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30-year-old charged with murder in connection with train shooting near Chicago that killed 4 passengers, police say
A Chicago man has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shootings of four passengers who appeared to be sleeping on a Chicago Transit Authority train Monday morning, police say.
Shooting of 49ers rookie places renewed spotlight on crime in San Francisco
The shooting and attempted robbery of a San Francisco 49ers rookie in broad daylight in downtown San Francisco has placed a renewed spotlight on the city ahead of this fall’s mayoral election.
Connecticut declares state of emergency after 2 killed and ‘hundreds’ evacuated during flash flooding
The governor of Connecticut declared a state of emergency after historic flooding left two dead and prompted hundreds of evacuations over the weekend, he said in a Monday news conference.
Arkansas police officer fired after video captures him beating a detainee in the back of a patrol car
The Jonesboro Police Department in Arkansas has terminated an officer after he was seen on video physically assaulting a detainee in the back of a patrol vehicle.
Texas’ abortion ban has left doctors with their hands tied. New Mexico’s governor is inviting them to her state
Dr. R. Todd Ivey, a practicing OBGYN in Houston, Texas, opened his Sunday paper last weekend to find a letter from New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham – directed at him.
As Iowa’s maternity care deserts continue to grow, doctors say the state’s new abortion ban will only make matters worse
Dr. Emily Boevers is the only full-time OBGYN at a critical access hospital in a rural city in Iowa about 10 miles from the farm she grew up on.
Hundreds of US flights are canceled for the 4th straight day. Here’s the latest on the global tech outage
Hundreds of US flights were canceled Monday as carriers, particularly Delta Air Lines, work to recover four days after a global tech outage caused massive delays and left travelers stranded at airports around the nation.
First living recipient of pig kidney dies months after transplant
A 62-year-old man has died months after becoming the world’s first living recipient of a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, hailed as a medical milestone.
These are the states where abortion rights will – or could – be on the ballot in November
This November, many voters across the country could take to the polls to determine the future of abortion access in their state, with organizers working to secure a wave of measures on the 2024 ballot aimed at restoring or protecting the right to an abortion – and a few aimed at restricting it.
A Texas woman is suing the prosecutors who charged her with murder after her self-induced abortion
A woman in Texas is suing prosecutors and Starr County for more than $1 million after she was arrested and unlawfully charged with murder for an abortion she had in 2022.