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LASIK Eye Surgery: How It Works and How Much It Costs 06/19/2024 08:00pm • When one of Kristina Alton's contact lenses fell out at her office in New York City, she had to make the hour-long commute back to her apartment to get a replacement. "It was such a disaster," she recalls. "I just couldn't function without them." But after undergoing LASIK surgery to correct her vis The fight for abortion rights gets an unlikely messenger in swing state Pennsylvania: Sen. Bob Casey 06/19/2024 04:41pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Abortion rights, suddenly a potent political force in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to leave such matters to the states, have found an unlikely champion in swing state Pennsylvania. Sen. Bob Casey, who will appear on the November ballot beneath President Italy's coast guard searches for dozens of migrants missing after their ship capsized 06/19/2024 11:15am • MILAN (AP) — Italy's coast guard was searching by sea and from the air on Thursday for dozens of people missing when a boat capsized and partially sank earlier this week in the perilous central Mediterranean, officials said. The partially submerged boat was still in view, but the commander of the Hurdler Aries Merritt feeling 'very healthy' 9 years removed from kidney transplant, becomes coach 06/19/2024 11:07am • EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Some reach out to him as Aries Merritt, the 110-meter hurdles world-record holder. Top hurdlers seek his input all the time. Others reach out to him as Aries Merritt, the kidney transplant recipient. They ask about his journey in 2015, when days after winning a bronze medal at Coming back from cancer, Brazil rugby sevens star Raquel Kochhann ready to tackle her third Olympics 06/19/2024 09:09am • She heard her No. 10 being called, tapped hands with a teammate who was leaving the field, and ran into position for Brazil, a smile on her face. She made a quick sign of the cross, rubbed her hands and held them up with fingers splayed to receive the ball. And then Raquel Kochhann nodded: Play on. Strict asylum rules and poor treatment of migrants are pushing people north to the UK 06/19/2024 06:21am • AMBLETEUSE, France (AP) — The rising tide crept above their waists, soaking the babies they hugged tight. Around a dozen Kurds refused to leave the cold waters of the English Channel in a futile attempt to delay the inevitable: French police had just foiled their latest attempt to reach the United Today in History: June 19, Senate approves Civil Rights Act of 1964 06/19/2024 12:10am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, June 19, the 171st day of 2024. There are 195 days left in the year. This is Juneteenth. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 19, 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved by the U.S. Senate, 73-27, after surviving a lengthy filibuster. On this date: South Korea orders doctors who joined protracted strike over medical school plan to return to work 06/18/2024 09:31pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials issued return-to-work orders for doctors participating in a one-day walkout Tuesday as part of a protracted strike against the government's plan to sharply boost medical school admissions. Since February, more than 12,000 trainee doctors have been o Florida medical marijuana patients get an unexpected email praising DeSantis 06/18/2024 06:26pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has more than 700,000 medical marijuana patients and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — who is battling a proposal to allow recreational use of marijuana — wants them all to know what a great job he's doing. The Department of Health last week sent a blast email to The Latest | Netanyahu accuses Biden of delaying weapons, but US insists arms are flowing 06/18/2024 06:21pm • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming the United States is withholding weapons needed for the war in Gaza. In a video released Tuesday, Netanyahu implied the holdup was slowing Israel’s offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. President Joe Biden has delayed delivering certai Plastic surgeon charged in death of wife who went into cardiac arrest while he worked on her 06/18/2024 05:30pm • PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A plastic surgeon in the Florida Panhandle was charged with his wife's death after she suffered a cardiac arrest and died days after he performed after-hours procedures on her in his clinic last year, authorities said. Benjamin Brown was arrested Monday on a charge of mansla Kylian Mbappé due for tests on his broken nose as France gets 'positive' news on the striker 06/18/2024 04:18pm • DUSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Kylian Mbappé was due to have tests on his broken nose on Wednesday as France tried to assess what part he could play in the European Championship. The World Cup winner sustained the injury during his team's 1-0 win against Austria on Monday and will have to wear a face Actor Ian McKellen, 85, is looking forward to returning to work after his fall off a London stage 06/18/2024 03:48pm • LONDON (AP) — Actor Ian McKellen said Tuesday he is looking forward to returning to work after he toppled off a London stage mid-performance and was hospitalized. McKellen, 85, said he was "hugely indebted" to medics who treated him after the tumble on Monday night during a performance of “Playe The masked man: Mbappé set to join list of soccer stars needing to wear a protective masks in games 06/18/2024 01:42pm • DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Kylian Mbappé is always a marked man. At the European Championship, he's set to be known as the masked man. The France superstar broke his nose in his team's opening game of Euro 2024, a 1-0 win over Austria on Monday, and is likely to be fitted with a carbon-fiber mask i Texas doctor charged with taking private patient information on transgender care 06/18/2024 12:47pm • HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas doctor who calls himself a whistleblower on transgender care for minors is accused of illegally obtaining private information on patients from the nation's largest pediatric hospital who were not under his care. Federal prosecutors said Dr. Eithan Haim, a 34-year-old surgeon