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A doctor wearing a white lab coat uses a stethoscope to check the heart beat of an elderly patient wearing a grey polo shirt and blue jeans. There are anatomical charts hanging on the wall in the background.

This California ballot measure promises money for health care. Its critics warn it could backfire

Proposition 35 would dedicate tax revenue to pay doctors more if they see low-income patients with Medi-Cal insurance. Its critics worry the plan could run afoul of the federal government.

Abortion is becoming more common in primary care clinics as doctors challenge stigma

More family medicine and primary care doctors are doing abortions and questioning why it's been separated from other care for decades.

As interest rates have dropped, refinancing could make sense, or not. Here’s what to know before you decide.

Mortgage rates have dropped. Should you refinance your home?

Interested in seeing if you can save money on your mortgage? Here’s what to know about refinancing – and how to think about timing.

Dane Allen and Randy Davis board up apartments on Sunday ahead of Beryl's arrival in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Beryl is set to gain hurricane strength as it bears down on the Texas coast

Beryl is set to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall along the Texas coast early Monday morning.

A member of a Nepal government-funded team uses a spade to remove frozen trash on Mount Everest in Nepal in 2021. In the seven decades since Mount Everest was first conquered, thousands of climbers have scaled the peak, and many have left behind more than just their footprints.

Everest's highest camp is littered with frozen garbage. The cleanup will take years

A Nepal government-funded team of soldiers and Sherpas removed 11 tons of garbage, four dead bodies and a skeleton during this year's climbing season. It's estimated that 40 to 50 tons remain.

Hurricane Helene dropped more than 2 feet of rain on Spruce Pine, N.C. The town is home to one of the world's only sources of high-purity quartz, which is used to manufacture silicon chips and solar panels.

A tiny town just got slammed by Helene. It could massively disrupt the tech industry

Spruce Pine is a major global supplier of high-purity quartz. It's an essential ingredient for microchips and solar panels.

"I love cooking for people I love," Ina Garten says. "And the cooking is just the medium; the thing that I care about is the connection."

Ina Garten shares her secret for a great dinner party: 6 people and a round table

"I like when everybody's knees are almost touching and it feels very intimate," the Barefoot Contessa host says. Garten's new memoir is Be Ready When the Luck Happens.

Un área de recuperación desocupada y una sala de procedimientos de aborto en una instalación de Planned Parenthood Arizona en Tempe el 30 de junio de 2022. Foto de Matt York, AP Photo

Las clínicas de California se preparan para las consecuencias de la prohibición del aborto en Arizona

Incluso antes del fallo, la confusión sobre las restricciones al aborto llevó a los pacientes de Arizona, y a otros, a acudir a los proveedores de atención médica de California, lo que ejerció presión sobre el personal de algunas instalaciones.

San Francisco police officers keep an eye on city workers as they sweep unsanctioned tents and belongings from a street in the Tenderloin.

San Francisco ramps up policing of homeless camps, with the Supreme Court's blessing

There are fewer tents on San Francisco sidewalks. The city has ramped up enforcement of anti-camping laws, and police are playing a bigger role.

A Burmese python is held during a safe capture demonstration at a media event for the 2022 Florida Python Challenge on June 16, 2022, in Miami.

Here’s why snake hunters from across the U.S. are wading into the Florida Everglades

The annual Florida Python Challenge invites participants to catch and kill invasive Burmese pythons, which feed on the state's native animal population.

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