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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dr. Matthew D'Onofrio has seen his patient pool get a lot grayer since he opened his practice more than 20 years ago. Those he first treated in their 50s and 60s are now in their 70s and 80s. They require more medical resources, a...

(THE CONVERSATION) Tourette syndrome is a mysterious medical curiosity that has puzzled doctors for more than a century. People who have it suffer from tics and other behavioral problems, such as obsessive compulsive traits and attention deficit...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Measures designed to combat Virginia's opioid epidemic have seen the number of prescriptions for painkillers filled by pharmacies fall since their implementation in March. The Roanoke Times reports (http://bit.ly/2rQQoes ) the r...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Walmart and other major corporations are asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed against them by the Cherokee Nation, which argues that the companies have not done enough to stop prescription opioid abuse. The O...

DENVER (AP) — The Justice Department has declined to prosecute two Veterans Affairs Department executives after lawmakers accused them of misleading Congress about massive cost overruns at a Denver-area VA hospital. The House Veterans Affairs C...

NEW YORK (AP) — Pandora is raising cash to help it take on Spotify and other streaming music services. The online music service is selling a 19 percent stake in its business to satellite radio company Sirius XM for $480 million. Pandora will pay a $...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Science is worthless if it isn't motivated by basic human values and the desire to help people, Apple CEO Tim Cook told graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday, urging them to use their powers for g...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese internet, solar and technology company SoftBank Group Corp. is buying robotics pioneer Boston Dynamics from Alphabet Inc., Google's parent. Terms of the deal, announced Friday, including when it might close, were not d...

NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of people have gathered in Times Square to tell the naked truth — or tell the truth naked. Brooke Champlain stood nude in one of New York's busiest areas Friday with the slogan "We're All Just Stardust" painted around her bel...

PLAINFIELD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey woman distracted by her cellphone was hospitalized after she fell over open basement access doors and fell 6 feet (1.8 meters) into the opening. Surveillance video captured the woman Thursday as she walked a...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators have approved a bill that would set up a task force to provide greater oversight for the state's foster care system and recommend changes. The votes Friday were 105-10 in the House and 33-6 in the Senate. The b...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man accused in a bar shooting in suburban Kansas City that left one Indian national dead and another wounded was indicted by a federal grand jury on hate crime charges, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday. The i...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators are trying to resolve their differences over pay raises for state employees and settle their last remaining budget issues so they can end their annual session. House and Senate negotiators met for a second d...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators have approved a bill that would delay part of a new law that toughens regulations for amusement park rides. Provisions of the law that include stricter inspection requirements and more oversight of rides s...

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A Missouri man who spent nearly 17 years in prison for a 1999 robbery was freed after supporters found another man who looked enough like him that the victim and other witnesses said they could no longer be sure who committed t...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has confirmed the first reported case of West Nile virus this year. The health department said in a news release Friday that the infected person lives in Barton County. The agency a...

RIVERTON, Kan. (AP) — Empire District Electric Co. plans to demolish its coal-fired power plant near Riverton, Kansas, sometime this month. The Joplin Globe reports (http://bit.ly/2rdEtW0 ) the company isn't announcing the date of the demolition b...

FREDONIA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says a man is jailed after his father was found dead in a southeast Kansas home. Police officers found 50-year-old Eddie Cohee dead Thursday at his home in Fredonia. Authorities believe he s...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A major financial rating agency says Kansas' credit outlook is stable after lawmakers overrode Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's veto of a bill that largely rolls back the income tax cuts he championed in recent years. The Kansas C...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say the body of a Topeka woman has been found after a hunt that began when her estranged husband was accused of kidnapping her. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/2sJVSIb ) reports the body of 33-year-old V...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Three Oklahoma law enforcement officers fatally shot a black man while trying to pick him up for a mental health issue on Friday, triggering a protest on a city street that prompted dozens of officers in riot gear showing f...