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Brittany Maynard galvanizes right-to-die efforts 11/05/2014 05:18pm • STEVEN DUBOIS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Brittany Maynard's last days started a national conversation about whether it's OK for a terminally ill person to end their own life.Now that she has died, it's time to see whether the millions of clicks and views she generated online trigger mor Terminally ill Brittany Maynard takes her own life 11/05/2014 05:18pm • STEVEN DUBOIS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Brittany Maynard stuck by her decision.The woman with brain cancer who revived a national debate about physician-assisted suicide ended her life Saturday by swallowing lethal drugs made available under an Oregon law allowing terminally ill people Police seek public's help finding mother of abandoned baby 11/05/2014 03:55pm • WASHINGTON -- The Prince George's County Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding the mother of a baby abandoned on Wednesday morning. The newborn baby girl was found outside around 11:45 a.m. near a home in Beltsville, Maryland, according to a news release. A neighbor on Shoal NOVA Legal Beat: What to do About Coworker Pranks? 11/05/2014 02:00pm • Editor’s Note: This sponsored column is written by Mathew B. Tully of Tully Rinckey PLLC, an Arlington firm that specializes in federal employment and labor law, security clearance proceedings, and military law. Q. Can a co-worker’s pranks create a hostile work environment? A. Romo skips practice in London with injured back 11/05/2014 11:37am • CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) -- Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo sat out the team's first practice in London on Wednesday because of his injured back.Romo, who missed last Sunday's 28-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals with his third back injury in the last 18 months, made the tri After botching Ebola, WHO to pick new Africa boss 11/05/2014 11:16am • MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) -- After acknowledging that it bungled the response to the biggest Ebola outbreak in history, the World Health Organization is electing a new regional director for its Africa office this week. Critics say it's about time.WHO Africa is widely acknowledged to Nurse: No option but to fight Ebola quarantine 11/05/2014 09:32am • FORT KENT, Maine (AP) -- A nurse who successfully fought Maine's quarantine for health care workers who have treated Ebola patients said she had no option but to challenge how medical professionals were being treated and is hopeful that others who return from West Africa won't face the same reaction UN war crimes court may release ailing Serb 11/05/2014 09:23am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal is considering temporarily releasing an ailing Serb ultranationalist who is awaiting verdicts in his trial for allegedly using hate-laced speeches to incite atrocities in Bosnia and Croatia.Serbian doctors who visited Vojislav Seselj re Rafael Nadal leaves hospital after appendectomy 11/05/2014 07:13am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Rafael Nadal was released from a Barcelona hospital on Wednesday, two days after undergoing surgery to remove his appendix."Everything went well. It was simple, ordinary surgery," Nadal told reporters after walking out alone from the Quiron Teknon hospital.Nadal gave no time IOC sanctions athlete for doping at Youth Olympics 11/05/2014 07:00am • LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- An unidentified athlete in taekwondo was sanctioned by the IOC on Wednesday after failing a doping test at the Youth Olympics in China.The athlete tested positive for the banned diuretic furosemide in Nanjing in August, and has been retroactively disqualified, the Inter Australia to staff Ebola hospital in Sierra Leone 11/05/2014 02:40am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia's prime minister said Wednesday that his government expects to staff a British-built Ebola hospital in Sierra Leone by the end of the month after reaching a deal with Britain on treating Australian health workers who might become infected with the deadly disease 6 Little-Known Uses for Antidepressants 11/05/2014 12:00am • If you're taking an antidepressant, there's a good chance it's not necessarily for depression. According to recent data released by the National Center for Health Statistics, antidepressants are the third most common prescription drug taken by Americans. However, not all these drugs are administer The health benefits of simple living 11/05/2014 12:00am • Shannon Hayes, 40, doesn't do anything she doesn't want to do. When she gets up at 4 a.m. to write, it's because it makes her happy. When she takes a morning walk, it's because it feeds her spirit. When she sits down to home-school her two daughters, it's because she loves them. "It's a life of 7 Essential Life Skills for High Schoolers to Build Before College 11/05/2014 12:00am • Teaching teens how to wash clothes properly is common advice for parents with high school students heading to college. And while it's important for students to know how to the clean their clothes without shrinking them, experts say that there are a few more practical skills that can help make the tr Vatican criticizes Brittany Maynard's death 11/04/2014 10:10pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A Vatican official is criticizing cancer patient Brittany Maynard's decision to end her life.The 29-year-old Maynard died on Saturday using an Oregon law that lets terminally ill people use lethal medications prescribed by a doctor. Maynard moved from California to Oregon beca