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Love your mom? Take her for a walk this Mother's Day 05/14/2023 04:15pm • A local doctor says Mother's Day is a great time to show love for mom by focusing on the heart. Literally. Here's why. Cardiologist Dr. Tania Chao with Kaiser Permanente's mid-Atlantic division says that, with so much emphasis on other women's health issues, heart disease often flies under th Bolivian EV startup hopes tiny car will make it big in lithium-rich country 05/14/2023 11:06am • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — On a recent, cold morning, Dr. Carlos Ortuño hopped into a tiny electric car to go check on a patient in the outskirts of Bolivia's capital of La Paz, unsure if the vehicle would be able to handle the steep, winding streets of the high-altitude city. “I thought that becau Former Md. Gov. Hogan to American U. grads: 'We're all counting on you' 05/14/2023 08:06am • Maryland's former Republican Governor Larry Hogan offered encouragement to American University's School of Public Affairs at their Saturday commencement service. The former governor was honored with an honorary doctorate of public service just moments before speaking to graduates, guests and scho Today in History: May 14, Freedom Riders attacked 05/14/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, May 14, the 134th day of 2023. There are 231 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 14, 1940, the Netherlands surrendered to invading German forces during World War II. On this date: In 1643, Louis XIV became King of France at age 4 upon Fighting cancer, Saints tight end Foster Moreau could participate in voluntary offseason practices 05/13/2023 07:35pm • METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Newly signed Saints tight end Foster Moreau, who is being treated for cancer, “absolutely” could participate in upcoming voluntary offseason practices that begin later this month, coach Dennis Allen said Saturday. “We don’t anticipate there’s going to be issues with Madrid backups beat Getafe, Benzema rests for Champions League decider 05/13/2023 05:26pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Madrid’s backups squeezed past Getafe 1-0 on Saturday as most of the frontline players were saved for next week’s Champions League semifinal decider at Manchester City. Marco Asensio scored the Spanish league game’s only goal in the 70th minute. Madrid has for se Biden to graduates of historically Black Howard University: US history hasn't been a 'fairy tale' 05/13/2023 03:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday told graduates of a leading historically Black university that American history “has not always been a fairy tale” and that “racism has long torn us apart." But on the nation's best days, he said “enough of us have the guts and the heart to 'You represent the best in us': President Biden delivers Howard University commencement speech 05/13/2023 02:04pm • President Joe Biden delivered his commencement speech to Howard University's Class of 2023 at D.C.'s Capital One Arena. "Today, I come here to Howard to continue the work to redeem the soul of this nation because it's here where I see the future," Biden said to the crowd. He became the first s Today in History: May 13, Pope John Paul II shot and wounded 05/13/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Saturday, May 13, the 133rd day of 2023. There are 232 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter’s Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca (MEH’-met AH’-lee AH’-juh). Review: In 'Still,' Michael J. Fox movingly tells his story 05/12/2023 05:52pm • I've always liked Michael J. Fox and always will. I suspect most people feel the same way. That's surely partly because, as Marty McFly in “Back to the Future" and Alex P. Keaton in “Family Ties,” Fox was a fixture of so many childhoods. But there's also a way that Fox remains forever boyish Inflation in Argentina leaves families struggling to feed themselves 05/12/2023 03:56pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Gimena Páez could barely pay her bills. Then inflation in Argentina started rising even faster. The value of the country's currency plunged, making most goods nearly unobtainable. Getting enough food for herself and her 11-year-old daughter became a daily struggle. Historically Black medical schools urge more spending in hearing with Bernie Sanders 05/12/2023 03:43pm • ATLANTA (AP) — To train more Black doctors, the federal government needs to bolster funding and make more training slots available for historically Black medical schools, leaders of those universities told U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday. “Our HBCU medical schools are the backbone of training Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/12/2023 01:37pm • 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 'Succession' star Jeremy Strong lands a role on Broadway in 2024 in 'An Enemy of the People' 05/12/2023 01:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremy Strong is going from a corporate boardroom on TV to a whistleblower on Broadway. The actor who plays Kendall Roy in the HBO television series “Succession” has signed on to play a man who tries to expose water contamination in a Norwegian spa town in Henrik Ibsen's 1882 p Biden taps Philip Jefferson to be Fed's vice chair, Adriana Kugler as first Hispanic on Fed board 05/12/2023 12:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has nominated Philip Jefferson, a member of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, to serve as vice chair of the board, the White House announced Friday. Biden has also chosen Adriana Kugler, a Georgetown University economist, to join the Fed's board. If co