Health

Police identify victim and gunman in Las Vegas gym shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The person killed in a shooting at a Las Vegas fitness…

‘Dilbert’ cartoon creator says he has same prostate cancer as Joe Biden
The creator of the Dilbert comic strip, which was canceled by most newspapers two years…

Authorities analyzing nihilistic writings of suspect in California fertility clinic bombing
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators on Monday were combing through the writings of a 25-year-old…

Illinois mulls ending a health program for some immigrants living in the US illegally
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. JB Pritzker’s positioning of Illinois as a sanctuary state, a…

After a political career shaped by cancer, Biden faces his own grim diagnosis
WASHINGTON (AP) — In Joe Biden’s family, there’s a saying that the three worst words…

What you do before and during a tornado could mean the difference between life and death
ATLANTA (AP) — With new innovations and technology, scientists have learned from major tornado outbreaks…

Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire
BANFF — Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge…

After US cuts funding, WHO chief defends $2.1B budget request by comparing it with cost of war
GENEVA (AP) — Stripped of U.S. funding, the World Health Organization chief on Monday appealed…

Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office…

Manitoba bear cub that sustained burns from forest fire dies from injuries
The operator of a bear rescue organization in Manitoba delivered sad news on Saturday about…

Patients in Quebec’s Nunavik region evacuated over persistent water shortages
MONTREAL — The Quebec government is evacuating patients from a health facility in the province’s…

Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington,’ about America losing its mind in 2020, finds a mixed reception at Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) — Ari Aster’s COVID-era Western “Eddington,” about a 2020 America quickly losing…

Case of brain-dead pregnant woman kept on life support in Georgia raises tricky questions
ATLANTA (AP) — The case of a pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain…

N.S. health minister admits ‘growing pains’ with new free-parking policy at hospitals
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has become the latest province to discover that offering free parking…

Israel has launched a new offensive in blockaded Gaza. Here’s what to know
JERUSALEM (AP) — The war in the Gaza Strip has reached one of its darkest…