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Hundreds of people suffer heatstroke in Pakistan, and dangerous heat is forecast to stay a while 05/23/2024 08:55pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Doctors treated hundreds of victims of heatstroke at hospitals across Pakistan on Thursday after an intense heat wave sent temperatures above normal levels due to climate change, officials said. Temperatures soared as high as 49 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit) the previou UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is betting that calmer economic conditions will get him reelected 05/23/2024 08:22pm • LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has portrayed himself as thorough and evidence-led. That's why his gamble to call a U.K. general election for July 4 has come as such a surprise. Those personal traits were supposed to be attributes that would endear him to British voters following Louisiana Legislature approves bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances 05/23/2024 05:57pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by the governor. Supporters of the reclassificati MLB says pitcher injuries more likely to occur during spring training, early in season 05/23/2024 05:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball says pitcher injuries are more likely to occur during spring training and early in the season. Management has rejected an assertion by players’ union head Tony Clark that injuries may be linked to the pitch clock that was instituted last year and slightly sh Arizona doctors can come to California to perform abortions under new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom 05/23/2024 05:29pm • SACRAMENTO (AP) — Arizona doctors can come to California to perform abortions under new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Explosion at a sugar factory in eastern Tanzania kills 11 workers, including 3 foreigners 05/23/2024 03:00pm • ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) — An electric short at a sugar factory in Tanzania on Thursday morning set off an explosion that killed 11 workers, including three foreign nationals, police said. The electrical fault caused a steam pipe to burst as a technical team was readying machines to start producti With Ukraine losing ground, allies debate how to squeeze cash for Kyiv out of frozen Russian assets 05/23/2024 01:01pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Ukraine's allies are wrestling with how to squeeze money out of frozen Russian assets to support Kyiv's war effort, a debate getting more urgent as Russia gains territory on the battlefield and as the outlook for Ukraine’s state finances looks shakier. At the top of the French Open: Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are among the men to watch in 2024 05/23/2024 12:28pm • PARIS (AP) — Here are some of the men to watch at the French Open, which starts at Roland Garros on Sunday: Novak Djokovic Seeding: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Serbia Age: 37 2024 Record: 12-5 (Entering Geneva) 2024 Titles: Zero Career Titles: 98 Grand Slam Titles: 24 — French Open (3: 201 Several injured passengers on turbulence-hit Singapore flight need spinal surgery, hospital says 05/23/2024 10:15am • BANGKOK (AP) — Several of the more seriously injured people who were on the Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence earlier this week will need spinal surgery, a Bangkok hospital said Thursday. Twenty people remained in intensive care and a 73-year-old British man died after the Boei Black Americans are underrepresented in residential care communities, AP/CNHI News analysis finds 05/23/2024 08:42am • Norma Upshaw was living alone south of Nashville when her doctor said she needed to start in-home dialysis. Her closest family lived 40 miles away, and they’d already scrambled once when the independent senior living facility the 82-year-old had called home — a community of largely Black reside Black Americans are underrepresented in residential care communities, AP/CNHI News analysis finds 05/23/2024 08:39am • Norma Upshaw, 82, was living alone south of Nashville, when her doctor said she needed to start in-home dialysis. Her closest family lived 40 miles away, and they’d already scrambled once when the independent senior living facility she had called home — a community of largely Black residents †Fried pitches a 3-hitter and Ozuna homers to help the Braves beat the Cubs 9-2 05/22/2024 10:58pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Max Fried struck out nine while throwing a three-hitter for his second complete game of the season, and the Atlanta Braves beat Justin Steele and the Chicago Cubs 9-2 on Wednesday night. Marcell Ozuna, Matt Olson and Adam Duvall homered for Atlanta, which had dropped five of six. Th Trump allies face skepticism as they try appealing to disaffected Arab Americans in Michigan 05/22/2024 09:44pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Facing a room of Arab American activists from across the country angry at President Joe Biden's response to the Israel-Hamas war, a well-known adviser to Donald Trump was asked this week what the former president would have done differently had he been in office. Richard Gre Texas health department appoints anti-abortion OB-GYN to maternal mortality committee 05/22/2024 08:11pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' health department has appointed an outspoken anti-abortion OB-GYN to a committee that reviews pregnancy-related deaths as doctors have been warning that the state’s restrictive abortion ban puts women’s lives at risk. Dr. Ingrid Skop was among the new appointees to What to Expect After Knee Replacement Surgery 05/22/2024 08:00pm • Over time, knee cartilage can deteriorate due to years of wear and tear. Since the knees take an enormous amount of pressure and stress as we move about, cartilage loss can lead to disabling knee pain, stiffness and inflammation. The first line of defense is strengthening muscles that support the kn