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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Cornerback Taron Johnson is still agitated over the dud the Buffalo Bills defense produced in giving up season worsts in points and yards, while melting down on third down in a loss to the Los Angeles Rams last weekend. There’s no better time or opportunity to show how much better they are than this Sunday. That’s when the Bills (10-3) travel to play the NFC-leading Detroit Lions (12-1), who just happen to lead the NFL in scoring and feature the same dynamic style of offense as the Rams. “I think our mindset is just going to be attack,” Johnson said after practice Wednesday. “We can’t wait to play Sunday just to prove people wrong and prove to ourselves that how we played wasn’t who we are.” The Bills acknowledge having several excuses to lean on for why they unraveled in a 44-42 loss — riding a little too high after a division-clinching win, a cross-country trip and facing a more driven opponent in the thick of a playoff race. What’s unacceptable is the hesitancy their usually reliable defensive backs showed in coverage and the lack of pressure applied by their defensive front. The bright side is the substandard performance potentially serving as a late-season reminder of this not being the time to let their foot off the gas. “A lot of teams have scars on their way to having a darn good season. And we’re having a darn good season,” coach Sean McDermott said. “So what has to be in front of us this week is the opportunity that’s in front of us, quite frankly, to challenge that team,” he added, referring to Detroit. “You better bring your heart, you better bring your guts, you better put it on the line.” With a little bit of added fire, the Bills are going back to the basics on defense following an outing in which very little went right. The defense was off-balance from the start in being unable to stop the run, before eventually being picked apart in the passing game while allowing the Rams to score on each of their first six drives (not including a kneel-down to close the first half) in building a 38-21 lead. The most frustrating part was Buffalo’s inability to get off the field while allowing the Rams to convert 11 of 15 third-down chances. LA’s 73.3% third-down conversion rate was the third highest against Buffalo — and worst since Miami converted 75% of its chances in 1986 — since the stat was introduced to NFL gamebooks in 1973. “The recipe to lose a football game is what we did (Sunday) and it starts with me, first and foremost,” defensive coordinator Bobby Babich said Monday. “Move on and let it not happen again. Let it be a learning lesson. Failure is the best teacher.” The challenge is preparing for an exceptionally balanced Lions offense that ranks fourth in the NFL in both rushing and passing, and averaging 32.1 points per outing. The objective, McDermott said, is to not overcorrect but stick to the fundamentals that led to Buffalo winning seven straight before losing to Los Angeles. He placed an emphasis on winning at the line of scrimmage and forcing takeaways, something Buffalo failed to do last weekend for the first time this season. A little more urgency, would help, too. “It is a mentality. It is an attitude, and if you want to play good defense, that’s where it starts,” McDermott said. “There’s not a lot of shortcuts or ways around it. It’s got to be a mentality.” The message resonated even on offense, where quarterback Josh Allen nearly rallied the Bills to victory while becoming the NFL’s first player to throw three touchdown passes and rush for three more scores. “It was a case of you saw a team that’s fighting for their lives to try to make the playoffs in the Los Angeles Rams, and they came out ready to play. And maybe we didn’t have that type of urgency,” Allen said. “It forces us to know that we’ve got to be better. We know that.” NOTES: LB Baylon Spector (calf) and DE Dawuane Smoot (wrist) returned to practice Wednesday, opening their 21-day windows to be activated off IR. ... Starting CB Rasul Douglas did not practice and could miss time after hurting his knee on Sunday. ... Buffalo has until this weekend to determine whether to activate OL Tylan Grable (groin) off IR. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl
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In a sea of controversial choices for his second term, President-elect Donald Trump’s expected pick to head the treasury , Scott Bessent, is being welcomed by Wall Street with open arms as financial markets rallied Monday on the news. The euro rose 1% and Canada’s main stock index hit a record high, while the S&P 500 gained 0.2% in midday trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up .7%, and the Nasdaq Composite index climbed .2%. Bessent, a 62-year-old hedge fund manager, is being called “a safe pair of hands ” as many analysts believe he will temper Trump’s more extreme economic views, especially on tariffs , while still supporting tax cuts and cutting the fiscal budget. In effect, they hope Bessent be a voice of reason in the president’s ear. (Trump has pledged to slap a 20% tariff on imports into the U.S. and up to 60% on products from China in order to pay for his deep tax cuts, which critics say will only end up jacking up prices on many products for American consumers.) “News that Scott Bessent is the top choice for