Requests for abortion pills by women who were not yet pregnant spiked after a draft of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision leaked in 2022, a study published Tuesday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine found. The study looked at data from Aid Access, a Netherlands-based nonprofit that provides access to abortion medications via telehealth. Aid…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The draft text for a COP28 climate deal that does not include the phasing out of fossil fuels has drawn widespread criticism from major players, highlighting enduring rifts on the international summit’s final day. The document, published by the United Arab Emirates’ presidency of the climate summit, stressed the need…
Christie blasts Lloyd Austin over concealing hospitalization ROCHESTER, N.H. — Christie told audience members at a town hall event here tonight that the single most important issue in this race is character while adding that the White House was “tying themselves in knots” trying to explain how Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was battling prostate cancer…
Drivers in parts of the U.S. were urged not to travel unless absolutely necessary on Monday as a vast storm system is expected to bring “ferocious blizzard conditions,” potential tornadoes and flooding rain to millions, according to the National Weather Service. Weather alerts stretch coast to coast for more than 200 million people, with 108…
After some recent intense wildfires in Northern California, scientists tested samples of singed soil and were disturbed by their findings: It was laden with a cancer-causing metal called hexavalent chromium. Scientists think the heat of severe wildfires can transform a benign version of the metal, which is found commonly in California soil, into a notorious…
Police arrested and charged a father and son early Thursday in connection with the killing of a pregnant teenager who was about to give birth and her boyfriend in San Antonio last month. Christopher Preciado, 19, was charged with capital murder while his father, 53-year-old Ramon Preciado, was charged with abuse of a corpse for…
Storms are hammering much of the northern U.S., a welcome relief for some parts of the country that have received little or no snow in recent months. A sluggish start to winter through early January has constrained ski areas and raised early concerns about the water supply for summer. “We’re playing catch-up now,” said Dan…
New court documents detail how the suspect in a shooting rampage across Texas this week allegedly broke into a home where a woman and her daughter with “special needs” would be killed, and how the suspect later tried to escape from jail but was quickly overpowered. Shane James, 34, was being held in a room…
Those who live in dry or frigid climates know that a little humidity goes a long way for the skin. If you’re in a dry environment, humidifiers can help: They introduce more moisture into your home by emitting water vapor into the air, which helps alleviate dry skin, chapped lips, nosebleeds and other dry-weather conditions….
BE’ER SHEVA, Israel — The video of her kidnapping has been seen around the world. A hand outstretched, terror etched on her face, screaming as she is carried away on the back of a motorcycle, the roughly 10-second clip became an instant symbol of Israel’s hostage crisis. But more than two months after Noa Argamani…
