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Month: August 2023

Indiana abortion clinics stop providing abortions ahead of near-total abortion ban taking effect

By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s six abortion clinics have stopped providing abortions ahead of the state’s near-total abortion ban officially taking effect, and as a petition is pending before the state’s high court asking it to keep the ban on hold while legal action continues. A Planned Parenthood official says its

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Niger’s premier issues call from France for international help to roll back his country’s coup

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Niger’s prime minister, who has been stuck outside the country since last week’s coup, is appealing to the international community’s help in rolling back the military takeover, saying it was crucial for the defense of democracy in West Africa. Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou said in an interview

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Recreational marijuana is now legal in Minnesota, but the state is still working out retail sales

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s legalization of recreational marijuana went into effect Tuesday. The law allows people 21 and older to legally possess and grow their own marijuana for recreational purposes. But that’s subject to limits as the state establishes a legal cannabis industry in the coming months and

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DeSantis-controlled Disney World district abolishes diversity, equity initiatives

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Diversity, equity and inclusion programs have been abolished from Walt Disney World’s governing district, which is now controlled by appointees of Gov. Ron DeSantis. The move is an echo of the Florida governor’s agenda which has championed curtailing such programs in higher education and elsewhere. The

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Deputies save dog after drift boat flips

By Kaitlyn Hart Click here for updates on this story     SWAN VALLEY, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — Authorities saved a dog’s life after it got caught between a cement wall and an overturned boat. Bonneville County sheriff’s deputies, Swan Valley Fire and Idaho Falls Ambulance responded to an overturned drift boat Sunday afternoon near the Snake River

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Hospitals in a 10th of US counties have lost childbirth units over the past five years, according to a new analysis

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of hospitals have lost their childbirth units over the past five years, according to a new analysis, affecting about a tenth of US counties and contributing to increasing limitations to access maternity care nationwide. March of Dimes, a nonprofit focused on infant and maternal health, on Tuesday published

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Israel holds over 1,200 detainees without charge. That’s the most in 3 decades, a rights group says

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A rights group says that Israel is holding 1,201 detainees without charge or trial, nearly all of them Palestinians, the highest number in over three decades. The detainees are held under a shadowy designation Israel dubs “administrative detention.” The Israeli authorities keep the evidence and charges against

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