By JESSE BEDAYN, Associated Press A push by Texas Republicans to redraw congressional maps to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House has kicked off a no-holds-barred battle between blue and red states, each threatening to redraw their … Continued
By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — So-called mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic — and now scientists are using that Nobel Prize-winning technology to try to develop vaccines and treatments against a long … Continued
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, KFF Health News ELKO, Nev. — At the Two Spirit Conference in northern Nevada in June, Native Americans gathered in support of the LGBTQ+ community amid federal and state rollbacks of transgender protections and gender-affirming health … Continued
By WAFAA SHURAFA, FATMA KHALED and NATALIE MELZER, Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 38 Palestinians were killed overnight and into Wednesday in the Gaza Strip while seeking aid from United Nations convoys and sites run … Continued
By SARAH EL DEEB At Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip, nothing is sterilized, so Dr. Jamal Salha and other surgeons wash their instruments in soap. Infections are rampant. The stench of medical waste is overwhelming. And flies are everywhere. … Continued
Gophers redshirt freshman running back Johann Cardenas has left the football program, a source confirmed to the Pioneer Press on Wednesday. The Katy, Texas, native joined Minnesota via the NCAA transfer portal after his freshman season at Vanderbilt, where new … Continued