The judge ruled that the federal government could take cash and bank accounts of Jong Bek, who spent 41 months in prison after being convicted in 2005 of illegally prescribing painkillers at his Gary clinic.

In North Dakota, where insurers can cover abortions if customers pay a separate premium, the state’s largest provider says it sells no abortion policies because no one has asked to buy one.

Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective as surgery, doctors reported Sunday.