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Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 2022. Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman. (Associated Press)

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Texas’ lawsuit against NY doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sat,12/14/24-2:00AM , 563 Reads
Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
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Third-grader Dallin Curry, 8, smiles as he talks with his grandmother, Mary Durr, during a Grandparents Day celebration in the lunchroom at Burns Elementary School in Owensboro, Kentucky, in September. (Alan Warren/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP, File)

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Fewer US grandparents caring for grandchildren
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Fri,12/13/24-2:00AM , 526 Reads
Fewer grandparents were living with and taking care of grandchildren, there was a decline in young children going to preschool and more people stayed put in their homes in the first part of the 2020s compared with the last part of the 2010s, according to U.S.
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President Joe Biden, left, and son Hunter Biden walk in downtown Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Friday. The president issued a categorical pardon for his son on Sunday, weeks before Hunter Biden’s sentencing on gun and tax convictions. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Biden’s pardon of son raises questions about his legacy
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tue,12/03/24-2:00AM , 444 Reads
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s decision to go back on his word and issue a categorical pardon for his son, Hunter, just weeks before his scheduled sentencing on gun and tax convictions was a surprise that wasn’t all that surprising.
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A retrofitted Southwest Airlines passenger jet is shown in a hangar at Love Field on Sept. 26, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

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Southwest Airlines to end cabin service earlier on flights to reduce chance of injury
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sat,11/30/24-11:18AM , 547 Reads
Southwest Airlines says it is ending cabin service earlier on flights, requiring passengers to do the usual pre-landing procedures such as ensuring their seatbelts are fastened and returning their seats to an upright position earlier than before.
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