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Victoria mayor announces $10 million on diverted spending for community safety
VICTORIA — Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto said residents will see a difference in community safety…
Foreign medical residents fill critical positions at US hospitals, but are running into visa issues
Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set…
Missouri judge again blocks many of the state’s anti-abortion laws
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge blocked many of the state’s abortion restrictions…
EPA puts on leave 139 employees who spoke out against policies under Trump
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday put on administrative leave 139 employees who signed a…
Latin America’s top human rights court says states have duty to act on climate crisis
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Thursday issued a landmark…
A look at what will happen to food assistance under Trump’s big tax cut bill, by the numbers
President Donald Trump ’s big tax cut bill will overhaul a common food assistance program…
North Carolina governor vetoes anti-DEI and transgender rights bills, calling them ‘mean-spirited’
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein vetoed on Thursday three anti-DEI…
Supreme Court rejects Montana’s bid to revive parental consent law for minors’ abortions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Thursday it will not hear a case involving…
Fears in Massachusetts that Trump’s bill could unravel health safety net
BOSTON (AP) — In the state that served as the model for Obamacare, advocates and…
Joe Giordano, surgeon who helped save President Reagan’s life after assassination attempt, has died
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Joseph Giordano, a surgeon who played a central role in saving…
Kentucky confirms measles outbreak as US nears its highest case count in more than 30 years
Kentucky has its first measles outbreak of 2025, as the U.S. case count sits just…
How an empty North Carolina rural hospital explains a GOP senator’s vote against Trump’s tax bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Though patients don’t rush through the doors of this emergency room anymore,…
Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old…
20 states sue after the Trump administration releases private Medicaid data to deportation officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration violated federal privacy laws when it turned over Medicaid…
Mayors, doctor groups sue over Trump’s efforts to restrict Obamacare enrollment
WASHINGTON (AP) — New Trump administration rules that give millions of people a shorter timeframe…
HHS layoffs were likely unlawful and must be halted, US judge says
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge ruled that recent mass layoffs at the U.S.…
3 leaders at English hospital where a nurse was convicted of murdering babies are arrested
LONDON (AP) — Three senior leaders at the English hospital where nurse Lucy Letby was…
New York City doctor pleads guilty to sexually abusing patients in hospital
NEW YORK (AP) — A doctor pleaded guilty Monday to sexually abusing sedated patients at…
EPA employees put names to ‘declaration of dissent’ over agency moves under Trump
A group of Environmental Protection Agency employees on Monday published a declaration of dissent from…
Climate change is driving a rise in tick-borne diseases. Here’s what to know.
TORONTO — A warming climate is driving a rise in Lyme disease and the introduction…
This Ukrainian woman beat cancer. But her fight to free her captive husband isn’t over
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — “You have no moral right to die.” That’s what Olha Kurtmalaieva…
NYC, San Francisco and other US cities cap LGBTQ+ Pride month with a mix of party and protest
NEW YORK (AP) — The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reached its rainbow-laden crescendo Sunday…
Interior Health CEO is out over closure of Kelowna, B.C., pediatric unit
KELOWNA — The head of British Columbia’s Interior Health authority is stepping aside six months…
Quebec air ambulance company pays homage to four victims of helicopter crash
MONTREAL — The company that operated an air ambulance that crashed on Quebec’s North Shore…