April 1, 2024 5:14 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A racially biased test delayed Black patients from getting a kidney transplant and now more than 14,000 are part of a move to make amends. The U.S. transplant system ordered hospitals to quit using a test that made Black patients’ kidneys appear healthier than they really were. Next hospitals had to dig through years-old records to determine which patients should have been put on the transplant list sooner and give them credit for lost time. It’s part of a huge problem — formulas embedded in treatment guidelines, risk calculators and other medical decisions that put people of color at disadvantage.
April 1, 2024 5:16 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — In Donald Trump’s speeches and online posts, the Republican presidential candidate has ramped up anti-immigrant rhetoric and his messaging often relies on falsehoods about migration. But it’s resonating with many of his core supporters going back a decade, to when “build the wall” chants rang out at his campaign rallies. President Joe Biden portrays the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border as a policy dispute that Congress can fix. He criticizes Republicans in Washington for backing away from a border security deal after facing criticism from Trump. But Trump’s message appears to be resonating with key elements of the Democratic coalition that Biden will need to win over this November. That could be a concern for the Democratic president.
April 1, 2024 5:17 am
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has rallied from respiratory problems to lead some 60,000 people in Easter celebrations and make a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine. Francis presided over Easter Sunday Mass in a flower-decked St. Peter’s Square. He then delivered a heartfelt prayer for peace in his annual roundup of global crises, delivered from the loggia overlooking the piazza. Gaza’s people, including the small Christian community there, have been a source of constant concern for Francis and Easter in the Holy Land overall was a somber affair this year given the war.
March 31, 2024 8:01 am
(WPXI) – AT&T on Saturday revealed that personal data from 73 million current and former account holders had been compromised and “released on the dark web. In a statement, the Dallas-based company said that it reset the passcodes of 7.6 million customers. The telecommunications giant also said the codes of 65.4 million former account holders were also affected, The Dallas Morning News reported. The company added that “information varied by customer and account,” but that it may have included a person’s full name, email address, mailing address, phone number, Social Security number, date of birth, AT&T account number and passcode, according to The New York Times. “Our internal teams are working with external cybersecurity experts to analyze the situation,” AT&T said in its statement. “To the best of our knowledge, the compromised data appears to be from 2019 or earlier and does not contain personal financial information or call history. AT&T said that the data was released onto the dark web about two weeks ago, the Morning News reported. It is not known if the data “originated from AT&T or one of its vendors,” WFAA-TV reported. AT&T officials said they would be “reaching out to individuals with compromised sensitive personal information separately and offering complimentary identity theft and credit monitoring services,” according to the Times.
March 31, 2024 8:02 am
DUQUESNE, Pa. — A man is dead after a shooting in Duquesne. Allegheny County dispatchers say police and medics were called to the 25 block of N 2nd Avenue at 6:14 p.m. on Saturday. When police arrived, they found a man who had been shot in the chest. He died at the scene. The Office of the Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the man killed as Lamont Nichols, 30, of Pittsburgh. The Allegheny County Police Department detained two people at the scene and later charged Latiya Demeaterce Hicks, 24, of Braddock, with criminal homicide. Hicks is being held at the Allegheny County Jail without bond while awaiting arraignment.
March 31, 2024 7:49 am
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has rallied from respiratory problems to lead some 30,000 people in Easter celebrations and make a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine. Francis presided over Easter Sunday Mass in a flower-decked St. Peter’s Square. He then delivered a heartfelt prayer for peace in his annual roundup of global crises, delivered from the loggia overlooking the piazza. To applause from the wind-swept crowd below, Francis said that “peace is never made with weapons, but with outstretched hands and open hearts.”
March 31, 2024 7:50 am
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is joining the queen and other members of the royal family for an Easter service at Windsor Castle in his most significant public appearance since he was diagnosed with cancer last month. The appearance of the 75-year-old monarch is seen as an effort to reassure the public after Charles stepped back from public duties following an announcement by Buckingham Palace in early February that he was undergoing treatment for an unspecified type of cancer. The Sunday service itself will be smaller than usual as Kate, the Princess of Wales, is also being treated for cancer and has paused public duties. The princess, her husband Prince William and their children did not attend.
March 31, 2024 7:51 am
MANGWE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A new drought has left millions facing hunger in southern Africa as they experience the effects of extreme weather that scientists say is becoming more frequent and more damaging. That’s especially the case for the world’s poorest countries and most vulnerable people. Just months ago, the region was drenched by deadly tropical storms and floods. Zambia and Malawi have declared national disasters over the drought, and Zimbabwe could be on the brink of doing the same. At a food distribution site deep in rural Zimbabwe, aid workers recently brought relief for around 2,000 desperate people. An estimated 20 million need help in the region and many simply won’t get it.
March 31, 2024 7:48 am
BALTIMORE (AP) — Engineers in Maryland are working on the daunting task of removing the remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the Patapsco River. Crews on Saturday started to cut the first section of twisted steel so it can be loaded onto a barge. Seven floating cranes, 10 tugboats and nine barges have been tapped to help. Clearing the river will allow officials to reopen the economically vital Port of Baltimore. A massive cargo ship felled the span Tuesday after smashing into a pillar. The bodies of two of six workers missing after the collapse were recovered earlier this week. But four more have yet to be located and are presumed dead.
March 31, 2024 7:00 am
(AP) – Thousands of old bridges across the U.S. are awaiting replacement or repairs after inspectors found them in poor condition. About 167 million vehicles travel daily over about 42,000 bridges that are categorized as poor. An Associated Press analysis determined that four-fifths of those have problems with the substructures that hold them up or the superstructures that support their load. And more than 15,800 of those bridges also were in poor shape a decade ago. A recent federal infrastructure law is providing $40 billion for bridges over five years. But even that is far short of what’s needed to make all the repairs.
