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Here's Why Future Doctors Should Consider Specialized Medical School Loans 11/18/2025 07:00pm • The average 2025 medical school graduate paid nearly $230,000 for their professional degree, according to data collected by the Education Data Initiative. Few -- if any -- students are able to pay that cost out of pocket. Instead, medical students typically turn to loans to cover the cost of attenda How Much Do In-Home Caregivers Cost? 11/18/2025 07:00pm • If your parents or an older relative needs in-home care, and you're worried about the cost, that's understandable. There's no sugarcoating it: Senior home health and personal care can be expensive. Several factors affect the cost of in-home care, including location and state regulations, the level o What would have been the most restrictive abortion bill in the US stalls in South Carolina 11/18/2025 06:42pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina bill that would allow judges to sentence women who get abortions to decades in prison and could restrict the use of IUDs and in vitro fertilization has stalled after failing to get out a legislative subcommittee Tuesday. Four of the six Republicans on the sub Alcaraz withdraws from Davis Cup Finals because of hamstring injury 11/18/2025 04:27pm • MADRID (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz will go another year without fulfilling his dream of winning the Davis Cup for Spain. The top-ranked Alcaraz said Tuesday he's heartbroken to withdraw from the Davis Cup Finals in Bologna, Italy, because of an injured right hamstring. The decision was recommended by do UN estimates over 2,000 Sudanese pregnant women have fled el-Fasher to escape conflict 11/18/2025 01:41pm • CAIRO (AP) — A few weeks before the fall of her hometown to Sudan’s paramilitary group, Nadra Mohamed Ahmed, seven months pregnant at the time, trekked for nearly 40 kilometers (25 miles) across unsafe roads, along with her two children, until she found safe transportation to a shelter across th Editorial Roundup: United States 11/18/2025 10:36am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Nov. 17 The Wall Street Journal on Trump, Gaza and the U.N. Security Council Maybe the United Nations isn’t as useless as it so often shows. On Monday the Security Council endorsed President Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza PHOTO ESSAY: Summer camp for kids with autoimmune diseases 11/18/2025 10:09am • CLARYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Autoimmune diseases like lupus, myositis and forms of arthritis can strike children, too. At a sleepaway camp in upstate New York, some young patients got a chance to just be kids. That’s how a 12-year-old recently diagnosed with lupus found himself laughing on a high-rop Kids get diseases like lupus, too. As researchers hunt better treatments, this camp brings joy 11/18/2025 10:02am • A doctor advising ... sleepaway camp? That’s how a 12-year-old diagnosed with lupus found himself laughing on a high-ropes course as fellow campers hoisted him into the air. “It’s really fun,” said Dylan Aristy Mota, thrilled that he got a chance at the rite of childhood — thanks to doctor The former Marine sniper accused of a mass shooting and the warning signs that came before 11/18/2025 08:02am • Marc Simmons hadn’t heard from his estranged friend in nearly seven years. Then, Nigel Max Edge showed up at his work and falsely accused Simmons of stealing his identity. They met taking community college classes and bonded over their time with the Marines in Iraq. Simmons’ kids once called Edg Pyotr Kochetkov makes 29 saves as Hurricanes beat Bruins 3-1 11/17/2025 10:05pm • BOSTON (AP) — Jordan Staal outmuscled a Boston defenseman for a goal with one arm, Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 29 shots and the Carolina Hurricanes cooled off the hot Bruins for a 3-1 victory on Monday night. Former Bruin Taylor Hall and Mark Jankowski also scored for the Hurricanes, who won for the s Timbuktu's famed manuscripts escaped al-Qaida but the threat remains 11/17/2025 09:36pm • TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Thirteen years ago, Abdoulaye Cissé risked his life to smuggle tens of thousands of fragile manuscripts out of Timbuktu as al-Qaida -linked extremists swept into the desert town. At night, he loaded crates of manuscripts from the Ahmed Baba Institute of Higher Islamic Studie What to Do When You Become the Family Caregiver 11/17/2025 07:00pm • Naomi Williams, a 47-year-old single mother in Augusta, Georgia, gave birth 15 years ago to her only child, Noah. During her pregnancy and regular doctor visits, she expressed concerns that were mostly ignored. Her blood pressure was high, her feet were swollen, and she gave birth by emergency cesar How to Attend Medical School for Free 11/17/2025 07:00pm • For many aspiring doctors in the U.S., the path to wearing a white coat comes with a hefty six-figure price tag. Getting free tuition, or any additional funding, can help unshackle students from the burden of medical school debt. The median four-year cost for the class of 2025 was $286,454 at public Foreign enrollment at US colleges holds steady, for now, despite Trump's visa crackdown 11/17/2025 12:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign students enrolled at U.S. colleges in strong numbers this fall despite fears that a Trump administration crackdown would trigger a nosedive, yet there are signs of turbulence as fewer new, first-time students arrived from other countries, according to a new report. Overal Takeaways from AP’s report on a surge in Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody 11/17/2025 10:16am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The number of Palestinians dying in Israeli custody surged to nearly 100 people since the start of the war in Gaza, according to a report published Monday by a human rights group that says systematic violence and denial of medical care at prisons and detention centers contr