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Woman pleads guilty to calling in hoax bomb threat …

A sign hangs on the Boston Children's Hospital, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, in Boston. A Massachusetts woman pleaded guilty on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, to calling in a fake bomb threat to Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced a barrage of harassment over its surgical program for transgender youths. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to protect doctors …

FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom answers questions during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. On Wednesday, Sept. 27, Newsom signed a new law aiming to protect doctors and pharmacists who mail abortion pills to patients in other states where the procedure is banned. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)

Ohio wants to revive a strict abortion law. Justices are …

Canadian police won’t investigate doctor for sterilizing …

FILE - Senate committee on Human Rights committee member Sen. Yvonne Boyer responds to a question from the media during a news conference, Thursday, July 14, 2022 in Ottawa. Boyer, who has proposed law that would make forced sterilization itself a crime, said the long history of mistrust between Indigenous people and the police made it difficult for many victims to pursue criminal prosecution. “If a police officer becomes aware of a crime being committed, they have an obligation to investigate,” Boyer said. “Why would it be any different for an Indigenous woman being sterilized without consent?” (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Oregon Gov. Kotek directs state police to crack down on …

Anti-abortion groups demand liberal Wisconsin prosecutors …

Wisconsin Family Action President Julaine Appling speaks during a news conference Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. Appling was one of a number of leaders of anti-abortion organizations who called for prosecutors in Dane and Milwaukee counties to enforce a state law that conservatives maintain bans abortion. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)

UN says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported …

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After US approval, Japan OKs its first Alzheimer’s …

This undated image made from video provided by Eisai Co., Ltd., shows Leqembi, a drug for Alzheimer’s decease that was jointly developed by Japanese and U.S. pharmaceutical companies, at Eisai's Kawashima plant in Kakamigahara city, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan. Japan's health ministry has approved Leqembi, the first drug for the treatment of the disease in a country with a rapidly aging population. Leqembi was developed by Japanese drugmaker Eisai and U.S. biotechnology firm Biogen. (Eisai Co., Ltd. via AP)

Former New Zealand prime minister and pandemic prep …

Former Irish President Mary Robinson, left, and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, both members of Elders, "an independent group of global leaders working for peace, justice, human rights and a sustainable planet" founded by Nelson Mandela in 2007, hold an interview to discuss the group's progress, Wednesday Sept. 20, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Tornado-damaged Pfizer plant in North Carolina restarts …

FILE - Debris is scattered around the Pfizer facility, July 19, 2023, in Rocky Mount, N.C., after damage from severe weather. The major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina that makes critical supplies for U.S. hospitals has restarted production about 10 weeks after it was heavily damaged by a tornado, the company announced Monday, Sept. 25. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP, File)

Missouri says clinic that challenged transgender …

FILE - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks to reporters after taking the Oath of Office in Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 3, 2023. Missouri officials struck back at one of the clinics that unsuccessfully challenged new state restrictions on gender affirming care by filing a new lawsuit accusing the clinic of failing to provide proper care for transgender minors even before the new law took effect August 2023. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb, File)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bills to enhance …

FILE - Participants take part in the annual LA Pride Parade in West Hollywood, Calif., Sunday, June 9, 2019. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, aimed at bolstering the state's protections for LGBTQ+ people, despite a controversial veto the day before that was criticized by advocates. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Pakistan recalls an injectable medicine causing eye …

Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and …

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about the government's COVID-19 response, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Jan. 13, 2022. President Joe Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and annual flu shot, the White House said Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)