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Philadelphia Democratic mayoral primary pits moderates against progressives 05/15/2023 09:44am • A Democratic primary that will likely determine who becomes Philadelphia’s next mayor could boost a progressive cause struggling to make a comeback after national setbacks, but with no clear front-runner it's just as likely to fortify the city's existing Democratic machine. Not one of the five to A Texas woman was fatally shot by her boyfriend after she got an abortion, police say 05/15/2023 07:09am • DALLAS (AP) — A man who didn't want his girlfriend to get an abortion fatally shot her during a confrontation in a Dallas parking lot, police said. He was jailed on a murder charge as of Friday. Texas banned abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy in September 2021. But nearly all abo Minor league host families, once a pillar of pro baseball, phased out by new CBA 05/15/2023 05:55am • PHOENIX (AP) — Long before David Peralta was a veteran outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, he was an 18-year-old kid from Venezuela who didn't speak much English playing minor league baseball in Johnson City, Tennessee. To call it culture shock would be quite the understatement. “Even little Minneapolis city council nomination brawlers could be expelled from Minnesota Democratic Party 05/15/2023 05:52am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Democratic Party will consider expelling anyone involved in a brawl that broke out at a political event to nominate candidates for a Minneapolis City Council seat. At least two people were injured in Saturday's confrontation. The head of the state Democratic-Farmer ‘We want to keep people alive’: How laws across DC region can help prevent fatal overdoses 05/15/2023 05:08am • This article is part of the WTOP series, “Facing Down Fentanyl: Teens Confront Drug Danger.” Even as rates of fatal drug overdoses remain alarmingly high, experts say the vast majority of deaths are preventable. More than three out of five overdose deaths involved at least one instance in The US is undergoing its worst bird flu outbreak ever. Is a poultry vaccine the answer? 05/15/2023 02:59am • While bird flu likely poses little health danger to humans, it’s contributed to spikes in U.S. egg prices and decimated poultry flocks. (USDA photo by Lance Cheung/Flickr) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matter Sudan migrants in Israel worry over future, fighting at home 05/15/2023 02:31am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Omer Easa is watching the violence roiling his native Sudan with deep trepidation. The further Sudan sinks into chaos and violence, he fears, the longer he is likely to remain an unrecognized asylum-seeker in Israel, where he has few protections. Backers of migrants like E Pieces that may be from wetsuit, surfboard found after surfer attacked by shark off South Australia 05/15/2023 01:05am • SYDNEY (AP) — Searchers have found what appear to be pieces of the wetsuit and surfboard belonging to a 46-year-old surfer who was attacked by a shark off South Australia’s coast, and police said they were continuing to search for his remains Monday. School teacher Simon Baccanello was attacked What to Watch: Clues about voter sentiment could emerge from Kentucky, Pennsylvania primaries 05/15/2023 12:08am • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Off-year elections on Tuesday in Kentucky and Pennsylvania could send early signals about the mood of voters ahead of next year's races for the White House and Congress. The Kentucky governor's race is a table-setter for what should be a bruising general election contest. R Border crossings off from last week's highs as US pins hopes for order on mobile app 05/14/2023 11:01pm • TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Pandemic-era limits on asylum known as Title 42 have been rarely discussed among many of tens of thousands of migrants massed on Mexico's border with the United States. Their eyes were — and are — fixed instead on a new U.S. government mobile app that grants 1,000 people 4 injured, 3 hospitalized in Baltimore steam pipe explosion 05/14/2023 10:22pm • Baltimore, Maryland, officials said four patients were injured in a steam pipe explosion Sunday evening. The explosion happened around 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of Pratt and Eutaw Streets after a Baltimore Gas and Electric crew struck an unmarked pipe in the area. First responders with Bal NYC converts hotels to shelters as pressure mounts to accommodate asylum seekers 05/14/2023 09:49pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan shuttered three years ago, but it will soon be bustling again — reopening to accommodate an anticipated influx of asylum seekers just as other New York City hotels are being converted to emergency shelters. Mayor Eric Adams announ Por qué hay personas que se recuperan de la enfermedad de Lyme y a otros le persisten los síntomas 05/14/2023 08:02pm • Por qué algunas personas se recuperan de la enfermedad de Lyme, mientras que otras experimentan meses, años o incluso décadas de síntomas crónicos ha desconcertado a los médicos durante mucho tiempo. Una nueva investigación ofrece algunas pistas sobre un marcador del sistema inmunitario en la Do I Need a Real Estate Attorney? 05/14/2023 08:00pm • A real estate attorney or lawyer is licensed to practice real estate law. These professionals specialize in real estate transactions and often advise buyers and sellers during home sales. "Depending on the side of the deal, the attorney typically is charged with protecting their client to make sure 11 Cheap ETFs to Buy in 2023 05/14/2023 08:00pm • Low-cost exchange-traded funds are popular with retail investors because they're cheap and manage risks better than most individual investors can. But picking the right ones can be tricky, and the tricks can change with the times. Investors use ETFs to add diversification or to gain exposure to cert