Michigan communities have received millions from a national opioid settlement, but some haven't spent any funds yet. Michigan is set to receive $1.6 billion over 18 years, with half going to the …
Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter. That's forcing the state's largest city, Des Moines, to run an expensive nitrate removal system that they usually only use in …
A sheriff's office report says Tiger Woods’ eyes were bloodshot and glassy, his pupils dilated and he had hydrocodone pills in his pocket when interviewed at the scene of his car crash last week in …
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has been hospitalized after undergoing what her office described as a minor procedure to remove fluid that was pressing on her lung. A spokeswoman said Tuesday that the …
A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration's effort to change the criteria for using tens of millions of dollars in funding to aid homeless people was unlawful. Several …
A federal indictment accuses an Arkansas doctor of drugging and abducting psychiatric patients to profit from health care reimbursements. An indictment released Monday says a grand jury charged Dr. …
The Supreme Court has ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that banned the discredited practice. The high court majority …
Eleven toddlers from Gaza are reuniting with their families after doctors evacuated them as premature newborns during blackouts at Shifa Hospital. The children returned Monday from Egypt through the …
Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ kids.
A large donation to mental health research is getting even bigger. The Stanley Family Foundation is donating $280 million more to the Broad Institute, pushing its overall contributions to the …
The leader of a sex-focused women’s wellness company that promoted “orgasmic meditation” has been sentenced to 9 years in prison on federal forced labor charges. The Brooklyn judge on Monday …
Celine Dion will return to the stage this fall with her first series of concerts since revealing her diagnosis with stiff-person syndrome, announcing a five-week limited engagement in Paris. The …
About 100 of the nation’s most contaminated toxic waste sites are in areas prone to flooding and wildfires, a potential public health threat to millions of Americans. The EPA’s Office of …
A Florida hospital has dropped a lawsuit that aimed to force a discharged patient to leave her hospital room. A spokesperson for Tallahassee Memorial Hospital said Monday that the patient was no …
Here is the AP Lifestyles Digest for the week of March 30. For access to AP Newsroom and other technical issues, contact apcustomersupport@ap.org or call 877-836-9477. For reruns of stories, call …
More and more women are having babies later in life. A federal report showed that 21% of all births in the U.S. were to women 35 and older in 2023, up from 8.8% in 1990. And this so-called …
California is the first state to require food makers to add folic acid, a crucial vitamin, to corn masa flour used to make tortillas and other foods. It's a move aimed at reducing Hispanic infants' …
As electric-bike usage has risen, so have e-bike injuries, and regulations in cities and states throughout the country are rapidly changing. Federal law classifies most e-bikes as nonmotorized …
A major oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico has spread more than 373 miles or 600 kilometers across the ocean and seeped into seven nature reserves. Mexicans who have worked in Veracruz’s booming …
Doulas provide physical and emotional support before, during and after birth. Such care used to be seen as a luxury and was available only to those who could afford it. But now, doulas are becoming …