Month: December 2023

By BRUCE SCHREINER and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman in Kentucky has filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion bans that have taken hold in more than a dozen U.S. states since Roe v. Wade was overturned last

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — An extremely rare white leucistic alligator has been born at a Florida reptile park. Gatorland Orlando said Thursday that the 19.2-inch female slithered out of its shell and into the history books as one of only seven known leucistic alligators, three of which are at the park. The park is asking

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s highest civil court has upheld the British government’s move to block a landmark gender-recognition law passed by the Scottish parliament. The decision underscores the growing divide over local control of legislation in the nations of the United Kingdom. The ruling by the Court of Session in

NEWARK N.J. (AP) — Authorities in New Jersey say two nurses and a medical resident were stabbed inside a pediatric intensive care unit. The hospital workers suffered cuts and are in stable condition. A woman has been arrested and charged in the violence, which unfolded as a domestic dispute involving two visitors to the unit

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Friday imposed sanctions on 20 people, from Afghanistan to China to Haiti to Iran, accused of violating human rights in their respective nations. The move comes ahead of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French actor Gerard Depardieu’s behavior toward women came under renewed scrutiny in France after a documentary showed him repeatedly making obscene remarks and gestures during a 2018 trip to North Korea. The footage, filmed by a professional crew that covered Depardieu’s visit during the 70th anniversary of

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday made his first public appearance outdoors since being stricken by bronchitis two weeks ago, which forced him to cancel a planned trip to the COP-28 climate conference in Dubai. The pope has been steadily recovering, and for the Dec. 8 holiday devoted to Mary kept a traditional appointment

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Regulators on Friday approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder that afflicts mostly Black people in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration said the one-time treatments can be used for patients 12 and older with severe forms