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Month: September 2023

Helping mothers and babies survive childbirth is a personal goal, says Melinda French Gates

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Several low cost and low tech interventions would increase the chances of mothers and their babies surviving childbirth, according to a new report released Tuesday by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The report tracks progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals set at the United Nations

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New Mexico governor’s suspension of right to public carry ignites protests, lawsuits and debates

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some demonstrators defiantly wore holstered handguns on their hips or carried rifles in a rally by gun-rights advocates, protesting New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s surprise order to suspend for 30 days the right to carry firearms after two children were recently killed in separate

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Travis DuPont saved the driver trapped inside a burning car.

Man saves driver trapped inside burning car

WFTS, CHRISTA VALLEY, CNN By Jada Williams Click here for updates on this story     SEMINOLE, Florida (WFTS) — Returning to the parking lot of Second Time Around Consignment in Seminole, Travis DuPont couldn’t help but get chills. “I’m like right here talking to the guy and then reaching in and pulling him out,” he explained,

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Houston Rockets’ Kevin Porter Jr. fractured girlfriend’s vertebra in NYC assault, prosecutors say

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr.’s alleged attack on his girlfriend at a New York City hotel left the woman with a fractured neck vertebra and a cut above her right eye. Prosecutors revealed details of the alleged assault at Porter’s arraignment Tuesday.

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Opinion: It’s no mystery what Putin wants from Kim

Opinion by Frida Ghitis (CNN) — When North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia’s Far East region on Tuesday in his grandfather’s armored green train on his way to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, he helped underscore two important facts about Putin’s unprovoked war against Ukraine. First, Putin has turned what was once a mighty and respected army — and country — into

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Panel finds no single factor in horse deaths at Churchill Downs. More screening is suggested

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer Horse racing’s federally created oversight panel found no single cause of death among 12 horses at Churchill Downs this spring, but recommends further action and analysis to mitigate risk at the home of the Kentucky Derby, according to a report released Tuesday. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority

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Missouri clinic halts transgender care for minors in wake of new state law

By JIM SALTER and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri clinic will stop prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors for purposes of gender transition, citing a new state law that the clinic says “creates unsustainable liability” for health care workers. A statement released Monday by the Washington University Transgender

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