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First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo

First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo said that 50,000 doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrived in the country on Tuesday, a week after the first batch arrived from the European Union.
Pollution of the potent warming gas methane soars and people are mostly to blame

Pollution of the potent warming gas methane soars and people are mostly to blame

The amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, helping to turbocharge climate change , a new study finds.
Missouri Supreme Court to decide whether an abortion-rights amendment goes before voters

Missouri Supreme Court to decide whether an abortion-rights amendment goes before voters

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over whether an abortion-rights amendment should go before voters this year.
Kate, the Princess of Wales, has finished chemotherapy and will return to limited public duties

Kate, the Princess of Wales, has finished chemotherapy and will return to limited public duties

LONDON (AP) — Kate, the Princess of Wales, has completed chemotherapy and will make some public appearances in the coming months, bolstering Britain’s royal family after it was rocked by the twin cancer diagnoses of the princess and King Charles III.
Courts in Nebraska and Missouri weigh arguments to keep abortion measures off the ballot

Courts in Nebraska and Missouri weigh arguments to keep abortion measures off the ballot

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With ballot deadlines approaching, courts in Nebraska and Missouri are weighing legal arguments that could take measures seeking to expand abortion rights out of the hands of voters.
Trump signals support for reclassifying pot as a less dangerous drug, in line with Harris' position

Trump signals support for reclassifying pot as a less dangerous drug, in line with Harris' position

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has signaled support for a potentially historic federal policy shift to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, putting his position in line with that of his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris .
Police are questioning Florida voters about signing an abortion rights ballot petition

Police are questioning Florida voters about signing an abortion rights ballot petition

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
Coroner issues report into 'avoidable' killings of Quebec police officer, assailant

Coroner issues report into 'avoidable' killings of Quebec police officer, assailant

MONTREAL — The deaths of a provincial police sergeant and the mentally ill man who fatally stabbed her were avoidable, a Quebec coroner has concluded, saying health-care workers and police should have communicated better.
Courts in Nebraska and Missouri weigh arguments to keep abortion measures off the ballot

Courts in Nebraska and Missouri weigh arguments to keep abortion measures off the ballot

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With ballot deadlines approaching, courts in Nebraska and Missouri are weighing legal arguments that could take measures seeking to expand abortion rights out of the hands of voters.
Atlantic Canada's largest children's hospital receives record $25-million donation

Atlantic Canada's largest children's hospital receives record $25-million donation

HALIFAX — The largest children's hospital in Atlantic Canada has received what it describes as the region's single-largest individual donation to health care.
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