South Dakota’s Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has pledged to bar mail-order abortion pills. Noem said doctors, not patients, would likely be prosecuted for violations of what would be one of the strictest laws on abortion pills in the United States.
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Police and a lawyer for the suspect in a mass shooting during an LGBTQ festival in Norway say he has refused to explain his actions to investigators. Two people were killed and more than 20 injured in what authorities call an “Islamist terror act.”
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"Certainly had Elvis lived, he would have been given this honor." Ahead of the release of biopic "Elvis," the Presley family placed their handprints in cement at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
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Now that the landmark 1973 decision granting a constitutional right to abortion has been overturned by the Supreme Court, some women worry about what that means for the progress women have made in public life in the intervening half-century. apne.ws/cEwZUty
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Reproductive freedom was one of the key goals of the feminism of the 1960s and 1970s. The women who fought for those rights recall a decade of progress — the right to equal pay, the right to use birth control, Title IX in 1972, and then Roe v. Wade.
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Grand Canyon National Park has decided not to extend a pilot project implemented last year that used volunteers to kill bison to downsize the herd. New surveys show the herd roaming the far reaches of northern Arizona is closer to the goal of about 200.
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The number of dolphins swimming from the Atlantic into the mouth of the River Tagus has increased as pollution has dropped.
Officials and scientists from more than 120 countries are due to attend the U.N. Ocean Conference in Lisbon starting Monday. apne.ws/7jkg8Sq
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Delegates attending a U.N. conference in Lisbon next week might take inspiration for their efforts to protect the oceans by looking out of the venue’s windows at Portugal’s longest river, where frolicking dolphins delight locals and tourists.
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At a cemetery on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, friends and relatives paid their final respects on Sunday to British journalist Dom Phillips, killed in the Brazilian Amazon while researching for a book about how to save the world’s largest rainforest.
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In a box-office rarity, "Elvis" and "Top Gun: Maverick" tied for first with each reporting $30.5 million in ticket sales over the weekend. Final figures Monday should break the tie. Meanwhile, "Maverick" became Tom Cruise's first $1 billion movie.
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Farmers in Oregon already battling extreme drought are also fighting against infestations of grasshoppers and Mormon crickets, giant insects that can ravage crops. Outbreaks across the U.S. West have worsened amid drought and warmer temperatures.
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Congressional primary runoffs are rare in Mississippi. But this year, two of the state’s Republican incumbents are facing challengers from their own party in runoffs after neither met the 50% threshold to win their primaries outright.
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Dozens of people were detained in central Istanbul after city authorities banned an LGBTQ Pride march, organizers said. Turkey’s largest city has banned the march since 2015, but large crowds still gather every year to mark the end of Pride Month.
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Serena Williams is back at Wimbledon, and her email “Out of office” setting is on.
takes a look at the 23-time Grand Slam champion's return to tennis after a year away: apne.ws/CjRGbI2
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South African police are investigating the deaths of at least 20 people at a nightclub in the coastal town of East London.
“At this point we cannot confirm the cause of death,” health department spokesperson Siyanda Manana said.
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A new visitor center set to be built at The Stonewall Inn will be the first dedicated to LGBTQ history within the National Park Service. The bar became a symbol of the gay rights movement following a 1969 police raid that sparked demonstrations.
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Three conservative justices appointed by former President Donald Trump were at the core of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The decision marked the apex of a week that reinforced Trump’s grip on Washington.
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“We don’t know what will happen tomorrow.” Many couples in Ukraine are getting married amid the war. Some are soldiers, marrying before they head off to fight. Others are simply united in a determination to continue to live and love to the fullest. apne.ws/UuGS9OC
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Ready to travel again after the pandemic?
Across Europe, travelers are already facing long lines, lost baggage and other chaos at airports. takes a look at what’s to come this summer: apne.ws/7QuGnyI
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Furious about surging prices, many consumers feel they know just where to cast blame: On greedy companies that increase prices and pocket the profits. But most experts say corporate price gouging is, at most, one of many causes of runaway inflation.
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Baz Luhrmann explains his approach to portraying Elvis Presley's life in new biopic #Elvis.
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Changes are coming at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, sparked by frustration with years of flat revenue and what some portray as heavy-handed management in the wake of sex-abuse scandals that upended the movement in America. by
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President Joe Biden praised the continued unity of the global alliance confronting Russia, as he and other heads of the Group of Seven leading economies strategized on sustaining their effort to isolate Moscow over its months-long invasion of Ukraine.
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As NATO leaders prepare to update their vision of the Western alliance's security challenges and tasks, summit host Spain is lobbying for a greater focus on the threat Russia and China could pose to Europe’s southern flank from Africa.
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Thousands joined LGBTQ pride celebrations in Latin America on Saturday, celebrating their rights or seeking recognition for their identity. In Mexico City, authorities said nearly 250,000 people participated.
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The end of Roe v. Wade started in the Senate, with Republicans’ partnership with former President Donald Trump to confirm conservative justices. Now they face a midterm election poised to swiftly become a referendum on the Supreme Court’s decision.
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What is a "climate club," and why is Germany's government trying to get the Group of Seven leading economies to form one? AP's Frank Jordans explains.
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Paul McCartney pulled out all the stops at his Glastonbury Festival show, treating the huge crowd to Beatles classics like “Let it Be” and “Hey Jude” alongside his solo hits and duets with Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen.
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“I don’t know what will happen to us or how we should restart our lives.”
Days after a 6 magnitude quake devastated a remote region of southeast Afghanistan, killing at least 1,150 people, survivors see destruction everywhere and help in short supply.
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In New York, San Francisco, Chicago and elsewhere, parades celebrating LGBTQ pride kick off Sunday amid new fears about the potential erosion of freedoms won through decades of activism.
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South African police are investigating the deaths of at least 20 people at a nightclub in the coastal town of East London. It is unclear what led to the deaths of the young people, who were reportedly at a party to celebrate the end of winter school exams.
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Ukraine’s wartime laws include a provision allowing Ukrainians, both soldiers and civilians, to apply and marry on the same day. In Kyiv alone, more than 4,000 couples have jumped at the expedited opportunity.
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is certain to dominate an upcoming NATO summit in Madrid.
Spain and other members are quietly pushing NATO to consider how mercenaries aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin are spreading Moscow’s influence to Africa.
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Reproductive freedom was one of the key goals of feminism of the 1960s and 1970s. With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the women who fought for those rights worry about what it means for progress women have made in public life in the intervening 50 years.
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Iranian state television said that Tehran launched a solid-fueled rocket with a satellite carrier, a day after Iran and the European Union agreed to resume stalled talks over Iran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers.
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Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in the early hours of Sunday, striking at least two residential buildings, according to the city’s mayor.
journalists in Kyiv saw rescue services battling flames and rescuing civilians.
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At a memorial service for victims, Norway's prime minister said a shooting attack during Oslo's LGBTQ festival "put an end to the Pride parade, but it did not stop the fight and the efforts to fight discrimination, prejudice and hatred.”
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WIMBLEDON '22. There is the comeback of Serena Williams after a year away from singles play. There is the ban on players from Russia and Belarus because of the war in Ukraine with top-ranked Daniil Medvedev among those affected.
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Explorers say they found the wreckage of the USS Samuel B. Roberts, a U.S. Navy destroyer that engaged a superior Japanese fleet in the largest sea battle of World War II in the Philippines. They say it's the deepest wreck ever discovered at 22,916 feet.
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