North Carolina Republicans announce abortion bill agreement
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders said on Tuesday there’s agreement in the GOP-dominated legislature on backing a measure that would prohibit abortion...
Lawsuit seeks records of toxic exposures at Uzbek air base
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Veterans’ advocacy groups sued the U.S. Department of Defense on Monday seeking records of toxic conditions at an air base in Uzbekistan...
Medical examiners group steps away from ‘excited delirium’
A leading group of medical experts says the term “excited delirium” should not be listed as a cause of death. Critics have said the term has...
Businessman gets 8 years in prison for theft of COVID funds
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut businessman who conspired with a now-former state lawmaker to steal federal coronavirus relief funds from the city of West Haven...
Florida Senate passes 6-week abortion ban backed by DeSantis
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Senate on Monday approved a bill to ban abortions after six weeks, a measure supported by Gov. Ron DeSantis as...
University facing class-action over COVID campus lockdown
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal judge has granted class-action status in a lawsuit in which current and former students of the University of Delaware claim...
Spring COVID-19 booster vaccine available in New Brunswick for those at risk
FREDERICTON – New Brunswick residents at risk of severe illnesses can now get a spring COVID-19 vaccine booster dose. Public Health says beginning today, the mRNA...
Abortion bills gain no ground in Kentucky with ban in place
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — After years of setbacks, abortion-rights supporters in Republican-leaning Kentucky thought they achieved a breakthrough in November, when voters defeated a measure aimed...
France’s Macron to draft bill legalizing end-of-life options
PARIS (AP) — New legislation to be drafted this year will address end-of-life options, French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday, following the release of a report...
Over a year after government invoked Emergencies Act, court to hear legal challenge
OTTAWA – A national civil liberties group is set to argue that “nebulous or strained claims” about economic instability or general unrest weren’t enough to legally...