incoming U.S. treasury minister has raised the possibility that some ‘Trump trades’ may be watered down,” analysts at Rabobank said in a research note, as reported by CNBC . As secretary of the treasury, Bessent would serve as Trump’s top economic policy advisor. The treasury secretary is basically the chief financial officer (CFO) of the government. If confirmed, he will have to address the federal debt limit, the expiring provisions of Republicans’ 2017 tax cut package, and the president-elect’s promise for greater deregulation and a withdrawl from key global agreements . | What’s interesting about Bessent is that, for many years, he worked for billionaire George Soros’s investment firm. Soros, a well-known Democrat and progressive, is famous for two things: shorting the British pound in 1992, making $1 billion, and supporting liberal political causes through his Open Society Foundation, which works to support global democracy. In fact, Bessent himself was a Democratic donor who raised money in the 2000 presidential campaign for Vice President Al Gore, according to the New York Times . If confirmed, Bessent would be the first openly gay treasury secretary, according to The New Yorker , which is notable given the other current Trump cabinet nominees, many of whom are openly socially conservative. And in regard to LGBTQ+ rights, Trump has already said he will reverse President Joe Biden’s protections for transgender people . The application deadline for Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards is Friday, December 6, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Apply today.
49ers QB Brock Purdy resumes throwing but status for this week remains unknownLAHAINA, Hawaii — It was Maui magic. An instant classic. But at the end of 45 back-and-forth minutes — which featured an 18-5 UConn run to end regulation; a buzzer-beating 3 by Solo Ball to force overtime; offsetting technical fouls due to a shoving match in overtime; a technical foul on Huskies coach Dan Hurley for calling officials a “f—ing joke”; Memphis making seven of its last eight free throws, six by PJ Carter ; and UConn airballing its desperation 3-point heave as time expired — Memphis outlasted No. 2 UConn 99-97 to snap the longest winning streak in Division I at 17 games, dealing the two-time defending national champs their first loss since Feb. 20. Advertisement And that was all before lunchtime locally. Turns out the Maui Invitational did miss the Lahaina Civic Center. The tournament’s triumphant return to its longtime home , after moving to Honolulu last year in the wake of the August 2023 wildfires, more than delivered. Tyrese Hunter led Memphis with 26 points, tying a career high with seven 3-pointers, but Carter was the late star, saving Memphis by canning all six of his overtime free throws after Hurley’s late technical. Ball, whose 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds left in regulation capped a frantic UConn comeback attempt, finished with 10 points but fouled out in overtime, one of three Huskies who ended the game stuck to the pine. Tarris Reed Jr. , who set a new season high with 22 points, led UConn in scoring, while Alex Karaban ’s four 3-pointers were critical to the game even making it past regulation. When Hunter hit his seventh 3 with 8:35 left, putting Memphis up 10, it seemed like the Huskies would lose their first nonconference game since last season’s epic against Kansas in Allen Fieldhouse. But the Huskies never withered, with Karaban and Liam McNeeley ’s 3-point shooting pulling them back into it. Memphis, meanwhile, didn’t make a field goal over the final four minutes of regulation. And as if this game needed any more theatrics, the reason UConn got one last look to send the game to extra time? Because Memphis was called for a 10-second violation with 14.2 seconds left, setting up Ball’s big-time 3. In overtime, both teams traded baskets to start, but hoops eventually gave way to hysteria when Memphis bigs Moussa Cisse and Dain Dainja got into an altercation with UConn big Samson Johnson , bringing both benches to the brink of clearing. Even Hurley and Hardaway got involved, with Memphis assistant Nolan Smith trying to play peacemaker. Eventually Dainja and Samson were both assessed technical fouls, but it was Samson’s fifth, leaving UConn without a viable big man for the game’s final few minutes. Meanwhile, Memphis star PJ Haggerty — who finished with 22 points, 11 of which came at the free-throw line — had fouled out in the final 30 seconds of regulation trying to go for a game-sealing defensive rebound. Advertisement But the deciding factor Monday afternoon was when Hurley, whose bench was assessed an early technical for complaining to officials after UConn picked up six personal fouls in the game’s first five minutes, blew his top with 40 seconds left after McNeeley was called for an over-the-back foul trying to grab an offensive rebound. Hurley had to be restrained by assistant Kimani Young, but the damage was done. UConn coach Dan Hurley goes ballistic on the refs after a controversial over-the-back call in OT. Hurley gets T'd up. Huskies go on to lose the game by 2. pic.twitter.com/aBVIjqYp7A — Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) November 25, 2024 “That was a joke,” Hurley said. “I mean, I just watched it ... I had a lot of issues with what went on in the game ... For that call to be made at that point in the game is a complete joke.” His technical gave Memphis two more shots in addition to the two it earned from McNeeley’s foul. Carter sank all four, giving Memphis the margin it ultimately needed to ride out the rest of the game. Memphis will now play the winner of Michigan State and Colorado in the semifinals on Tuesday, while UConn will take on the loser in the consolation bracket. (Photo: Darryl Oumi / Getty Images)
