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Steward CEO says he won't comply with Senate subpoena on hospital closings

BOSTON (AP) 鈥 Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre won't comply with a subpoena to appear before a U.S. Senate committee that is investigating the hospital company's bankruptcy, his lawyers said Wednesday.

Alaska law saying only doctors can provide abortions is unconstitutional, judge rules

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) 鈥 An Alaska judge struck down Wednesday a decades-old state law that restricted who could perform abortions in the state.

Alaska judge rules a state law saying only doctors can provide abortions is unconstitutional

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) 鈥 An Alaska judge struck down Wednesday a decades-old state law that restricted who could perform abortions in the state.

Advocates seek rewrite of Missouri abortion-rights ballot measure language

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) 鈥 A Missouri judge will rule Thursday on whether the Republican secretary of state's official description of an abortion-rights amendment on November's ballot is misleading.
UN officials hail limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow polio vaccinations

UN officials hail limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow polio vaccinations

UNITED NATIONS (AP) 鈥 United Nations officials on Wednesday hailed limited pauses in the fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow children's polio vaccinations as rare moments of hope in the nearly yearlong war in Gaza. Top U.N.
The world is pumping out 57 million tons of plastic pollution a year

The world is pumping out 57 million tons of plastic pollution a year

The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people's bodies, according to a new study that also said more than two-thirds of it comes from the Gl
Judge blocks Ohio from enforcing laws restricting medication abortions

Judge blocks Ohio from enforcing laws restricting medication abortions

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) 鈥 Two more Ohio laws restricting abortions have been blocked by the courts as the legal impacts of a 2023 constitutional amendment guaranteeing access to the procedure continue to be felt.
Canadian researchers find signs of awareness in comatose patient, study says

Canadian researchers find signs of awareness in comatose patient, study says

Researchers in London, Ont.
Nova Scotia forms partnership with Google Cloud to improve digital health care

Nova Scotia forms partnership with Google Cloud to improve digital health care

HALIFAX 鈥 The Nova Scotia government is spending $42 million over five years to help improve access to health information through Google Cloud's search tools and artificial intelligence.
Paralympians face nuanced nutrition challenges. Dietitians seek solutions

Paralympians face nuanced nutrition challenges. Dietitians seek solutions

Paris (AP) 鈥 Like many other athletes, Justin Phongsavanh has a take on the chocolate muffins at the Paralympic Village. 鈥淚t doesn鈥檛 get much better than that,鈥 said Phongsavanh, a U.S. Paralympian and bronze medalist in the seated javelin throw.