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Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state's abortion law over medical exceptions 05/31/2024 05:49pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a closely watched challenge to the state's restrictive abortion ban, ruling against a group of women who had serious pregnancy complications and became the first in the U.S. to testify in court about being denied abortions since Roe v Data Doctors: Tips for buying surge protection 05/31/2024 05:26pm • Q: What should I look for when buying a new surge protector for a large number of devices? A: Protecting your devices from electrical surges is just one important factor in choosing a power strip, especially if you’ve slowly accumulated numerous devices on your desk. The varying styles of po Italy's migrant jails are squalid and chaotic. A young man from Guinea was desperate to escape 05/31/2024 04:06pm • ROME (AP) — It was still dark and quiet outside when Ousmane Sylla performed his last prayer in the courtyard of an Italian migrant jail. “I miss my Africa very much and my mother too,” read a scribble in French on the wall nearby. ”May I rest in peace." A few moments later, the silence of d Police arrest 80 at Israel-Hamas war protest at UC Santa Cruz, school says 05/31/2024 03:57pm • Police in riot gear surrounded arm-in-arm protesters Friday at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to remove an encampment and barricades where pro-Palestinian demonstrations have blocked the main entrance to the campus this week. Dozens were arrested, the university said. Campus, local and s Psychedelic drug MDMA faces questions as FDA considers approval for PTSD 05/31/2024 02:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are questioning the safety and evidence behind the first bid to use MDMA, the mind-altering club drug, as a treatment for PTSD, part of a decadeslong effort by advocates to move psychedelic drugs into the medical mainstream. The Food and Drug Administrat LGBTQ+ people at higher risk of some cancers possibly, due to fear of discrimination 05/31/2024 12:51pm • (NEW YORK) -- Ahead of Pride Month, a new report has highlighted increased cancer risk for those who identify as LGBTQ+ as researchers say that LBGTQ+ people may be more likely to smoke, drink alcohol or be living with obesity -- all linked to cancer -- and that they also may be more likely to avoid Researchers find a single, surprising gene behind a disorder that causes intellectual disability 05/31/2024 12:43pm • Scientists have found the genetic root of a disorder that causes intellectual disability, which they estimate affects as many as one in 20,000 young people. And they hope their discovery leads to a new diagnosis that can provide answers to families. Those with the condition have a constellation of i AP analysis finds 2023 set record for US heat deaths, killing in areas that used to handle the heat 05/31/2024 11:33am • David Hom suffered from diabetes and felt nauseated before he went out to hang his laundry in 108-degree weather, another day in Arizona's record-smashing, unrelenting July heat wave. His family found the 73-year-old lying on the ground, his lower body burned. Hom died at the hospital, his core bod Italy's migrant jails are squalid and chaotic. A young man from Guinea was desperate to escape 05/31/2024 02:32am • ROME (AP) — It was still dark and quiet outside when Ousmane Sylla had his last prayer in the courtyard of an Italian migrant jail. A few moments later, the silence of dawn was shattered. Chaos took over the detention and deportation center of Ponte Galeria on the outskirts of Rome. The 21-year-ol Jack Flaherty allows 1 hit over 6 2/3 innings and Tigers hit 3 home runs in 5-0 win over Red Sox 05/30/2024 10:59pm • BOSTON (AP) — Jack Flaherty allowed one hit over 6 2/3 innings, Akil Baddoo, Riley Greene and Gio Urshela hit home runs and the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 5-0 on Thursday night. Flaherty (2-4) carried a no-hitter through 6 1/3 innings. His bid was snapped when Boston outfielder Rob Ref Pro-Palestinian camp at Wayne State dismantled while MIT students walk out of commencement 05/30/2024 09:38pm • DETROIT (AP) — Police broke up a pro-Palestinian encampment at a Detroit university and arrested at least 12 people Thursday while more than 100 graduates walked out of commencement at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the East Coast, the latest campus stress related to the Israel-Hamas Oilers and Stars even at 2-2 in West Final after wild swings of momentum and big comebacks 05/30/2024 08:57pm • DALLAS (AP) — There have been wild swings of momentum in the Western Conference Final, and something that has happened only one other time this late in the NHL playoffs. After Edmonton and Dallas both came back from multiple-goal deficits to win while splitting the past two games, this is now a b A violent, polarized Mexico goes to the polls to choose between 2 women presidential candidates 05/30/2024 08:27pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico goes into Sunday’s election deeply divided: friends and relatives no longer talk politics for fear of worsening unbridgeable divides, while drug cartels have split the country into a patchwork quilt of warring fiefdoms. The atmosphere is literally heating up, amid a wav 19 Part-Time Retirement Jobs That Pay Well 05/30/2024 08:00pm • Taking on a part-time retirement job doesn't have to mean low pay and uninteresting work. Many older workers perform important and essential jobs while maintaining a flexible schedule. With proper qualifications, you could shift to a well-paying part-time role. Here are some part-time jobs for retir Why Are Younger People Getting Cancer? 05/30/2024 08:00pm • At age 20, while studying sports management and marketing in college, Sean Kukoleck's life was disrupted by cancer. He suffered his first-ever seizure, leading to the discovery of a large mass on the back of his brain. The oncologists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center ran a number of