Video game ends ‘collaboration’ with Conor McGregorCombining Advanced Remote Patient Monitoring Technology with Comprehensive Virtual Maternity Services AUSTIN, Texas and ST. PAUL, Minn. , Dec. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ouma Health , a national leader in maternity telehealth services, and Marani Health , a pioneer in maternal health technology, today announced an exclusive strategic partnership to address critical gaps in maternity care for underserved and at-risk populations. Together, they are launching an integrated solution that combines Ouma's 24/7 telehealth access to expert maternity clinicians with Marani's M•care platform for maternal remote management, creating an end-to-end virtual maternity care model. Ouma Health currently partners with over a dozen Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) nationwide, many of which serve members in areas with limited or no access to maternity care. In these regions, Ouma provides the majority of prenatal and postpartum care, ensuring that individuals receive high-quality, evidence-based services without the need for long-distance travel. This partnership is further strengthened by Marani, whose advanced maternal technology plays a pivotal role in managing pregnancies complicated by comorbidities. Marani's innovative solutions enable comprehensive monitoring, data-driven risk profiling, and proactive interventions, significantly improving maternal and neonatal outcomes in underserved communities. "Our partnership with Marani Health marks a pivotal moment in the fight to eliminate disparities in maternity care," said Dr. Sina Haeri , CEO of Ouma Health. "With Ouma's comprehensive maternity services and Marani's cutting-edge remote patient monitoring, we are equipping clinicians with the tools they need to deliver proactive, continuous care to the most underserved populations. By democratizing access to highly attentive and comprehensive maternity care, this partnership ensures that every pregnant person, regardless of their circumstances or location, receives the support they need and deserve." Ouma Health offers a multidisciplinary team of Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists, Certified Nurse Midwives, Behavioral Health providers, Addiction Medicine specialists, and Lactation consultants. This team provides expert care to individuals managing both low- and high-risk pregnancies, addressing the unique needs of patients across all 50 states. Marani Health brings to the partnership a groundbreaking "digital front door" technology tailored specifically for maternal health. This digital solution enables real-time assessment of risk factors, biometric data collection, and seamless connections to essential resources, empowering expectant mothers to create a healthier environment throughout pregnancy. By identifying potential risks early and facilitating timely interventions, Marani Health's platform provides a proactive approach to pregnancy care that enhances outcomes for mothers and infants alike. "We're redefining what ideal maternity care looks like by ensuring that every pregnant person has on-demand access to a team of clinicians and advanced remote monitoring," said Ann Holder , CEO of Marani Health. "Our partnership empowers MCOs and other government programs to offer comprehensive, patient-centered maternity services that are scalable, cost-effective, and truly impactful, delivering a level of care that was once only available in major metropolitan areas." Through this partnership, Ouma Health and Marani Health are setting a new standard for access, quality, and innovation in government-funded maternity care programs, providing a lifeline for communities that need it most. For more information about this transformative collaboration, please contact: Media Inquiries For Marani Health: Todd Tucker [email protected] For Ouma Health: Ali Haeri [email protected] About Ouma Health Ouma Health is a national leader in maternity telehealth, providing high-quality, accessible prenatal and postpartum care to patients in all 50 states. With a multidisciplinary team of Maternal-Fetal Medicine physicians, Certified Nurse Midwives, Behavioral Health specialists, lactation consultants, and Addiction Medicine providers, Ouma delivers comprehensive maternity care to health plans, hospitals, FQHCs, employers, and third-party reproduction agencies. Visit oumahealth.com to learn more. About Marani Health Marani Health is redefining maternal care through advanced remote patient monitoring and digital health solutions. Marani's M•care System combines FDA-cleared connected devices with evidence-based tools to improve outcomes, reduce costs, and address inequities in maternal health. Headquartered in Minneapolis and developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic, Marani empowers providers and patients with accessible, comprehensive care. Visit maranihealth.com to learn more. SOURCE Marani Health, Inc.; Ouma Health, Inc.
