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What to know about the latest court rulings, data and legislation on abortion in the US 03/01/2024 01:20pm • A judge in Montana rejected abortion restrictions, the attorney general in Missouri is accusing Planned Parenthood of illegally transporting minors for abortions and new data shows how the way abortions they're provided continues to shift in a nation where some states have bans and others are protec Pogba has tough fight against 4-year ban judging by doping cases in soccer and for other stars 03/01/2024 01:13pm • GENEVA (AP) — The four-year ban imposed on Paul Pogba — a 2018 World Cup winner with France and once the most expensive player in soccer history — in a doping case that could end his career has shocked soccer. It was also entirely in line with bans in similar recent cases in soccer, including Protests, poisoning and prison: The life and death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny 03/01/2024 10:14am • Alexei Navalny, Russia's top opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, was buried Friday in a Moscow suburb in a funeral that drew thousands of mourners amid a heavy police presence. Navalny, who was serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism, died Feb. 16, according to UN experts: Sudan's paramilitary forces carried out ethnic killings and rapes that may be war crimes 03/01/2024 01:26am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Paramilitary forces and their allied militias fighting to take power in Sudan carried out widespread ethnic killings and rapes while taking control of much of western Darfur that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, United Nations experts said in a new report As Congo seeks to expand drilling, some communities worry pollution will worsen 02/29/2024 11:22pm • MOANDA, Congo (AP) — The oil drills that loom down the road from Adore Ngaka's home remind him daily of everything he's lost. The extraction in his village in western Congo has polluted the soil, withered his crops and forced the family to burn through savings to survive, he said. Pointing to a s AP Week in Pictures: Asia 02/29/2024 09:15pm • Feb. 23-29, 2024 A Hindu devotee performed rituals during Maghi Purnima in Prayagraj, India. South Korean doctors protested the government’s medical policy near the presidential office in Seoul. Farmers and other borrowers protesting the alleged excesses of private lenders gathered in Kathmandu, N The Latest | Gaza death toll tops 30,000 as over 100 killed in aid convoy violence 02/29/2024 08:02pm • More than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 70,000 wounded in the Gaza Strip since the Israel's war on Hamas began nearly five months ago, health officials in the territory said. On Thursday, Palestinian witnesses say Israeli troops opened fire on a crowd of people scrambling for aid in Utah Legislature expands ability of clergy members to report child abuse 02/29/2024 07:18pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah faith leaders who learn about ongoing child abuse from a perpetrator during a religious confession will be able to alert police without fear of legal ramifications under a bill that received final legislative approval Thursday in the state Senate. The measure extends to How to Lose Weight by Shifting Your Mindset 02/29/2024 07:00pm • Get your mind right for weight loss.Every diet and weight loss strategy has its pros and cons, but for any to really work, you've got to get your mind right."Without the right mindset, your weight loss journey will be more difficult to start, and your goals will be more difficult to achieve," says S Missouri is suing Planned Parenthood based on a conservative group's sting video 02/29/2024 06:43pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri's attorney general filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Planned Parenthood of illegally taking minors into Kansas to obtain abortions without parental consent, basing the allegation on a video from a conservative group that has promoted false claims on other issues. Republic Officials investigate rare nervous system disorder in older adults who got RSV vaccine 02/29/2024 05:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials are investigating whether there's a link between two new RSV vaccines and cases of a rare nervous system disorder in older U.S. adults. The inquiry is based on fewer than two dozen cases seen among more than 9.5 million vaccine recipients, health officials said Thu Texas prosecutor is fined for allowing murder charges against a woman who self-managed an abortion 02/29/2024 05:03pm • A Texas prosecutor has been disciplined for allowing murder charges to be filed against a woman who self-managed an abortion in a case that sparked national outrage. Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez agreed to pay a $1,250 fine and have his license held in a probated suspension for 12 mon South Dakota Republican lawmakers want clarity for the state's abortion laws. They propose a video 02/29/2024 04:34pm • PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday approved the creation of a video to outline the state’s abortion laws and to clarify when health care providers are legally allowed to intervene. The bill passed by the state Senate in a 31-3 vote is also intended Young South Korean doctors resist back-to-work orders, risking prosecution 02/29/2024 08:53am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As South Korea’s government made a last plea for junior doctors to end a walkout hours before a Thursday deadline, many were expected to defy orders to return to work, risking suspensions of medical licenses and prosecution. Thousands of medical interns and residents ha Nevada and other swing states need more poll workers. Can lawyers help fill the gap? 02/29/2024 01:16am • RENO, Nev. (AP) — With Nevada counties struggling to find poll workers in a pivotal election year, the top election official in the Western swing state is taking a page from his counterparts elsewhere and is asking the legal community to help fill the gap. Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar wants la