Court preserves access to abortion drug, tightens rules
A federal appeals court has preserved access to an abortion drug for now but under tighter rules that would allow the drug only to be dispensed up to seven weeks, not 10, and not by mail.
New India-born World Bank chief: Real change or rebranding?
The incoming president of the World Bank was born in India and had his early success in business there.
Death penalty looms over Pittsburgh synagogue massacre trial
The Pennsylvania man charged with killing 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue tried for years to avoid a federal jury trial.
States confront medical debt that’s bankrupting millions
Lawmakers in over a dozen states and the U.S. Congress are tackling medical debt, which has become a leading cause of personal bankruptcy.
Woman tied to Arizona polygamous leader accused of threats
A woman believed to be one of the 20 wives of a polygamous sect leader jailed in Arizona faces charges for allegedly sending threatening emails to child welfare workers in a bid to get her two daughters released from state foster care.
Seoul: North Korea launches ballistic missile toward sea
South Korea says North Korea has launched a ballistic missile off the North’s east coast.
Scientists challenge US wildlife director’s qualifications
Dozens of scientists from universities and environmental groups are pushing for the removal of the head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Military hospital chided for shift in Catholic pastoral care
The management of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center has drawn criticism from a prominent archbishop — and some members of Congress.
Lawsuit: Guards beat, taunt inmate with, ‘You can’t breathe’
An advocacy group for prisoners’ rights has filed a civil rights lawsuit against corrections officers who allegedly ignored requirements that they videotape a prison-cell encounter with an inmate, who says he was sexually abused, beaten without provocation and taunted with words that evoked the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of police.
Michigan researchers find 1914 shipwrecks in Lake Superior
Michigan researchers say they have found the wreckage of two ships that disappeared into Lake Superior in 1914 and hope the discovery will lead to a third vessel that sank at the same time.