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By Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An influential conservative group is calling on Republican presidential candidates to vow they will veto any future funding for women’s healthcare provider Planned Parenthood, which is under fire from abortion opponents. In a letter seen by Reuters that is being sent to all party hopefuls in the 2016 White House race, the ForAmerica advocacy group asks candidates to make “a firm commitment” to starve
By Steve Bittenbender MOREHEAD, Ky. (Reuters) – Supporters of Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples due to her religious beliefs, said on Wednesday that any of her deputies who provide such documents without her permission should be fired. U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered Davis released on Tuesday after six days in jail, warning her not to interfere with her deputy clerks
Baltimore city officials on Wednesday approved a $6.4 million settlement to the family of Freddie Gray, a black man whose death from an injury in police custody triggered protests and rioting. The unanimous vote by the Board of Estimates comes ahead of a Thursday hearing on moving the trials of six police officers charged in Gray’s death from a spinal injury from the city.
The wife of a New York state prison inmate who died after a confrontation with guards in April filed a civil rights lawsuit against the state on Wednesday amid continuing investigations by authorities into his death. The lawsuit said the April 21 confrontation took place after Harrell, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, announced he was going home despite having years left on his sentence for a drug conviction. Harrell
The decision to source “cage-free” eggs follows the company’s announcement in March that it would stop using chicken raised with certain kinds of antibiotics at its U.S. restaurants over two years. McDonald’s buys about 2 billion eggs annually for its U.S restaurants and 120 million for Canada to serve breakfast items such as Egg McMuffin and Egg White Delight. Several food processors and retailers, including Kellogg Co, Tyson Foods Inc
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Federal regulators are halting a five-year study of the risk of cancer in communities around six U.S. nuclear plants and a nuclear fuel site.
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – Isolated flare-ups of Ebola may point to a higher risk of transmission via the semen of male survivors than previously thought, undermining hopes of ending West Africa’s deadly outbreak by the end of the year. The World Health Organization’s advice is that all male survivors should be tested three months after the onset of symptoms and then monthly until they know they have no
Staff at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on Wednesday of the risks of incorrect dosing of another experimental opioid painkiller, highlighting the agency’s concern about drugs that can be highly addictive. The FDA staff said Collegium Pharmaceuticals Inc’s experimental oral opioid painkiller, to be sold as Xtampza if approved, could be wrongly used as it is designed to be taken after eating to provide maximum relief. Typically, opioid
Manchester City and England Women striker Toni Duggan has been ruled out for the rest of the season with an ankle injury.
On-loan Bournemouth striker Harry Cornick has extended his stay at Yeovil after a successful start to his spell at Huish Park.
