New government statistics indicate that the U.S. maternal mortality rate is coming down, following a spike during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Thursday. About 680 women died last year in pregnancy-related deaths, according to provisional CDC data. That’s a drop from 2022, when 817 maternal deaths … Read more
phoenix — Democratic Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has relegated a Civil War-era ban on most abortions to the past by signing a bill Thursday to repeal it. Hobbs said the move was just the beginning of a fight to protect reproductive health care in Arizona. The repeal of the 1864 law that the state Supreme … Read more
India on Thursday rejected the report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom that accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of “reinforcing discriminatory nationalist policies” and said the organisation is completely ‘biased’ and doesn’t even expect from the organisation to understand the country’s diverse, pluralistic and democratic ethos. “The US Commission on International … Read more
Home News Goldy Brar, Suspected Mastermind In Sidhu Moosewala Murder, NOT DEAD, Is Alive: USA Police The duo was attacked at Fairmont and Holt Avenue in the northwestern part of Fresno after a fight on Tuesday evening. Gangster Goldy Brar Alive: Goldy Brar, the Canada-based gangster is alive, i.e. the news about him being shot … Read more
WASHINGTON — Hackers who breached UnitedHealth’s tech unit in February potentially stole a third of Americans’ data, the largest U.S. health insurer’s CEO told a Congressional committee on Wednesday. Two Congressional panels grilled CEO Andrew Witty about the cyberattack on the company’s Change Healthcare unit, which processes around 50% of all medical claims in the … Read more
The U.S. state of Florida has a new law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. In this presidential campaign, Donald Trump is defending the right of states to regulate reproductive rights. Joe Biden says that decentralized authority threatens women’s lives. VOA correspondent Scott Stearns has the story Read original article here Denial of … Read more
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that some of North Carolina’s restrictions on the distribution of abortion pills contradicted federal law. U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles blocked the state’s requirement that doctors provide and prescribe the abortion pill mifepristone in person, followed by a subsequent appointment. The ruling came as the Supreme Court considers a case … Read more
houston — Time marches on and all good things must come to an end. But don’t tell that to The Rolling Stones. What many believe to be the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world showed no signs of slowing down anytime soon as they kicked off their latest tour Sunday night at NRG … Read more
The sexy tennis drama “Challengers” won the box office this weekend with $15 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Zendaya and castmates Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor have been on a globetrotting press tour to get the word out about Italian director Luca Guadagnino’s original film, which opened in 3,477 locations in … Read more
washington — About one-quarter of U.S. adults age 50 and older who are not yet retired say they expect to never retire, and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds. About 1 in 4 have no retirement savings, according to research released Wednesday by the organization that shows … Read more