Analysis-Legal hurdles ahead for Google’s forced sale of ChromeIt is part of the building's £5.4 million redevelopment which began in March, and will ultimately see a complete refurbishment of the Old School building on the corner of Cowley Road and Princes Street. The Fusion Arts buildings has been demolished to make room for a three-storey, low-carbon building to take its place. The new project is aiming to provide modern, accessible spaces for residents and organisations, while preserving the community centre's history. Oxford City Council said the newly finished roof not only enhances the aesthetic appeal of the centre but also incorporates advanced materials for long-term durability and sustainability. Its galvanised steel outer layer is supported by a structural plywood panel with integrated vapour control and airtight properties, designed to maximise energy efficiency. The city council said the redevelopment is part of its commitment to supporting thriving communities by investing in high-quality facilities for local use. The project will also see the delivery of improved event spaces, community meeting rooms, and a cafe. Developed in consultation with local groups, it will include refurbishments to preserve the heritage of the centre as well. Councillor Linda Smith, cabinet member for housing, said: "The completion of the new roof is a major step forward in our journey to revitalise the East Oxford Community Centre. "This redevelopment is about providing a vibrant, welcoming space that serves the diverse needs of our community. "We’re excited to see the project progressing and look forward to the positive impact it will bring." The project is set to be completed in 2025. Mitchell Carter, head of construction at ODS, which is delivering the new centre, said: "ODS are delighted to have achieved this significant milestone in the redevelopment of the East Oxford Community Centre. "Our team has worked closely with Oxford City Council and the local community to deliver a sustainable, high-quality structure that reflects the importance of this site. "We are excited to continue building a space that will serve residents for generations to come." The council has also commissioned OX Place to develop 12 energy-efficient flats for social rent next to the community centre on Princes Street. The social rent flats will offer occupants one or two bedroom options at about 40 per cent of equivalent private rents. Further work in Collins Street, where OX Place is developing 14 new homes for shared ownership, started earlier this year. The sale of these homes will help to finance the redevelopment of the community centre.
