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Girl, 8, dies after mid-flight medical episode forces plane to makes emergency landing

An 8-year-old girl died after becoming unresponsive on a Chicago-bound flight that was forced to make an emergency landing in Peoria, Illinois, authorities said. Sydney Weston was on a vacation to the Windy City from Joplin, Missouri with her family when she experienced a medical emergency during the flight. After the emergency was reported, the […]

Kansas City Chiefs Abruptly Cancels Practice After Player Suffers Medical Emergency: REPORT

The Kansas City Chiefs reportedly canceled practice on Thursday after one player suffered a medical emergency during a team meeting. Defensive lineman BJ Thompson went into a cardiac arrest during the meeting, and an ambulance was called to the scene, according to NFL Network journalist Tom Pelissero. (RELATED: Daughter Of Kansas City Chiefs Chairman Defends […]

Pennsylvania convict dies 12 days after compassionate release over medical woes

A Pennsylvania man serving a life sentence for second-degree murder died over the weekend, 12 days after he was approved for transfer to a facility that could better treat his condition, which includes quadriplegia. Ryan Tarkowski, public information director for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, confirmed Tuesday that Ezra Boseman, 68, died Saturday at Penn […]

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state abortion ban’s medical exceptions

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a case challenging the state’s abortion ban on medical exceptions. The court ruled against a group of women who suffered serious pregnancy complications, making them the first women in the nation to testify in court about being denied access to abortions since Roe v. Wade was overturned in […]

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion ban over medical exceptions

The Texas Supreme Court unanimously rejected a challenge to the state’s near-total abortion ban, ruling Friday that there is no need to clarify the law’s medical exceptions. Texas bans abortion in almost all circumstances, but the court’s nine Republican justices ruled that a medical exception allows doctors to perform the procedure even if a woman […]