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Aetna agrees to settle lawsuit over fertility coverage for LGBTQ+ customers 05/03/2024 03:22pm • Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the health insurer of discriminating against LGBTQ+ customers in need of fertility treatment. Under the deal announced Friday, the insurer will make coverage of artificial insemination standard for all customers nationally and work to ensure that pat How endometrial cancer is being treated using molecular profiling 05/03/2024 01:13pm • This content is provided by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Endometrial cancer, also known as uterine cancer, accounts for seven percent of all cancers in women, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer in the U.S., and the NCI Arizona governor's signing of abortion law repeal follows political fight by women lawmakers 05/03/2024 01:05pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs' signing of the repeal of a Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions was a stirring occasion for the women working to ensure that the 19th century law remains in the past. Current and former state lawmakers, and reproductive rights advocates crowded into th Scamacca put PlayStation away and began scoring. Now game time may come as center forward for Italy 05/03/2024 12:17pm • ROME (AP) — The message was clear from Italy coach Luciano Spalletti: Put your PlayStation away and start focusing more on scoring goals. The results have been wondrous for Gianluca Scamacca, who has scored nine goals in 11 matches for Atalanta since Spalletti dropped him from the Azzurri squad in For decades, Moscow has sought to silence its critics abroad 05/03/2024 12:17am • From its earliest days, the Soviet Union's intelligence services — whether known as the Cheka or by the names of any of its successor agencies like the KGB — kept the government in power by pursuing its opponents no matter where they lived. Intelligence experts say that policy is still followed The unexpected, under-the-radar Senate race in Michigan that could determine control of the chamber 05/03/2024 12:03am • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Elissa Slotkin had less than half an hour to reckon with a retirement announcement that would reshape Michigan’s political landscape. The state's senior senator and the third-ranking Democrat in the chamber, Debbie Stabenow, was about to reveal that she would retire in 2024 Arizona's Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions 05/02/2024 10:46pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has relegated a Civil War-era ban on most abortions to the past by signing a bill Thursday to repeal it. Hobbs says the move is just the beginning of a fight to protect reproductive health care in Arizona. The repeal of the 1864 law that the stat South Carolina Senate approves ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors 05/02/2024 07:57pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate on Thursday approved a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors after supporters defeated efforts to only ban treatments that would be considered irreversible. The 27-8 vote in favor included all Republicans present and one Democrat voting Maternal deaths have fallen to pre-pandemic levels, new US data says 05/02/2024 06:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. deaths of moms around the time of childbirth have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new government data suggests. About 680 women died last year during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according to provisional CDC data. That’s down from 817 deaths in 2022 and 1,205 i Nebraska forward Rienk Mast will have knee surgery and miss the 2024-25 basketball season 05/02/2024 04:39pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska forward Rienk Mast will have surgery on his left knee and miss the 2024-25 season, coach Fred Hoiberg said Thursday. Mast, who averaged 12.3 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, said he plans to take a medical redshirt and return in 2025-26. “As some people know, I pl A remarkable milestone: Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center achieves historic "A" safety grade 05/02/2024 04:06pm • This content is sponsored by Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center. When it comes to healthcare, achieving an “A” grade for safety is not merely a mark on a scorecard, it's a testament to a hospital’s unwavering commitment to excellence and the well-being of the community. Halle Berry shouts from the Capitol, 'I'm in menopause' as she seeks to end a stigma and win funding 05/02/2024 03:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Halle Berry is joining a group of bipartisan senators to push for legislation that would put $275 million toward research and education around menopause, the significant hormone shift women go through in middle age. The legislation calls for the federal government to spend more o Dentist accused of killing wife tried to plant letters suggesting she was suicidal, police say 05/02/2024 02:44pm • DENVER (AP) — A dentist accused of killing his wife by putting poison in her protein shakes asked a fellow jail inmate to plant letters to make it look like his wife was suicidal, police say. James Craig asked the inmate to put the letters in Craig's garage and truck at his home, Aurora police det What defines a heartbeat? Judge hears arguments in South Carolina abortion case 05/02/2024 02:16pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's ban on abortions after roughly six weeks, before many women know they are pregnant, returned to court Thursday with Planned Parenthood and the state arguing over what could be two different ways to define a heartbeat in the law. Even the state Supreme Court j Erik Jones cleared to return by NASCAR but will sit out Kansas race after back injury at Talladega 05/02/2024 02:09pm • KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Erik Jones was cleared by doctors and approved to return by NASCAR on Thursday, but his Legacy Motor Club team will hold him out of this weekend's race at Kansas Speedway to allow him more time to recover from his crash at Talladega. Corey Heim will drive the No. 43 Toyota