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Asked to clear up abortion bans, GOP leaders blame doctors, misinformation for confusion
NASHVILLE, Tenn. In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans even as doctors and patients insist the laws exceptions are dangerously unclear, resulting in denied treatment to some pregnant women in need. Instead, GOP leaders accuse abortion rights advocates of deliberately spreading misinformation and…
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CVS, Walgreens plan to start dispensing abortion pill mifepristone soon
The drugstore chains CVS Health and Walgreens plan to start dispensing anabortionpill in a few states within weeks. CVS Health will start filling prescriptions for mifepristone in Rhode Island and neighboring Massachusetts in the weeks ahead, spokeswoman Amy Thibault said Friday. Walgreens will begin dispensing the medication within a week,…
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New York man who killed woman after wrong turn in his driveway gets 25 years to life
FORT EDWARD, N.Y. A man who fatally shot a 20-year-old woman after the SUV she was riding in mistakenly drove into his rural driveway in upstate New York was sentenced Friday to more than 25 years to life in prison. Kevin Monahan, 66, wasconvicted of second-degree murderin the death last…
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Putin foe Alexei Navalny buried in Moscow as thousands attend under heavy police presence
Under a heavy police presence, thousands of people bade farewell Friday to opposition leaderAlexei Navalnyat his funeral in Moscow after his still-unexplained death two weeks ago in an Arctic penal colony. The crowds who thronged to honor Navalny outside a church and cemetery in a snowy southeastern suburb of the…
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Appeals court ruling that vacates Capitol rioter’s sentence could impact dozens of Jan. 6 cases
A federal appeals court in Washington has ordered a new sentence for a retiredAir Force officer who stormed the U.S. Capitoldressed in combat gear, in a ruling issued Friday that could impact dozens of other cases stemming from theJan. 6, 2021, attack. While a panel of the U.S. Court of…
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US health officials drop 5-day isolation time for COVID-19
NEW YORK Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, U.S. health officials announced Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Preventionchanged its longstanding guidance, saying that people can return to work or regular activities if their symptoms are mild and improving…
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Texas battles historic wildfires as snow covers scorched land in the Panhandle
STINNETT, Texas A dusting of snow covered a desolate landscape of scorched prairie, dead cattle and burned out homes in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, giving firefighters brief relief in their desperate efforts to corral a blaze that has grown into the largest in state history. The Smokehouse Creek fire…
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Career US diplomat abruptly admits to spying for communist Cuba for decades
MIAMI A former career U.S. diplomat told a federal judge Thursday he will plead guilty to charges of working for decades as a secret agent for communist Cuba, an unexpectedly swift resolution to a case prosecutors called one of the most brazen betrayals in the history of the U.S. foreign…
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Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira expected to plead guilty in federal case
BOSTON Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard memberaccused of leaking highly classified military documents on a social media platform, is expected to plead guilty in his federal case, according to court papers filed Thursday. Prosecutors asked the judge to schedule a change of plea hearing, but no other details…
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John Thune among possible successors after Mitch McConnell says hell step down as GOP leader
WASHINGTON U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November, he said on the Senate floor Wednesday, announcing the end of a run as party leader that broke records for its length and shaped American politics over nearly two decades. One of lifes…
