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US-based researchers win $1 million prize for their work on face recognition
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Four researchers working in the United States are sharing a $1 million prize from a Portuguese foundation for their work on how the human brain distinguishes faces, shapes and colors. Americans Margaret Livingstone of Harvard Medical School, Nancy Kanwisher...
Trump wouldn't say whether he'd veto a national ban even as abortion remains a top election issue
CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined to say during this week's debate if he would veto a national abortion ban if he were elected again — a question that has lingered as the Republican nominee has shifted his stances on the crucial election issue. In...
Bears, Rome Odunze relieved after MRI shows no major damage for his knee injury
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears and receiver Rome Odunze were breathing a little easier after an MRI showed no major damage to the knee he sprained late in Chicago's season-opening victory over the Tennessee Titans. Odunze, the No. 9 overall pick, sprained an MCL...
Sen. Bernie Sanders said he is set to pursue contempt charges against Steward CEO
BOSTON (AP) — Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he is prepared to pursue contempt charges against Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre if he fails to show up at a hearing Thursday despite being issued a subpoena. Sanders said de la Torre needs to answer to the...
Indiana judge rules against abortion providers fighting near-total ban
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana county judge ruled Wednesday against abortion providers who are seeking to broaden access to the procedure under the near-total ban state lawmakers passed after the U.S. Supreme Court ended federal protections in 2022. The providers — including the...
More women had their tubes tied after Roe v. Wade was overturned
More women chose to have their tubes tied after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, a new study shows, and the biggest increases were in states that ban abortion. A research letter published Wednesday in JAMA examined insurance claims data from 2021 and 2022 for around 4.8 million...
Prison guard shortfall makes it harder for inmates to get reprieve from extreme heat, critics say
The day before Patrick Womack was found face-down and unresponsive in a hot prison cell in August 2023, he asked a correctional officer to let him take a cold shower so he could cool down. The officer said no, according to court documents. The reason: There weren’t enough guards at...
Gunmen kill a polio worker and a policeman during a vaccination campaign in Pakistan
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire Wednesday on police escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan, killing an officer and a polio worker, police said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the...
Kamala Harris gives abortion rights advocates the debate answer they've longed for in Philadelphia
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden gave bumbling remarks about abortion on the debate stage this summer, it was widely viewed as a missed opportunity — a failure, even — on a powerful and motivating issue for Democrats at the ballot box. The difference was stark, then,...
Ohio is sending troopers and $2.5 million to a city that has seen an influx of Haitian migrants
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The governor of Ohio will send law enforcement and millions of dollars in healthcare resources to the city of Springfield as it faces a surge in temporary Haitian migrants that has landed it in the national spotlight. Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said...
