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Texas Senate OKs effort to clarify medical exceptions under state's abortion ban

Texas Senate OKs effort to clarify medical exceptions under state's abortion ban

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Senate approved changes Tuesday to the state’s strict abortion ban that both Republicans and Democrats say would clarify medical exceptions and has drawn support from women who were told they could not end their pregnan
Judge declares accused in fatal Quebec daycare bus crash not criminally responsible

Judge declares accused in fatal Quebec daycare bus crash not criminally responsible

LAVAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has declared a man not criminally responsible for killing two children and injuring six others when he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare in 2023.
Notable Canadian cases where an accused was found not criminally responsible

Notable Canadian cases where an accused was found not criminally responsible

A judge has ruled that Pierre Ny St-Amand, 53, was not criminally responsible for the 2023 bus attack on a Laval, Que., daycare that killed two small children and injured six others.
Decision looming for Trump administration on first PFAS drinking water limits

Decision looming for Trump administration on first PFAS drinking water limits

In pain so bad he couldn’t stand, Chris Meek was rushed to the hospital with a life-threatening ruptured gallbladder. When he emerged from surgery, he learned he had kidney cancer that thankfully hadn’t yet spread.
Bogota fights heroin overdoses with South America's only supervised drug consumption room

Bogota fights heroin overdoses with South America's only supervised drug consumption room

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The left arm of Christian Camilo Amaya is tattooed with a skull pierced by a syringe, which he says represents the use of cocaine and heroin.
Judge pauses old Nevada law requiring parental notification for minors to get abortion

Judge pauses old Nevada law requiring parental notification for minors to get abortion

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A long-dormant Nevada law requiring parents or guardians to be notified before a minor can have an abortion will not take effect this week following a federal judge's ruling.
How bugs and beet juice could play roles in the race to replace artificial dyes in food

How bugs and beet juice could play roles in the race to replace artificial dyes in food

ST. LOUIS (AP) — As pressure grows to get artificial colors out of the U.S. food supply, the shift may well start at Abby Tampow’s laboratory desk.
Toronto gynecologist under scrutiny for disinfection of tools resigns from college

Toronto gynecologist under scrutiny for disinfection of tools resigns from college

TORONTO — A gynecologist has resigned from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario after Toronto Public Health told patients earlier this year that instruments were not properly cleaned and disinfected at her clinic.
Woman charged with murder in stabbing of a paramedic during ambulance ride to a hospital

Woman charged with murder in stabbing of a paramedic during ambulance ride to a hospital

A woman pleaded not guilty Monday to fatally stabbing a Kansas City, Missouri, paramedic as she was being taken to a hospital in an ambulance.
FDA scrutiny of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine sparks uncertainty about other shots

FDA scrutiny of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine sparks uncertainty about other shots

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's effort to impose new requirements on Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine — the nation's only traditional protein-based option for the coronavirus — is sowing uncertainty about updates to other vaccines, too.
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