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Robert Roberson is again approaching execution in Texas in shaken baby case
LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) — Robert Roberson was calm and hopeful as he pondered his mortality…
Lumbee leader to join North Carolina statehouse as tribe’s federal recognition push gains attention
LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — The leader of a southeastern North Carolina tribe is about to…
UNICEF warns that number of children in Haiti displaced by violence has nearly doubled
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The number of children displaced by violence in Haiti has nearly…
Ebola outbreak in southern Congo shows signs of containment with no new cases, WHO reports
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An Ebola outbreak that has plagued southern Congo in recent weeks…
Judge halts New York county from enforcing transgender athlete ban after roller derby league sues
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York county’s law banning transgender women from playing on…
A judge has blocked a Trump administration effort to change teen pregnancy prevention programs
A judge Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from requiring recipients of federal teen pregnancy…
More than 80% of health facilities in eastern Congo are out of medicine, Red Cross says
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Over 200 health facilities in eastern Congo are experiencing shortages of…
He lives alongside lions in Nairobi. The human-wildlife collision is dazzling – and dangerous
KAJIADO, Kenya (AP) — This year, less than a kilometer from where I live, a…
The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for key immune system discoveries
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about…
Government shutdown drags on as health care compromise remains elusive
WASHINGTON (AP) — To hear party leaders talk, the seventh day of the government shutdown…
Supreme Court seems skeptical about state bans on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ kids
WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed likely to side…
Abortion providers say Missouri’s attorney general is trying to get patient records
Missouri’s Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of Planned Parenthood patients…
These autistic Canadians say U.S. rhetoric has been unhelpful, focus should be on early diagnoses
TORONTO — By the time Moira Robertson got an official autism diagnosis at 23 years…
New York judge upholds transgender athlete ban on Long Island
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge on Monday upheld a Long Island county’s…
Number of temporary worker applications fell as fine total increased, government says
OTTAWA — Ottawa ordered companies to pay almost $5 million in fines in the last…