Women's health
FILE - Allyson Felix of the United States reacts after winning the gold medal in the final of the Women's 200m during the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. Felix, retiring after the 2022 world championships in Eugene, Oregon, is looking forward to a much slower pace. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
Allyson Felix reflects on footprints she's leaving on track

By Pat Graham Jul. 14, 2022 02:26 PM EDT

Lora Webster with the U.S. women's sitting volleyball team, sets the ball during practice in Edmond, Okla., on July 24, 2021. She's five months pregnant and expecting her fourth child. This is the second Paralympics in which she's been pregnant, and the third time during a competition. She and her American teammates face Brazil on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in the semifinals as Webster tries for her fifth Paralympic medal. (Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman via AP)
American Lora Webster: 5 months pregnant and after 5th medal

By Stephen Wade Sep. 02, 2021 03:42 AM EDT

Canadian boxer Bujold wins appeal to compete at Tokyo Games

Jun. 30, 2021 05:12 PM EDT
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold looks forward to the day when she can tell her daughter that she got in the Olympic ring with sport's highest court ...

FILE - Canada guard Kim Gaucher pulls down a rebound during the first half of a women's basketball game against the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, file photo. Canadian basketball player Kim Gaucher, who is breastfeeding her infant daughter, has won in her quest to bring the baby to the Tokyo Olympics. The International Olympic Committee says nursing mothers will now be allowed to bring their babies to Tokyo. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Breastfeeding Olympians allowed to bring babies to Tokyo

Jun. 30, 2021 12:22 PM EDT

A woman casts her vote at a polling station during a referendum in Gibraltar, Thursday, June, 24, 2021. Gibraltar is holding a referendum on whether to introduce exceptions to the British territory's ban on abortion. Abortion is illegal in Gibraltar, unless it is needed to save the mother's life. Abortion is legally classified as "child destruction" and is punishable by up to life in prison. (AP Photo/Javier Fergo)
Gibraltar approves changes to strict abortion law in ballot

Jun. 25, 2021 04:56 AM EDT

NH lawmakers approve $13.5 billion budget package

By Holly Ramer Jun. 24, 2021 04:36 PM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican-led New Hampshire Legislature on Thursday passed a two-year state budget that includes not only $13.5 billion in spending...

A woman casts her vote at a polling station during a referendum in Gibraltar, Thursday, June, 24, 2021. Gibraltar is holding a referendum on whether to introduce exceptions to the British territory's ban on abortion. Abortion is illegal in Gibraltar, unless it is needed to save the mother's life. Abortion is legally classified as "child destruction" and is punishable by up to life in prison. (AP Photo/Javier Fergo)
Gibraltar votes on whether to ease its strict abortion law

By Barry Hatton And Sergio Rodrigo Jun. 24, 2021 04:17 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 8, 2021. Editorial: Fetterman should stop flouting flag law and obey it Pennsylvania Lt....

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx speaks during a news conference with the coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington. On Friday, June 4, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting the U.S. military has arrested Birx for conspiring to push face masks on Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Birx, former coordinator of the White House coronavirus response, has not been arrested. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By Ali Swenson And Arijeta Lajka Jun. 04, 2021 01:19 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 31, 2021. Editorial: Baseball boondoggle shows why Nutting should sell Pirates Step right...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press May. 31, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
San Antonio Express-News. May 30, 2021. Editorial: Let’s honor all our fallen: soldiers and virus victims After a year...

Cori Gauff, of the United States, returns the ball to Poland's Iga Swiatek during their semi-final match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
More fans, May weather: 2021 French Open is closer to normal

By John Leicester May. 30, 2021 12:52 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press May. 21, 2021 07:00 AM EDT
Hartford Courant. May 18, 2021. Editorial: The angry, disruptive display at UHart’s commencement over switching to NCAA Division III was...

FILE - This undated image provided by Merck in October 2018 shows a vial and packaging for the Gardasil 9 vaccine. According to a study released on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, screening and the HPV vaccine have led to dramatic drops in cervical cancers over the last two decades in the U.S., but the gains are almost offset by a rise in other tumors caused by the virus. (Merck via AP)
US cervical cancers fall but other sex-related cancers rise

By Carla K. Johnson May. 19, 2021 05:08 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press May. 19, 2021 01:25 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 19 The Boston Globe on U.S. aid to Israel should...

Residents watch a fountain show along the Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The number of working-age people in China fell over the past decade as its aging population barely grew, a census showed Tuesday, adding to economic challenges for Chinese leaders who have ambitious strategic goals. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China adds few babies, loses workers as its 1.4B people age

By Joe Mcdonald And Huizhong Wu May. 11, 2021 03:07 AM EDT

A couple wearing face masks and a child on an electric-powered scooter pass by a man holding an infant as he chats with another man near a sculpture outside a shopping mall in Beijing on Saturday, May 8, 2021. China’s population growth is falling closer to zero as fewer couples have children, the government announced Tuesday, May 11, 2021, adding to strains on an aging society with a shrinking workforce. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
1.4B but no more? China's population growth closer to zero

By Joe Mcdonald And Huizhong Wu May. 10, 2021 10:27 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 2, 2021 file photo, a pharmacy technician loads a syringe with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site at the Portland Expo in Portland, Maine. On Friday, March 7 The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that Pfizer admitted in its COVID-19 clinical trial protocol document that vaccinated people can “shed” the vaccine, emitting materials that can spread to unvaccinated people by inhalation or skin contact.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press May. 07, 2021 01:21 PM EDT

Can COVID-19 vaccines affect my period? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
Can COVID-19 vaccines affect my period?

By Ali Swenson And Arijeta Lajka May. 06, 2021 03:04 AM EDT

Tennessee Legislature adjourns for the year

By Kimberlee Kruesi May. 05, 2021 10:13 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers on Wednesday adjourned for the year after spending their final moments slashing how long the unemployed can receive...