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A knife attack at a Chinese hospital kills 2 people and injures 21. The motive is unclear 05/07/2024 06:00am • BEIJING (AP) — A knife attack at a hospital in southwestern China on Tuesday killed two people and injured 21 others, authorities said. No motive was given for the attack at Zhenxiong County People’s Hospital in Yunnan province. The suspect is a male from a village in the same county, a Zhenxion Bruins' defenseman Brandon Carlo's day: Wife gives birth in morning, he scores goal in evening 05/07/2024 01:17am • SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — For the rest of his life, Crew Corbett Carlo can celebrate his birthday with the knowledge on the day he was born his father scored a playoff goal. It's a memory Brandon Carlo will never forget. The Boston defenseman wasn't with his team Monday morning for an excellent reason After AP investigation, family of missing students enrolls in school 05/06/2024 04:25pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Four months after The Associated Press wrote about an Atlanta family struggling to enroll in school, all of the children — in a complete turnaround — returned to class last month. The project on Monday was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist. The youngest child, an energetic 8-year- A gene long thought to just raise the risk for Alzheimer's may cause some cases 05/06/2024 03:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer’s disease — in people who inherit two copies of a worrisome gene. Scientists have long known a gene called APOE4 is one of many things that can increase people’s risk for Alzheimer's, i Defending national champion LSU boosts its postseason hopes with series win against Texas A&M 05/06/2024 01:48pm • With two weeks left in the regular season, LSU is scrambling to avoid becoming the third straight defending national champion to miss the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers (31-18, 9-15) won two of three against then-No. 1 Texas A&M to take a giant step over the weekend, but they probably need to win f Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 12-18 05/06/2024 09:48am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 12-18: May 12: Actor Millie Perkins (“Knots Landing”) is 88. Singer Jayotis Washington of The Persuasions is 83. Country singer Billy Swan is 82. Actor Linda Dano (“Another World”) is 81. Singer Steve Winwood is 76. Actor Lindsay Crouse is 76. Actor Br Virginia heart transplant recipient creates 'Heartbeat Foundation' to support others 05/06/2024 03:30am • CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE: Renee Gibbs, founder and CEO of The Heartbeat Foundation. (Courtesy Renee Gibbs) After receiving two lungs and a heart, a Front Royal, Virginia, native said she realized why she was diagnosed with lung disease in 2018: "It happened so that I could help other people." B Want to show teachers appreciation? This top school gives them more freedom 05/06/2024 12:07am • BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — When teachers at A.D. Henderson School, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. Nationally, most teachers report feeling stressed and overwhelmed at work, according to a Pew Research Center surv Rublev overcomes fever and praises doctors after winning Madrid Open for the 1st time 05/05/2024 08:11pm • MADRID (AP) — Despite sleepless nights struggling with a fever, Andrey Rublev found a way to fight back and win the Madrid Open for the first time. Rublev was feeling sick all week but rallied to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime in three sets on Sunday and clinch his second Masters 1000 title. Rublev wo Why It's Still Hard to Get Into Medical School Despite a Doctor Shortage 05/05/2024 08:00pm • Dr. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, president of the American Medical Association, highlighted a doctor shortage crisis during a speech at the National Press Club in fall 2023. "Imagine walking into an emergency room in your moment of crisis -- in desperate need of a physician's care -- and finding no one there How Race Affects Your Credit Score 05/05/2024 08:00pm • When looking at the numbers, you can't ignore the racial disparity in credit scores. Rates of subprime credit scores in majority-Black, Hispanic and Native American communities are at least 1.5 times higher than in majority-white communities, according to a 2022 report from the Urban Institute, a no A British Palestinian doctor was denied entry to France for a Senate meeting about the war in Gaza 05/05/2024 04:29am • PARIS (AP) — A well-known British Palestinian surgeon who volunteered in Gaza hospitals said he was denied entry to France on Saturday to speak at a French Senate meeting about the Israel-Hamas war. Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta was placed in a holding zone in the Charles de Gaulle airport and will be ex With a vest and a voice, helpers escort kids through San Francisco’s broken Tenderloin streets 05/05/2024 01:36am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wearing a bright safety vest with the words “Safe Passage” on the back, Tatiana Alabsi strides through San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood to its only public elementary school, navigating broken bottles and stained sleeping bags along tired streets that occasionally Virginia attorney general joins efforts to fight back against Title IX changes 05/04/2024 09:59pm • Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has joined a multi-state effort to stop new Title IX rules from going into effect. The list of new rules designed to protect victims of campus sexual assaults and the rights of LGBTQ+ students has come under attack by Republican attorneys general in several Home favorite Jannik Sinner withdraws from the Italian Open because of hip injury 05/04/2024 10:21am • ROME (AP) — Second-ranked Jannik Sinner announced Saturday that he is withdrawing from the Italian Open because of an injured hip — denying the tournament of its most anticipated home player in decades. Sinner joins third-ranked Carlos Alcaraz on the sidelines after the Spaniard withdrew from Ro