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Japan to lift COVID-19 border controls before holiday week

TOKYO (AP) — Japan will lift most of its coronavirus border controls, including a requirement that entrants show proof of three vaccinations or a pre-departure negative test, beginning Saturday as the country’s Golden Week holiday season begins and a
Culture war clash gives Kansas new medication abortion law

Culture war clash gives Kansas new medication abortion law

TOPEKA, Kan.
B.C. nurses ratify new three-year collective agreement

B.C. nurses ratify new three-year collective agreement

VICTORIA — Nurses in British Columbia have ratified a new three-year collective agreement covering about 51,000 registered, psychiatric and licensed practical nurses in the province.
Kansas sets trans athlete rule; gender-affirming care saved

Kansas sets trans athlete rule; gender-affirming care saved

TOPEKA, Kan.
Punishment or prevention: California debates fentanyl crisis

Punishment or prevention: California debates fentanyl crisis

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Pamela Smith remembers vividly the last time she saw her only son alive. It was 3:18 a.m.
Vermont passes bills aimed at protecting abortion pills

Vermont passes bills aimed at protecting abortion pills

The Vermont Legislature passed reproductive and gender-affirming health care bills on Thursday with a late addition aimed at protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions even if the U.S.
Nebraska 6-week abortion ban fails to advance in Legislature

Nebraska 6-week abortion ban fails to advance in Legislature

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An effort to advance a bill that would ban abortion around the sixth week of pregnancy fell one vote short of breaking a filibuster in the Nebraska Legislature on Thursday.

Court reinstates charges against leaders of veterans' home

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ highest court overruled a lower court judge Thursday and reinstated criminal neglect charges against two top former officials at a veterans’ home.
Health minister tells committee he didn't interfere in arm's-length drug price agency

Health minister tells committee he didn't interfere in arm's-length drug price agency

OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said Thursday he did not put any undue political pressure on the independent federal agency that regulates the price of patented drugs to influence its efforts to lower medicine costs.
South Carolina Senate again rejects near-total abortion ban

South Carolina Senate again rejects near-total abortion ban

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina senators rejected a bill that would have banned nearly all abortions in a conservative state that has increasingly served patients across a region where Republican officials have otherwise curtailed access.
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