The Voice’ Season 26 winner isORCHARD PARK (AP) — Cornerback Taron Johnson is still agitated over the dud the Buffalo Bills defense produced in giving up season worsts in points and yards, while melting down on third down in a loss to the Los Angeles Rams last weekend. There’s no better time or opportunity to show how much better they are than this Sunday. That’s when the Bills (10-3) travel to play the NFC-leading Detroit Lions (12-1), who just happen to lead the NFL in scoring and feature the same dynamic style of offense as the Rams. “I think our mindset is just going to be attack,” Johnson said after practice Wednesday. “We can’t wait to play Sunday just to prove people wrong and prove to ourselves that how we played wasn’t who we are.” The Bills acknowledge having several excuses to lean on for why they unraveled in a 44-42 loss — riding a little too high after a division-clinching win, a cross-country trip and facing a more driven opponent in the thick of a playoff race. What’s unacceptable is the hesitancy their usually reliable defensive backs showed in coverage and the lack of pressure applied by their defensive front. The bright side is the substandard performance potentially serving as a late-season reminder of this not being the time to let their foot off the gas. “A lot of teams have scars on their way to having a darn good season. And we’re having a darn good season,” coach Sean McDermott said. “So what has to be in front of us this week is the opportunity that’s in front of us, quite frankly, to challenge that team,” he added, referring to Detroit. “You better bring your heart, you better bring your guts, you better put it on the line.” With a little bit of added fire, the Bills are going back to the basics on defense following an outing in which very little went right. The defense was off-balance from the start in being unable to stop the run, before eventually being picked apart in the passing game while allowing the Rams to score on each of their first six drives (not including a kneel-down to close the first half) in building a 38-21 lead. The most frustrating part was Buffalo’s inability to get off the field while allowing the Rams to convert 11 of 15 third-down chances. LA’s 73.3% third-down conversion rate was the third highest against Buffalo — and worst since Miami converted 75% of its chances in 1986 — since the stat was introduced to NFL gamebooks in 1973. “The recipe to lose a football game is what we did (Sunday) and it starts with me, first and foremost,” defensive coordinator Bobby Babich said Monday. “Move on and let it not happen again. Let it be a learning lesson. Failure is the best teacher.” The challenge is preparing for an exceptionally balanced Lions offense that ranks fourth in the NFL in both rushing and passing, and averaging 32.1 points per outing. The objective, McDermott said, is to not overcorrect but stick to the fundamentals that led to Buffalo winning seven straight before losing to Los Angeles. He placed an emphasis on winning at the line of scrimmage and forcing takeaways, something Buffalo failed to do last weekend for the first time this season. A little more urgency, would help, too. “It is a mentality. It is an attitude, and if you want to play good defense, that’s where it starts,” McDermott said. “There’s not a lot of shortcuts or ways around it. It’s got to be a mentality.” The message resonated even on offense, where quarterback Josh Allen nearly rallied the Bills to victory while becoming the NFL’s first player to throw three touchdown passes and rush for three more scores. “It was a case of you saw a team that’s fighting for their lives to try to make the playoffs in the Los Angeles Rams, and they came out ready to play. And maybe we didn’t have that type of urgency,” Allen said. “It forces us to know that we’ve got to be better. We know that.” NOTES: LB Baylon Spector (calf) and DE Dawuane Smoot (wrist) returned to practice Wednesday, opening their 21-day windows to be activated off IR. ... Starting CB Rasul Douglas did not practice and could miss time after hurting his knee on Sunday. ... Buffalo has until this weekend to determine whether to activate OL Tylan Grable (groin) off IR.
By KENYA HUNTER, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — As she checked into a recent flight to Mexico for vacation, Teja Smith chuckled at the idea of joining another Women’s March on Washington . As a Black woman, she just couldn’t see herself helping to replicate the largest act of resistance against then-President Donald Trump’s first term in January 2017. Even in an election this year where Trump questioned his opponent’s race , held rallies featuring racist insults and falsely claimed Black migrants in Ohio were eating residents’ pets , he didn’t just win a second term. He became the first Republican in two decades to clinch the popular vote, although by a small margin. “It’s like the people have spoken and this is what America looks like,” said Smith, the Los Angeles-based founder of the advocacy social media agency, Get Social. “And there’s not too much more fighting that you’re going to be able to do without losing your own sanity.” After Trump was declared the winner over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris , many politically engaged Black women said they were so dismayed by the outcome that they were reassessing — but not completely abandoning — their enthusiasm for electoral politics and movement organizing. Black women often carry much of the work of getting out the vote in their communities. They had vigorously supported the historic candidacy of Harris, who would have been the first woman of Black and South Asian descent to win the presidency. Harris’ loss spurred a wave of Black women across social media resolving to prioritize themselves, before giving so much to a country that over and over has shown its indifference to their concerns. AP VoteCast , a survey of more than 120,000 voters, found that 6 in 10 Black women said the future of democracy in the United States was the single most