Bringing a pitch to a news editor this week

Tech outage halts surgeries, medical treatments across the US by Martha Bellisle and me, with Tom Murphy and Mark Thiessen via The Associated Press apnews.com/article/outage…

Anyone else at this point of the summer? Asking for a friend. And myself. 🥲

Love love love this jimmy gutierrez

USDA moves to limit salmonella in raw poultry products apnews.com/article/chicke…

Ever since I was a little girl I knew I wanted to request public records

It's not just IUDs. Patients and doctors are calling attention to others quick outpatient procedures like endometrial biopsies and colposcopies which can also cause pain. From The Associated Press's public health team: kenya ✨ devna bose Kasturi Pananjady and me. apnews.com/article/iud-pa…

Congresswomen are pressing the FDA on why it's taking so long to propose a ban on hair straightening products containing formaldehyde, which studies link to increased rates of cancer apnews.com/article/hair-r…

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Stephanie Hirsch remembers growing up in Eau Claire when the community welcomed newly arriving Hmong refugees from Southeast Asia. So Hirsch, now the Eau Claire city manager, said she was surprised at the hostility, fear and anger she saw last fall. apnews.com/article/vance-…

Fabricated records, lost identities and stolen children. South Korea and Western nations are being forced to reckon with an adoption system that carelessly separated generations of Korean children from their families. apnews.com/article/south-…

Final hearing in Joe Gow case to start in 15 minutes. Here's a recap of the case to date: jsonline.com/story/news/edu…

Here's what the first freshmen class admitted to UW–Madison looks like after U.S. Supreme Court's landmark college admissions ruling: jsonline.com/story/news/edu…

I think the point at which you realize your source telling you "that's a great question" isn't a compliment to you and is instead just them buffering is the point at which you've become a real journalist.

Hospitals and other health care facilities on Florida’s Gulf Coast — still reeling from Hurricane Helene — are now bracing for Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall tomorrow. New from me + Devi Shastri apnews.com/article/c4146b…

Whooping cough is at a decade-high level in US (via AP) apnews.com/article/whoopi…

.Laura Bargfeld and I take you from Oakland to Bergenfield, N.J. as we explore how adult day centers offer multicultural hubs for older people of color via The Associated Press apnews.com/article/adult-…

Jumping over to cover politics tonight. Click below to read The Associated Press's live coverage of the dueling Harris/Trump rallies in Milwaukee. apnews.com/live/election-…

The Associated Press has played a vital role in U.S. elections, counting the vote and declaring the winners — and reporting them to the world. Bookmark this link for the latest election results and race calls. apnews.com/hub/election-2…

Foreign medical residents fill critical gaps in the health care system -- often in rural and low-income areas. But because of travel and visa delays, many have not been able to start their work on time. For The Associated Press with Devi Shastri: apnews.com/article/intern…