Georgia bans many midwives from practicing. Now, several are suing the state.

Twice a month, Sarah Stokely travels 4½ hours from her home in Rome, Georgia, to work for a week at a birth center in Blountville, Tennessee. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Stokely is a certified nurse-midwife — the title for registered nurses who specialize in … Read more

A Virginia boater is suing a Washington utility for the Potomac River sewage spill

WASHINGTON — A Virginia boater is suing a Washington water utility for negligence in the collapse of a pipe that leaked millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River. The class action lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, comes weeks after a January sewage pipe collapse, shooting wastewater out … Read more

Patients hit dead ends with insurance ‘ghost networks.’ Now, some are suing.

It’s a familiar frustration for those trying to find a doctor or therapist: You browse the provider directory on your insurance company’s portal and, at first, it seems like there are plenty of options. But it turns out that some providers are not accepting new patients, and others only work in hospital settings. Still others … Read more