By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Maricopa County of the Phoenix metro area had some of the highest population growth for white, black, American Indian and Hispanic residents last year, as well as the highest overall increase of any U.S. county. Meanwhile, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in California’s Inland Empire also had some of the … Read more
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can ban abortionAlabama has seized on the decision to argue that the state should also be able to ban gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youth. The case marks one of the first known instances in which a … Read more
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Hong Kong Thursday to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the British surrender from a city that his government has transformed from a world center known for its political freedoms to one that is much more controlled by the Communist Party. … Read more
access point COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A commission appointed by the Danish parliament has sharply criticized the country’s government for its decision to cull millions of healthy mink at the height of the coronavirus pandemic to protect humans from a mutation of the virus. The 2020 decision to remove Denmark’s entire captive mink population generated … Read more
By MARTHA IRVINE AP National Writer CHICAGO (AP) — There is a large photo of Jonathan Annicks on a wall at the rehabilitation hospital where he was once a patient. Sometimes when he passes by in his wheelchair, he looks at the black-and-white image, taken shortly after he was shot and paralyzed. He was 18 … Read more
access point BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai is moving to allow in-person dining and reopen its Disney Resort theme park, as nationally transmitted COVID-19 cases in China’s largest city remain at zero after a more than two months of confinement. Chinese officials praise its hard-line “zero-COVID” policy to stem the growth of cases and deaths from … Read more
By SUMMER BALLENTINE and JIM SALTER – Associated Press A large chain of Missouri hospitals briefly stopped providing emergency contraception amid confusion over whether the state’s abortion ban could put doctors at risk of criminal charges for providing the drug, including to victims. of sexual assault. St. Luke’s Health Kansas City said in a statement … Read more
By HALELUYA HADERO NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is limiting the amount of emergency contraception consumers can buy, joining other retailers in setting similar limits after The Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. Amazon’s limit, which temporarily limits the purchase of contraceptives to three units per week, took effect Monday, a spokesman for … Read more
By MARTHA IRVINE AP National Writer CHICAGO (AP) — There is a large photo of Jonathan Annicks on a wall at the rehabilitation hospital where he was once a patient. Sometimes when he passes by in his wheelchair, he looks at the black-and-white image, taken shortly after he was shot and paralyzed. He was 18 … Read more
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Laws banning most abortions at the point of the “first detectable heartbeat” are beginning to take effect across the country, after Friday’s decision by the US Supreme Court to overturn the Roe v. Wade which legalized the procedure in 1973. Such laws, often referred to … Read more
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By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s attorney general warned doctors Wednesday not to perform abortions, despite a judge’s order that prevents the state from enforcing its ban on the procedure. In a letter To the Louisiana State Medical Society, Attorney General Jeff Landry said Monday’s state judge’s order blocking the app … Read more
By SUMMER BALLENTINE and JIM SALTER – Associated Press A large chain of Missouri hospitals briefly stopped providing emergency contraception amid confusion over whether the state’s abortion ban could put doctors at risk of criminal charges for providing the drug, including to victims. of sexual assault. St. Luke’s Health Kansas City said in a statement … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is limiting the amount of emergency contraception consumers can buy, joining other retailers in setting similar caps following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Amazon’s limit, which temporarily limits the purchase of contraceptives to three units per week, took effect Monday, a spokesman for the e-commerce giant … Read more
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and LINDSEY TANNER Associated Press They call her, desperate, scared and many times bankrupt. Some are victims of rape and domestic violence. Others are new mothers who are still breastfeeding their babies. Another pregnancy so soon, they say, is something they just can’t handle. “Heartwarming,” said Angela Huntington, an abortion navigator for … Read more
DOVER, Del. (AP) — The state’s lead investigator endured a withering cross-examination Tuesday as prosecutors made their case in the criminal corruption trial of Delaware State Auditor Kathy McGuiness. Franklin Robinson was bombarded with questions from defense attorney Steve Wood about false and misleading statements he made under oath in a search warrant affidavit and … Read more