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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears ready to rule that hospitals in Idaho may provide medically necessary abortions to stabilize patients at least for now, despite the state’s strict abortion law, according to a copy of the opinion that was briefly posted on Wednesday to the court’s website and obtained by Bloomberg

AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The days of “plausibly live” Olympics coverage on NBC are coming to an end. The network says Mike Tirico will host what are essentially two prime-time Olympics telecasts this summer — one filled with live events coverage shown in the afternoon in the United States, and the second

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court called for an investigation Wednesday after the leak of a draft order that showed the court would take a case brought by Planned Parenthood that seeks to declare that access to abortion is a right protected by the state constitution. Chief

AP National Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — USA Gymnastics believes it is building momentum toward a better future as the 2024 Olympics near. The organization has undergone a massive overhaul in the last six years in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal. President Li Li Leung and her team have placed an emphasis on transparency

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a civil rights group challenging North Carolina’s anti-rioting law, whose criminal penalties were raised last year by state legislators. The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina sued over the law, after the legislature increased punishments in response to protests

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. surgeon general is declaring gun violence a public health crisis, driven by a growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country. Dr. Vivek Murthy, the nation’s top doctor, issued the advisory Tuesday as the U.S. grappled with another weekend marked by mass shootings that left

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee city is facing a third lawsuit claiming its police refused to conduct proper investigations into allegations that a man was sexually assaulting multiple women for years. The newest plaintiff has said the man drugged her and pushed her out of his fifth-story apartment window in 2020. Mikayla

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has paid tribute to his country’s soccer team as they ended their European Championship run with a 0-0 draw against Belgium. Around 1,000 fans watched the game at an indoor market in Kyiv and were allowed to attend despite wartime restrictions on public gatherings. Fans

MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — A cable car in the Colombian city of Medellin failed and plunged onto a sidewalk next to a station platform Wednesday, killing at least one person and injuring 20 others, officials said. It was not immediately clear if the person who died was on the ground or was a passenger in

Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet and raised a celebratory clenched fist as his supporters cheered Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga. Assange

LONDON (AP) — Aer Lingus pilots say they will resume talks with the Irish airline after they launched an industrial action that led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and tossed the travel plans of tens of thousands into disarray. The pilots imposed ‘’work to rule’’ actions, refusing to work overtime, accepting changes in

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says troops who were convicted under an old military policy criminalizing consensual gay sex can now apply for full pardons. That could restore their discharges from military service to an honorable status and pave the way for benefits. Potentially thousands of veterans are affected, but many questions

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Four Baton Rouge police officers have been indicted by a Louisiana grand jury on charges alleging that they covered up the beating of a suspect in custody in 2020. Baton Rouge news outlets say the four were members of the Baton Rouge Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit, which was later

Associated Press A couple in West Virginia is set for trial later this year after some of their adopted children were found locked in a shed. Donald Ray Lantz and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather face charges including civil rights violations, human trafficking and forced labor. Lantz and Whitefeather are white. Four children whose initials are referenced

SHANGHAI, China (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Beijing says China’s support for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine by providing technology for missiles and other weaponry is a “major mistake.” Ambassador Nicholas Burns made the remark in a speech in China’s financial hub of Shanghai. He also said China “is not neutral, but has effectively

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two astronauts are spending extra time at the International Space Station as NASA and Boeing troubleshoot capsule problems that popped up on the way there. The veteran astronauts expected to stay for a week or so at the space station during a test flight of Boeing’s new Starliner capsule,