Minnesota legislation targets health insurers' power to block medical care, medications
House bill would prevent redundant insurance red-tape for treatment of chronic diseases. The fate of prior authorization will be decided in the session's final days.
There's a new COVID 'FLiRT' variant. What will that mean for spring and summer?
Experts are closely watching KP.2, now the leading variant.
Minnesota fines UnitedHealthcare $450K over alleged mental health parity violations
The settlement is third in a series where insurers did not admit or deny allegations. HealthPartners and Medica previously agreed to pay fines.
World
Sweltering heat across Asia was 45 times more likely because of climate change, study finds
Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year's destructive swelter was made 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent because of human-caused climate change, a study Tuesday found.
Business
Anti-abortion activist who led a clinic blockade is sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison
An anti-abortion activist who led others on an invasion and blockade of a reproductive health clinic in the nation's capital was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly five years in prison.
Nation
AP Investigation: Training failures can lead police to deadly use of common handcuffing tactic
For decades, police across the United States have been warned that the common tactic of handcuffing someone facedown could turn deadly if officers pin them on the ground with too much pressure or for too long.
Nation
Hot history: Tree rings show that last northern summer was the warmest since year 1
The broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study found.
Business
Whistleblower questions delays and mistakes in way EPA used sensor plane after fiery Ohio derailment
The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that officials brag is always ready to deploy within an hour of any kind of chemical disaster. But the plane didn't fly over eastern Ohio until four days after the disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment there last year.
Local
What to know about the latest COVID variants, Minnesota testing, vaccines
Expert advice on masking, testing, vaccines and boosters is evolving along with coronavirus variants. Here's the latest from Minnesota and the CDC.
Nation
Survey finds 8,000 women a month got abortion pills despite their states' bans or restrictions
Thousands of women in states with abortion bans and restrictions are receiving abortion pills in the mail from states that have laws protecting prescribers, a new report shows.
Business
Will AI replace doctors who read X-rays, or just make them better than ever?
How good would an algorithm have to be to take over your job?
Business
There's bird flu in US dairy cows. Raw milk drinkers aren't deterred
and an outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows.
Nation
Proposed Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment draws rival crowds to Capitol for crucial votes
Impassioned supporters and opponents of a far-reaching Equal Rights Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution flocked to the State Capitol ahead of crucial votes aimed at putting it on the 2026 ballot.
Nation
Arizona's high court is allowing the attorney general 90 more days on her abortion ban strategy
Arizona's highest court on Monday gave the state's attorney general another 90 days to decide further legal action in the case over a 160-year-old near-total ban on abortion that lawmakers recently voted to repeal.
World
Status of Chinese citizen journalist who reported on COVID unknown on day of expected prison release
The whereabouts of a Chinese citizen journalist who served four years in prison for reporting on the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan and was expected to be released Monday are unknown, raising concern from activists.
Business
California moves closer to requiring new pollutant-warning labels for gas stoves
California could require all new gas stoves sold in the state to carry a label warning users about pollutants they can release that have been linked to respiratory illnesses.
Nation
Families suing over 2021 jet fuel leak into Navy drinking water in Hawaii seek $225K to $1.25M
A lawyer representing U.S. military families suing over a 2021 jet fuel leak into a Navy drinking water system in Hawaii asked a judge Monday to award plaintiffs a range of about $225,000 to about $1.25 million each in damages.
Nation
Feds accuse Rhode Island of warehousing kids with mental health, developmental disabilities
Rhode Island violated the civil rights of hundreds of children with mental health or developmental disabilities by routinely and unnecessarily segregating them at Bradley Hospital, an acute-care psychiatric hospital, federal prosecutors said Monday.
Sports
Mitchell Robinson has surgery on ankle that knocked him out of Knicks' playoff run, AP source says
Mitchell Robinson had surgery Monday to repair the left ankle injury that knocked him out of Game 1 of the Knicks' playoff series against the Pacers, a person with knowledge of the situation said.
St. Paul
Ex-St. Kate nursing dean used school funds for vacation getaways with boyfriend, latest charges say
Last week, the former dean of nursing was charged with stealing more than $400,000 from the school and funneling the money to her romantic companion's business.
Nation
Wisconsin Senate plans to vote on overriding Evers veto of PFAS funding, other bills
Republicans said Monday that the state Senate would vote to override up to 36 of the governor's vetoes, including a bill to fight PFAS pollution — moves that Democrats derided as desperate election year stunts.
Nation
Mississippi governor signs law restricting transgender people's use of bathrooms and locker rooms
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that he has signed a new law regulating transgender people's use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings, making Mississippi at least the 12th state to restrict transgender students from using facilities that align with their gender identity.
Nation
Canadian wildfire smoke chokes Upper Midwest for second straight year
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted health warnings across the Upper Midwest and Montana for the second year in a row.
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