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FDA makes abortion pills permanently available through mail and telehealth by removing in-person restriction
The FDA, since first approving medical abortion in 2000, has required an in-person doctor’s visit before prescribing the so-called “abortion pills.”
CDC releases omicron data; some Missouri health departments halt public COVID-19 work after letter from GOP politician: Latest updates
The CDC says a booster shot of the COVID vaccine appears to offer protection against the omicron variant, especially severe disease. Latest updates.
‘Readiness and courage’: Coast Guard rescuers pull body from car near edge of Niagara Falls
U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew members on Wednesday pulled a woman’s body from a vehicle in frigid rapids near the brink of Niagara Falls.
Storm clobbers Hawaii with wild winds, flooding rain; thousands left without power
An unusually powerful storm battered Hawaii, leaving thousands without power and flooding streets across the archipelago.
3 students dead, others hurt in Michigan high school shooting; 15-year-old suspect in custody, authorities say
A student was taken into custody after authorities said he fatally shot three students and injured eight other people at a high school near Detroit.
‘Untouchable super citizens’: Will the Rittenhouse verdict fuel vigilantism – or a needed step toward more freedom
Reaction to the Rittenhouse verdict has been polarizing: Right-wing groups celebrating, and liberal leaders decrying the decision as a harbinger of lawless vigilantism and domestic terrorism.
Will there be a mistrial in the Kyle Rittenhouse case? Here’s what it would mean
Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense team has asked for two different types of mistrials, one that would prevent him from being tried again
L.A., Chicago giving away cash with no strings attached to residents in need. Are universal basic income programs working?
Los Angeles and Chicago will be the two largest cities to offer no-strings-attached payments to lower-income households as part of a universal basic income program.
Video shows person lighting fire to memorial for Pulse nightclub mass shooting victims
Authorities in Florida are investigating after a person was caught on camera setting the memorial for the Pulse nightclub mass shooting victims on fire.