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Gene therapy eyedrops restored a boy's sight. Similar treatments could help millions

Gene therapy eyedrops restored a boy's sight. Similar treatments could help millions

MIAMI (AP) — Dr. Alfonso Sabater pulled up two photos of Antonio Vento Carvajal’s eyes. One showed cloudy scars covering both eyeballs. The other, taken after months of gene therapy given through eyedrops, revealed no scarring on either eye.
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Minneapolis backs off arrests for psychedelic plant use

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis is backing away from enforcing laws that criminalize buying psychedelic plants or using them in private.
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Next year's Olympics are pushing Paris to confront crack cocaine use on city streets

Next year's Olympics are pushing Paris to confront crack cocaine use on city streets

PARIS (AP) — Neighborhoods in northeast Paris have struggled for years with the scourge of crack cocaine and its use in public. The Summer Olympics , kicking off a year from Wednesday, are offering an impetus to tackle the problem.
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Democrats eye Wisconsin high court's new liberal majority to win abortion and redistricting rulings

Democrats eye Wisconsin high court's new liberal majority to win abortion and redistricting rulings

MADISON, Wis.
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Covering the heat wave in sizzling Phoenix, an AP photographer recounts a scare from heat exhaustion

Covering the heat wave in sizzling Phoenix, an AP photographer recounts a scare from heat exhaustion

PHOENIX (AP) — Heat never scared me before.
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Judge orders Montana health clinic to pay nearly $6 million over false asbestos claims

Judge orders Montana health clinic to pay nearly $6 million over false asbestos claims

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination must pay the government almost $6 million in penalties and damages after it submitted hundreds of false asbestos claims, a judge ruled.
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Train derailment in northern Montana spills freight, but hazmat car safe

Train derailment in northern Montana spills freight, but hazmat car safe

HAVRE, Mont. (AP) — A train derailment in northern Montana spilled freight and left cars tangled up along a major east-west railroad corridor but caused no injuries.
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Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina as scorching heat and floods sock other parts of US

Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina as scorching heat and floods sock other parts of US

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A tornado heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina on Wednesday, while torrential rain flooded communities in Kentucky and an area from California to South Florida endured more scorching heat.
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Tornado damage to Pfizer plant unlikely to cause major drug supply shortages, FDA says

RALEIGH, N.C.
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Liberals looking for input on planned law to improve safety in long-term care

Liberals looking for input on planned law to improve safety in long-term care

OTTAWA — The federal government is seeking public input on planned legislation to improve safety in long-term care following the devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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