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End of internet subsidies for low-income households threatens telehealth access

April 14, 2024, 6:00am Health

For Cindy Westman, $30 buys a week’s worth of gas to drive to medical appointments and run errands. Read story

Family members check on the graves of relatives in the Wheeling Mt. Zion Cemetery Saturday, April 6, 2024, following a landslide earlier this week caused by heavy rainfall  in and around Wheeling, West Virginia.

At a cemetery in West Virginia, a massive landslide wiped out more than a hundred headstones. What happens next isn’t clear.

Family members check on the graves of relatives in the Wheeling Mt. Zion Cemetery Saturday, April 6, 2024, following a landslide earlier this week caused by heavy rainfall  in and around Wheeling, West Virginia.

April 13, 2024, 2:00pm Nation & World

The thick, brown swath of mud and debris cut starkly across the neatly trimmed green hillside. Read story

FILE - A new home under construction is seen, Aug. 21, 2023, in southeast Denver. On Thursday, April 11, 2024, Freddie Mac reports on this week&rsquo;s average U.S. mortgage rates.

Homebuyers faced with quandary: Shop for home now or wait for a lower mortgage rate?

FILE - A new home under construction is seen, Aug. 21, 2023, in southeast Denver. On Thursday, April 11, 2024, Freddie Mac reports on this week&rsquo;s average U.S. mortgage rates.

April 13, 2024, 6:07am Business

Shop for a home now or hold out for the possibility of lower mortgage rates? That question is confronting many home shoppers this spring homebuying season. Read story

A crowd reacts to O.J. Simpson leaving Los Angeles County Superior Court,on Feb. 4, 1997, in Santa Monica, Calif., after hearing the verdict in the wrongful-death civil trial against Simpson.

How O.J. shaped America

A crowd reacts to O.J. Simpson leaving Los Angeles County Superior Court,on Feb. 4, 1997, in Santa Monica, Calif., after hearing the verdict in the wrongful-death civil trial against Simpson.

April 13, 2024, 6:01am Nation & World

A dog’s plaintive wail. A courtroom couplet-turned-cultural catchphrase about gloves. A judge and attorneys who became media darlings and villains. A slightly bewildered houseguest elevated, briefly, into a slightly bewildered celebrity. Troubling questions about race that echo still. The beginning of the Kardashian dynasty. An epic slow-motion highway chase. And,… Read story

Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books that have been the subject of complaints from parents on Dec. 16, 2021, in Salt Lake City.

Librarians fear new penalties, even prison, as activists challenge books

Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books that have been the subject of complaints from parents on Dec. 16, 2021, in Salt Lake City.

April 13, 2024, 6:00am Nation & World

When an illustrated edition of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” was released in 2019, educators in Clayton, Mo., needed little debate before deciding to keep copies in high school libraries. The book is widely regarded as a classic work of dystopian literature about the oppression of women, and a graphic… Read story

Federal workers gain IVF benefits

April 13, 2024, 6:00am Nation & World

Companies have increasingly offered generous fertility benefits to attract and keep top-notch workers. Now, the federal government is getting in on the act. Starting this year, federal employees can choose plans that cover several fertility services, including up to $25,000 annually for in vitro fertilization procedures and up to three… Read story

Florida wildlife officials attempt to rescue ancient sawfish

April 13, 2024, 5:40am Nation & World

A large sawfish that showed signs of distress was rescued by wildlife officials in the Florida Keys, where more than three dozen of the ancient and endangered fish have died for unexplained reasons in recent months. Read story

In this image provided by Pittsburgh Public Safety, Pittsburgh area water rescue team rescued a woman trapped in a car sinking in rising waters along a section of Route 51 east of the city Thursday night, April 11, 2024, in Pittsburg. Flash flooding caused by relentless heavy rains that soaked western Pennsylvania spurred numerous rescues and evacuations in the region, but no injuries were reported.

Rain, flash floods in Pittsburgh area spurs rescues, evacuations

In this image provided by Pittsburgh Public Safety, Pittsburgh area water rescue team rescued a woman trapped in a car sinking in rising waters along a section of Route 51 east of the city Thursday night, April 11, 2024, in Pittsburg. Flash flooding caused by relentless heavy rains that soaked western Pennsylvania spurred numerous rescues and evacuations in the region, but no injuries were reported.

April 12, 2024, 7:57pm Nation & World

Flash flooding caused by relentless heavy rains that soaked western Pennsylvania spurred numerous rescues and evacuations in the region, but no injuries were reported. Read story

EU regulators find no link between drugs Ozempic and Wegovy and suicide

April 12, 2024, 7:55pm Nation & World

Drug regulators in Europe have found no evidence that popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are linked to a higher risk of suicidal thoughts or actions. Read story

A stolen 18-wheeler crashed into a Texas Department of Public Safety office on US-290 in Brenham, Texas on Friday, April 12, 2024.  The driver of a stolen semitrailer intentionally rammed it into the Texas public safety office in a rural town west of Houston on Friday, injuring multiple people, according to a state lawmaker.

1 dead, 13 injured in semitrailer crash at Texas public safety office

A stolen 18-wheeler crashed into a Texas Department of Public Safety office on US-290 in Brenham, Texas on Friday, April 12, 2024.  The driver of a stolen semitrailer intentionally rammed it into the Texas public safety office in a rural town west of Houston on Friday, injuring multiple people, according to a state lawmaker.

April 12, 2024, 7:52pm Nation & World

A Texas semitrailer driver rammed a stolen 18-wheeler through the front of a public safety building where his renewal for a commercial driver’s license had been rejected, killing one person and injuring 13 others, authorities said Friday. Read story