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Most Americans discovered Amy Winehouse through the song “Rehab,” a defiant yet witty middle finger to those who suggested the British singer/songwriter needed to address her substance abuse. It felt like a classic one-off novelty hit — that is, until you heard the rest of her second album “Back to Black” in full. In making the 2006 record, Winehouse drew on her childhood love of jazz and her then-recent discovery of old-school girl groups to explore her fiery relationship with her ex-boyfriend (and future husband) Blake Fielder-Civil.

Julie Rovner, Rachana Pradhan | (TNS) KFF Health News Isabella Rosario Blum was wrapping up medical school and considering residency programs to become a family practice physician when she got some frank advice: If she wanted to be trained to provide abortions, she shouldn’t stay in Arizona. Blum turned to programs mostly in states where abortion access — and, by extension, abortion training — is likely to remain protected, like California, Colorado, and New Mexico.

By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Patients admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital get a monitoring device about the size of a half-dollar affixed to their chest — and an unwitting role in the expanding use of artificial intelligence in health care. The slender, battery-powered gadget, called a BioButton, records vital signs including heart and breathing rates, then wirelessly sends the readings to nurses sitting in a 24-hour control room elsewhere in the hospital or in their homes.

Carlton Gillespie | Miami Herald (TNS) Hennessy Sepulveda thought she was going to die. “I began dissociating as I was driving. I was 10 minutes away from my house. My vision started warping and the lights were hitting me really bright,” she said. “I felt my chest pounding, I felt a wave of panic hit me — I knew something was wrong.” Sepulveda, a Florida International University student who was 19 at the time, was admitted to the hospital, and was surprised by the cause of her symptoms: the Monster energy drink she had just a few hours earlier. “I was drinking Monster every day for the past year, “ she said.

SUNRISE — For the second time this postseason, there was Panther-on-Panther crime. During Game 4 against the Bruins, Florida captain Aleksander Barkov accidentally drilled the Panthers leading goal scorer in the face with the puck while trying to pass in front of Boston’s net. Sam Reinhart left that game with his face bleeding, but that did not keep him off the ice for Game 5 at home.

By Anna Helhoski | NerdWallet If you rent your home in a major metro area, chances are you already know this hard truth: Your pay raises aren’t keeping up with your rent hikes. A new analysis released on Tuesday by the rental website StreetEasy and its parent company Zillow found that rent growth has surpassed wage growth in 44 out of the 50 largest U.