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Medicare’s push to improve chronic care attracts businesses, but not many doctors

April 28, 2024, 5:11am Health

Carrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every Thursday from her doctors’ medical assistant, who asks how she’s doing and if she needs prescription refills. The assistant counsels her on dealing with anxiety and her other health issues. Read story

FILE - Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters as she arrives to her opening campaign rally at the Zocalo in Mexico City, March 1, 2024. Sheinbaum, a former mayor of Mexico City and the governing party&rsquo;s candidate, has kept a comfortable lead in all polls over her two opponents.

Mexico’s likely next president has a Jewish origin. Is that relevant in a deeply Catholic country?

FILE - Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters as she arrives to her opening campaign rally at the Zocalo in Mexico City, March 1, 2024. Sheinbaum, a former mayor of Mexico City and the governing party&rsquo;s candidate, has kept a comfortable lead in all polls over her two opponents.

April 27, 2024, 5:32pm Churches & Religion

By mid-2024, Claudia Sheinbaum will most likely become Mexico’s first female president. She would also be its first leader with a Jewish background in a country that’s home to nearly 100 million Catholics. Read story

Janitzio Island stands in Lake Patzcuaro, which has low water levels during a drought in Mexico, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Farmers are starting to pasture livestock and plant crops on the lake bed.

Angry farmers in a once-lush Mexican state target avocado orchards that suck up too much water

Janitzio Island stands in Lake Patzcuaro, which has low water levels during a drought in Mexico, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Farmers are starting to pasture livestock and plant crops on the lake bed.

April 27, 2024, 1:00pm Nation & World

As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City. Read story

People pose with a dog they decided to adopt at Oakland Animal Services on April 4 in Oakland, Calif. The city animal shelter has seen a surge in pets surrendered by tenants who can&rsquo;t find rentals that allow pets.

Bill would assist California pet owners: New legislation aims to make finding an apartment easier

People pose with a dog they decided to adopt at Oakland Animal Services on April 4 in Oakland, Calif. The city animal shelter has seen a surge in pets surrendered by tenants who can&rsquo;t find rentals that allow pets.

April 27, 2024, 6:04am Business

California pet owners struggling to find a rental that accepts their furry, four-legged family members could have an easier time leasing new housing under proposed state legislation that would ban blanket no-pets policies and prohibit landlords from charging additional fees for common companions like cats and dogs. Read story

What to know about new rights for pregnant workers

April 27, 2024, 6:02am Business

Pregnant employees have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that supporters say could change workplace culture for millions of people. Read story

A group of Nevada County residents are facing charges in what hunting experts are calling one California&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s largest deer poaching cases in years.

‘The definition of poaching’: Conspiracy alleged after group hunted dozens of deer in California

A group of Nevada County residents are facing charges in what hunting experts are calling one California&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s largest deer poaching cases in years.

April 27, 2024, 6:00am Nation & World

A group of Nevada County residents are facing charges in what hunting experts are calling one California’s largest deer poaching cases in years. Brought by District Attorney Jesse Wilson, six individuals allegedly conspired to commit several hunting crimes. Read story

Workers scoop paddy rice into the mouth of a vacuum tube on a boat for processing at Hoang Minh Nhat, a rice export company in Can Tho, Vietnam, on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. The Mekong Delta, where 90% of Vietnam&rsquo;s exported rice is farmed, is one of the world&rsquo;s regions most vulnerable to climate change. (AP Photo/Jae C.

In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice

Workers scoop paddy rice into the mouth of a vacuum tube on a boat for processing at Hoang Minh Nhat, a rice export company in Can Tho, Vietnam, on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. The Mekong Delta, where 90% of Vietnam&rsquo;s exported rice is farmed, is one of the world&rsquo;s regions most vulnerable to climate change. (AP Photo/Jae C.

April 27, 2024, 6:00am Business

There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van’s rice fields from a mosaic of thousands of other emerald fields across Long An province in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta: It isn’t entirely flooded. Read story

An attendee at Planned Parenthood&rsquo;s Bans Off Our Bodies rally for abortion rights holds a sign reading &ldquo;Idaho the women as property state&rdquo; outside of the Idaho Statehouse in downtown Boise, Idaho, on May 14, 2022. (Sarah A.

Idaho attorney general questions doctors’ claims of abortion emergencies

An attendee at Planned Parenthood&rsquo;s Bans Off Our Bodies rally for abortion rights holds a sign reading &ldquo;Idaho the women as property state&rdquo; outside of the Idaho Statehouse in downtown Boise, Idaho, on May 14, 2022. (Sarah A.

April 27, 2024, 5:56am Nation & World

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador cast doubts on doctors’ claims that they’re transferring an increasing number of patients out of state for care to comply with the state’s strict abortion laws. Read story

A hiring sign is displayed in Riverwoods, Ill., on April 16. The Biden administration has finalized a new rule set to make millions of more salaried workers eligible for overtime pay in the U.S. The move marks the largest expansion in federal overtime eligibility seen in decades.

New noncompete, overtime rules could benefit workers greatly

A hiring sign is displayed in Riverwoods, Ill., on April 16. The Biden administration has finalized a new rule set to make millions of more salaried workers eligible for overtime pay in the U.S. The move marks the largest expansion in federal overtime eligibility seen in decades.

April 27, 2024, 5:55am Nation & World

For millions of American workers, the federal government took two actions this week that could bestow potentially far-reaching benefits. In one move, the Federal Trade Commission voted to ban noncompete agreements, which bar millions of workers from leaving their employers to join a competitor or start a rival business for… Read story

FILE - A logo is displayed at the PEN America Literary Awards, March 2, 2023, in New York. Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers&rsquo; group PEN America on Monday, April 22, 2024, called off its annual awards ceremony.

PEN America calls off awards ceremony

FILE - A logo is displayed at the PEN America Literary Awards, March 2, 2023, in New York. Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers&rsquo; group PEN America on Monday, April 22, 2024, called off its annual awards ceremony.

April 27, 2024, 5:53am Entertainment

Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers’ group PEN America has called off its annual awards ceremony. Dozens of nominees had dropped out of the event, which was to have taken place next week. Read story