‘Glee’ wheelchair episode hits bump with disabled actors fighting for TV jobs, visibility

‘Glee’ wheelchair episode hits bump with disabled

Before Congress, NFL’s Goodell won’t acknowledge link between head injuries, brain diseases

Goodell defends NFL’s handling of head injuries

Conyers seeks independent review of football head injuries, calls it ‘life and death’ issue

Conyers wants review of football head injury data

NFL commissioner: League to offer medical follow-up to ex-players who reported mental problems

NFL to aid ex-players who reported mental problems

Goodell: NFL will offer free follow-up medical work to players who self-reported dementia

Goodell: NFL to offer free medical follow-up work

Many elderly with dementia and kidney failure in nursing homes get futile care, studies show

LOS ANGELES — A surprising number of frail, elderly Americans in nursing homes are suffering from futile care at the end of their lives, two new federally funded studies reveal.

Congress to look at head injuries among NFL players

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says he will hold hearings on head injuries among NFL players.

AP IMPACT: Review shows gov’t rarely intervenes as Calif. mercury mines pollute water, fish

NEW IDRIA, Calif. — Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California’s rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state’s major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to eat and risking the health of at least 100,000 impoverished people.

Teen trippin’ on ADHD drugs can be a real downer; study finds surge in calls to poison centers

CHICAGO — Calls to poison control centers about teens abusing attention-deficit drugs soared 76 percent over eight years, sobering evidence about the dangerous consequences of prescription misuse, a study shows.

Woman says she was bitten several times by at least two otters while swimming in Wisconsin lake

DRUMMOND, Wis. — An Austrian woman on vacation in Wisconsin is getting rabies shots after she said she was bitten by otters while swimming in a lake. Brigitte France, 51, told the Duluth News Tribune that she was swimming on Lake Owen near Drummond last Wednesday when three otters suddenly appeared. Feeling concerned, she swam to shore.

Myanmar sentences opposition leader Suu Kyi to 18 months house arrest; American gets 7 years

YANGON, Myanmar — A Myanmar court convicted Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday of violating her house arrest by allowing an uninvited American to stay at her home. The head of the military-ruled country ordered the democracy leader to serve an 18-month sentence under house arrest.

Myanmar court convicts Aung San Suu Kyi; junta chief orders her to return to house arrest

YANGON, Myanmar — A Myanmar court found democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty Tuesday of violating her house arrest by allowing an uninvited American to stay at her home. The head of the military-ruled country ordered her to serve an 18-month sentence under house arrest.

Myanmar says terrorists tried to disrupt Suu Kyi trial, UN secretary-general’s visit

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s military government on Friday accused overseas opposition groups and terrorists of planning to set off explosions during a visit last month by the U.N. chief and trying to disrupt the ongoing trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

American on trial in Myanmar has more seizures; his poor health could delay Suu Kyi verdict

YANGON, Myanmar — An American on trial for entering the house of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi had three short epileptic fits Friday, police said, fueling concerns that his poor health could delay next week’s verdict.

American on trial with Myanmar’s Suu Kyi hospitalized for seizures; verdict due next week

YANGON, Myanmar — An American facing up to five years in jail for entering the house of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been hospitalized after suffering seizures, a week before a court is expected to issue a verdict in his case.

Metal leak at chemical plant in central China leaves 500 sick, 33 hospitalized

BEIJING — More than 500 villagers in central China have been found to have high concentrations of a dangerous metal in their bodies after a series of leaks from a chemical plant, state media reported Monday.

New one-dog policy in southern Chinese city forces two-dog families to make hard choice

GUANGZHOU, China — Mrs. Chen can’t imagine abandoning one of her two best friends: her scruffy terrier mutt and a white fluffy Pekingese mix with buggy eyes.