader by pulling out of the three-week Giro d’Italia, their team said Wednesday. Evenepoel had won Sunday's individual time trial to reclaim the leader’s pin Infertility is common in the US, but insurance coverage remains limited 05/16/2023 04:41pm • Jessica Tincopa may leave the photography business she spent 14 years building for one reason: to find coverage for fertility treatment. After six miscarriages, Tincopa and her husband started saving for in vitro fertilization, which can cost well over $20,000. But the pandemic wiped out their savi Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/16/2023 01:52pm • 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 Deep South News Digest, 1pm 05/16/2023 01:36pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select Deep South stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of Deep South and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about coverage plans are welcome and should be direc Millennial Money: What’s concierge medicine? Is it worth it? 05/16/2023 08:44am • My primary care doctor recently left her practice and invited me to join her at her new gig — a concierge medicine group. There, for a membership fee, I’d have better and more personal access to her services: same-day appointments and long conversations! Concierge medicine — a model in which p Prominent foe of female circumcision wins prestigious $1.4 million Templeton Prize 05/16/2023 08:13am • Edna Adan Ismail, a nurse-midwife, hospital founder, and health care advocate who for decades has combated female circumcision and strived to improve women’s health care in East Africa, was named Tuesday as winner of the 2023 Templeton Prize, one of the world's largest annual individual awards. â€