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Diamondbacks hit 3 HRs, power way to 5-4 series-opening win over Phillies 06/21/2024 11:14pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Gabriel Moreno and Joc Pederson hit homers against struggling Phillies starter Taijuan Walker to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-4 win over Philadelphia on Friday night. It was the first game between the teams since Arizona won the final two games of Steeplechaser Mason Ferlic shoots for the stars on the track and in his field as aerospace engineer 06/21/2024 08:20pm • EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Mason Ferlic may someday boldly go where no steeplechaser has gone before — space. The 30-year-old with a master's in aerospace engineering from Michigan has aspirations to become an astronaut. For now, that plan remains a galaxy away. Ferlic's focus was on the track Friday n Barry Sanders says he experienced 'health scare' related to his heart 06/21/2024 06:20pm • DETROIT (AP) — Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders says he “experienced a health scare related to my heart” last weekend. “It was unexpected and served as a reminder of the importance of staying vigilant about our physical well-being, even when we are feeling fine,” the fo Texas medical panel issues new guidelines for doctors but no specific exceptions for abortion ban 06/21/2024 04:45pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas medical panel on Friday approved guidance for doctors working under one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans but refused to list specific exceptions to the law, which doctors have complained is dangerously unclear. The decision by the Texas Medical Board cam Defense for woman accused of killing police officer boyfriend tries to show she was framed 06/21/2024 04:03pm • Attorneys for a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank outside another officer's home began presenting their case Friday that she was framed by police, with a snowplow driver who said he didn't see a body. Snowplow driver Bri Whale-watching excursions off Rio de Janeiro's coast begin captivating tourists 06/21/2024 01:49pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Famous for its beaches and vibrant parties in the Southern Hemisphere's summer, Rio de Janeiro now has an attraction for winter: humpback whales. The tourism agency of Niteroi, Rio's sister city across the Guanabara Bay, on Thursday launched a whale-watching program that ena How does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It overworks your heart. 06/21/2024 01:45pm • As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what's happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees. The critical danger point outdoors for illness and death from relentless heat is several degrees lower than experts once thought, say researchers who pu Four ways to get the best pregnancy care 06/21/2024 01:42pm • This content was written by Trashawn Thornton-Davis, M.D., a Kaiser Permanente obstetrician-gynecologist who practices in Silver Spring, Maryland. Pregnancy is an exciting and transformative journey, filled with anticipation and joy. However, it also comes with its share of challenges. Ensuring y The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights now in the US 06/21/2024 09:57am • Judges, state lawmakers and voters are deciding the future of abortion in the U.S. two years after the Supreme Court jolted the legal status quo with a ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. The June 24, 2022, ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization sparked legislative action, protest an This is how those pesky political campaigns got your phone number 06/21/2024 07:42am • Q: Why am I getting bombarded with political text messages and how can I stop them? A: The marketing world figured out years ago that text messaging is the best way to ensure a message gets to its intended audience. Studies suggest that 98% of text messages are read and responses occur within An ex-gun lobbyist is revising New Zealand's gun laws, tightened after the 2019 mosque attack 06/21/2024 06:27am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government will overhaul the tighter gun laws introduced after a deadly mass shooting by a white supremacist five years ago, because they put excessive burdens on gun owners who feel vilified by law enforcement and the public, the lawmaker leading the Takeaways from AP's report on access to gene therapies for rare diseases 06/21/2024 12:42am • The promise of gene therapy looms large for families dealing with rare, genetic disorders. Such treatments offer the possibility of one-time cures. But families and researchers worry such therapies will remain out of reach. Collectively, about 350 million people worldwide suffer from rare diseases, Gene therapy may cure rare diseases. But drugmakers have few incentives, leaving families desperate 06/21/2024 12:36am • Robin Alderman faces an agonizing reality: Gene therapy might cure her son Camden’s rare, inherited immune deficiency. But it’s not available to him. In 2022, London-based Orchard Therapeutics stopped investing in an experimental treatment for the condition, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. And there a Signs of Heat Stroke and Hot Weather Safety Tips 06/20/2024 08:00pm • More than 2,300 people died from excessive heat in 2023, which is a new record, according to an analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data by the Associated Press. With extreme heat reaching more parts of the country, heat illnesses like heat stroke, which can be fatal, will affect Sparks prepare to play rest of season without star rookie Cameron Brink, who tore her ACL 06/20/2024 06:54pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Kia Nurse offered words of encouragement to her Los Angeles Sparks teammate Cameron Brink. The veteran guard knows exactly what the rookie is going through, having torn her ACL in 2021. Brink tore the ACL in her left knee in Tuesday's loss to Connecticut. She's still talking to do