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Abortion is still consuming US politics and courts 2 years after a Supreme Court draft was leaked 05/02/2024 04:32pm • Two years after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion signaled that the nation's abortion landscape was about to shift dramatically, the issue is still consuming the nation's courts, legislatures and political campaigns — and changing the course of lives. On Wednesday, a ban on abortion a 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. Non-white pedestrians more often end up in the ER for vehicle-related injuries, report shows 05/02/2024 03:02pm • Pedestrians who are not white ended up in the emergency room for traffic-related injuries at higher rates than white people, according to a new federal report published Thursday. There were more than 137,000 emergency room visits involving a pedestrian injury between January 2021 and December 2023. Rockville-based Narcan maker Emergent is cutting hundreds of jobs 05/02/2024 01:40pm • Rockville-based Emergent BioSolutions is eliminating 300 jobs and will not fill 85 current job openings, as part of a broad restructuring that also includes closing manufacturing facilities, including one in the Maryland city. Emergent also reported quarterly revenue of $300 million, almost doubl Tim Howard, last in line of top American goalkeepers, enters U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame 05/02/2024 01:22pm • Tim Howard was 10 years old when he walked into Giants Stadium's upper deck in June 1989 for a United States-Peru friendly that featured goalkeeper Tony Meola making his second international appearance. “My earliest soccer memory,” Howard recalled last month. Howard went on to follow Meola in a More than 16K pounds of ground beef sold at Walmart recalled for potential E. coli contamination 05/02/2024 12:42pm • Via USDA(NEW YORK) -- A meat processor has recalled approximately 16,234 pounds of raw ground beef products processed in its Pennsylvania facility that may be contaminated with E. coli.The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recall Wednesday with Cargill Reims coach Will Still leaves French league club with immediate effect 05/02/2024 11:10am • REIMS, France (AP) — Reims coach Will Still is leaving with three French league games left to play. The decision was mutual after a meeting involving Still and club president Jean-Pierre Caillot, the Champagne-based side said on Thursday. “In view of this decision, and in order to allow Stade de 'She was family': Arlington woman says service dog died after pharmacy gave her wrong medication 05/02/2024 10:50am • An Arlington, Virginia, woman says her 10-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel died after a veterinarian prescribed one medication but a CVS pharmacy dispensed a different drug. "Daisy was the most innocent, pure and loving dog," Miroslava Mircheva told WTOP. Mircheva said her service dog wa About 4 in 10 Americans see China as an enemy, a Pew report shows. That's a five-year high 05/02/2024 09:41am • WASHINGTON (AP) — About 4 in 10 Americans now label China as an enemy, up from a quarter two years ago and reaching the highest level in five years, according to an annual Pew Research Center survey released Wednesday. Half of Americans think of China as a competitor, and only 6% consider the coun Death toll jumps to at least 48 as a search continues in southern China highway collapse 05/02/2024 05:51am • BEIJING (AP) — The death toll from a collapsed highway in southeastern China climbed to 48 on Thursday as searchers dug for a second day through a treacherous and mountainous area. One side of the four-lane highway in the city of Meizhou gave way about 2 a.m. on Wednesday after a month of heavy ra Austria coach Ralf Rangnick becomes the latest to turn down Bayern Munich 05/02/2024 05:07am • MUNICH (AP) — Ralf Rangnick became the latest high-profile coach to turn down the vacant Bayern Munich job on Thursday. Rangnick has decided to remain in charge of Austria beyond this summer’s European Championship. “I am the Austrian team manager with all my heart. This job gives me incredibl A new form of mpox that may spread more easily found in Congo's biggest outbreak 05/02/2024 01:04am • KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo is struggling to contain its biggest mpox outbreak, and scientists say a new form of the disease detected in a mining town might more easily spread among people. Since January, Congo has reported more than 4,500 suspected mpox cases and nearly 300 deaths, numbers that After Maui, Hawaii lawmakers budget funds for firefighting equipment and a state fire marshal 05/02/2024 12:07am • HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers on Wednesday appropriated funds for more firefighting equipment and a state fire marshal after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century ripped through the historic Maui town of Lahaina and exposed shortcomings in the state's readiness for such flames. Th Federal Reserve says interest rates will stay at two-decade high until inflation further cools 05/01/2024 09:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn’t plan to cut interest rates until it has “greater confidence” that price increases are slowing sustainably to its 2% target. The Fed issued its decis Arizona lawmakers vote to undo near-total abortion ban from 1864, with Gov. Hobbs expected to sign 05/01/2024 09:32pm • PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature approved a repeal of a long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions Wednesday, sending the bill to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who is expected to sign it. Two Republicans joined with Democrats in the Senate on the 16-14 vote in favor of repealing a Civil War-era