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MLB player switches team mid game in unusual scenario

No matter the outcome of today’s Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox game, catcher Danny Jansen will be able to call himself a winner.

Thanks to a $1 billion gift, tuition will be free at a New York City medical school

Students at Albert Einstein College of Medicine won't have to pay tuition after the school received a $1 billion gift. Ruth Gottesman made the donation using money left to her by her late husband.

Greetings from Jerusalem, whose holy sites host some of the oldest colonies of nesting swifts

The scythe-winged birds have nested in the cracks of the Western Wall and other holy sites in Jerusalem for thousands of years.

Keith Herie is swamped in debt from medical issues he and his wife encountered starting about a decade ago. Heartland hospital is seizing 10 percent of his paycheck and 25 percent of his wife's wages, and has placed a lien on their home.

When Nonprofit Hospitals Sue Their Poorest Patients

In exchange for tax breaks, nonprofit hospitals provide assistance to poor patients. But some hospitals seize wages from poor patients with unpaid bills — even those who qualify for reduced-cost care.

Much like the culture it originates from, Southern hip-hop is going to continue to grow and redefine itself as artists live, people move and neighborhoods change.

Before The South Had Something To Say: How A Region Discovered Its Voice

In the early 1990s, you might not think rappers from Atlanta had much in common with rappers from New Orleans or Miami. So when and how did "Southern hip-hop" get to be recognized as an entity?

Iran says its new leader made his 1st address, vowing to keep Strait of Hormuz closed

Iran's state media issued what it said was a statement by Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, vowing to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed and keep up attacks on U.S. bases in the region.

The number of children in the United States without health insurance jumped to 3.9 million in 2017 from about 3.6 million the year before, according to census data.

Number Of U.S. Kids Who Don't Have Health Insurance Is On The Rise

Economic growth usually means more kids get health insurance, but that's not been the case during the Trump years, a study shows. For the first time in a decade, the uninsured rate for children is up.

Rhett Krawitt, 6, outside his school in Tiburon, Calif. Seven percent of the children in his school are not vaccinated.

To Protect His Son, A Father Asks School To Bar Unvaccinated Children

A 6-year-old can't be vaccinated against measles because he is recovering from leukemia. He faces a higher risk because parents at his California school have chosen not to vaccinate their kids.

Gov. Sam Brownback meets farmers in Hoxie while touring western Kansas to tout his water conservation program.

Conservation Effort Spearheaded By Brownback Slowing Depletion Of Ancient Aquifer

After decades of alarming headlines, Kansas may be on the verge of preserving an ancient groundwater resource that helped make it an agricultural...

Progress: Agriculture is Kansas' sturdy backbone, and its fiscal impact can't be overstated

From Kansas Agland:It is evident from the sweeping acres of sorghum, wheat and pastures of cattle, the irrigated circles that can be seen from the sky,…

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