important factor for their vote this year, a higher share than for other demographic groups. But now, with Trump set to return to office in two months, some Black women are renewing calls to emphasize rest, focus on mental health and become more selective about what fight they lend their organizing power to. “America is going to have to save herself,” said LaTosha Brown, the co-founder of the national voting rights group Black Voters Matter. She compared Black women’s presence in social justice movements as “core strategists and core organizers” to the North Star, known as the most consistent and dependable star in the galaxy because of its seemingly fixed position in the sky. People can rely on Black women to lead change, Brown said, but the next four years will look different. “That’s not a herculean task that’s for us. We don’t want that title. ... I have no goals to be a martyr for a nation that cares nothing about me,” she said. AP VoteCast paints a clear picture of Black women’s concerns. Black female voters were most likely to say that democracy was the single most important factor for their vote, compared to other motivators such as high prices or abortion. More than 7 in 10 Black female voters said they were “very concerned” that electing Trump would lead the nation toward authoritarianism, while only about 2 in 10 said this about Harris. About 9 in 10 Black female voters supported Harris in 2024, according to AP VoteCast, similar to the share that backed Democrat Joe Biden in 2020. Trump received support from more than half of white voters, who made up the vast majority of his coalition in both years. Like voters overall, Black women were most likely to say the economy and jobs were the most important issues facing the country, with about one-third saying that. But they were more likely than many other groups to say that abortion and racism were the top issues, and much less likely than other groups to say immigration was the top issue. Despite those concerns, which were well-voiced by Black women throughout the campaign, increased support from young men of color and white women helped expand Trump’s lead and secured his victory. Politically engaged Black women said they don’t plan to continue positioning themselves in the vertebrae of the “backbone” of America’s democracy. The growing movement prompting Black women to withdraw is a shift from history, where they are often present and at the forefront of political and social change. One of the earliest examples is the women’s suffrage movement that led to ratification in 1920 of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution , which gave women the right to vote. Black women, however, were prevented from voting for decades afterward because of Jim Crow-era literacy tests, poll taxes and laws that blocked the grandchildren of slaves from voting. Most Black women couldn’t vote until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Black women were among the organizers and counted among the marchers brutalized on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama, during the historic march in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery that preceded federal legislation. Decades later, Black women were prominent organizers of the Black Lives Matter movement in response to the deaths of Black Americans at the hands of police and vigilantes. In his 2024 campaign, Trump called for leveraging federal money to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs in government programs and discussions of race, gender or sexual orientation in schools. His rhetoric on immigration, including false claims that Black Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating cats and dogs, drove support for his plan to deport millions of people . Tenita Taylor, a Black resident of Atlanta who supported Trump this year, said she was initially excited about Harris’ candidacy. But after thinking about how high her grocery bills have been, she feels that voting for Trump in hopes of finally getting lower prices was a form of self-prioritization. “People say, ‘Well, that’s selfish, it was gonna be better for the greater good,”’ she said. “I’m a mother of five kids. ... The things that (Democrats) do either affect the rich or the poor.” Some of Trump’s plans affect people in Olivia Gordon’s immediate community, which is why she struggled to get behind the “Black women rest” wave. Gordon, a New York-based lawyer who supported the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s presidential nominee, Claudia de la Cruz, worries about who may be left behind if the 92% of Black women voters who backed Harris simply stopped advocating. “We’re talking millions of Black women here. If millions of Black women take a step back, it absolutely leaves holes, but for other Black women,” she said. “I think we sometimes are in the bubble of if it’s not in your immediate circle, maybe it doesn’t apply to you. And I truly implore people to understand that it does.” Nicole Lewis, an Alabama-based therapist who specializes in treating Black women’s stress, said she’s aware that Black women withdrawing from social impact movements could have a fallout. But she also hopes that it forces a reckoning for the nation to understand the consequences of not standing in solidarity with Black women. “It could impact things negatively because there isn’t that voice from the most empathetic group,” she said. “I also think it’s going to give other groups an opportunity to step up. ... My hope is that they do show up for themselves and everyone else.” Brown said a reckoning might be exactly what the country needs, but it’s a reckoning for everyone else. Black women, she said, did their job when they supported Harris in droves in hopes they could thwart the massive changes expected under Trump. “This ain’t our reckoning,” she said. “I don’t feel no guilt.” AP polling editor Amelia Thomson DeVeaux and Associated Press writer Linley Sanders in Washington contributed to this report. The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.