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Alberta program trains rural health-care workers in supporting sex assault victims

Alberta program trains rural health-care workers in supporting sex assault victims

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says $1 million in funding is to be used to train rural health-care providers to better support victims of sexual assault.
Anthony Fauci documentary on PBS covers a career of crises

Anthony Fauci documentary on PBS covers a career of crises

NEW YORK (AP) — There's a moment in the new PBS documentary about Dr. Anthony Fauci when a protestor holds up a handmade sign reading, “Dr. Fauci, You Are Killing Us.
With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties

With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties

RENO, Nev. (AP) — State lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year.
Trump silent on abortion as 2024 campaign pushes forward

Trump silent on abortion as 2024 campaign pushes forward

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — No elected Republican has done more to restrict abortion rights in the U.S. than Donald Trump .
Biden's appeals court nominee faces rare Democratic scrutiny

Biden's appeals court nominee faces rare Democratic scrutiny

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of President Joe Biden's nominees to a federal appeals court has generated rare concern from some Democrats and outside groups over his signature on a legal brief defending a parental notification law in New Hampshire, injecting
Ukraine: Volunteer specialist doctors run clinics near front

Ukraine: Volunteer specialist doctors run clinics near front

KHRESTYSHCHE, Ukraine (AP) — In a cramped municipal building in this former front-line village, its front window boarded up with plywood, a team of volunteer specialist doctors have set up a mobile clinic. For the residents, it’s a lifeline.
California to seek beds for mental health, drug treatment

California to seek beds for mental health, drug treatment

SAN DIEGO (AP) — California voters would decide whether to fund a major expansion of housing and treatment for residents suffering from mental illness and addiction, under the latest proposal by Gov.
Manitoba Opposition NDP promises free birth control if elected in fall election

Manitoba Opposition NDP promises free birth control if elected in fall election

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Opposition NDP is promising free birth control if it wins the provincial election in October.
New law allows anti-abortion monument at Arkansas Capitol

New law allows anti-abortion monument at Arkansas Capitol

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will allow a monument near the state Capitol marking the number of abortions performed in Arkansas before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade .
Higher cancer rates found in military pilots, ground crews

Higher cancer rates found in military pilots, ground crews

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and for the first time has shown that ground crews who fuel, maintain and launch those aircraft are also getting sick.