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Kansas conservatives are trying to overturn a state Supreme Court decision that protects abortion rights and threatens years’ worth of Republican-enacted restrictions, guaranteeing an election-year fight over amending the state constitution. A legislative study committee opened two days of hearings Tuesday on a ruling in April by the state’s highest court that access to abortion […]

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Pumpkin spice latte is America’s unofficial drink of fall. Starbucks isn’t the only shop carrying the drink ― many local coffeehouses do their own versions too. From the end of August until well after Thanksgiving, coffee drinkers are awash in pumpkin spice. But if you’re just a bit tired of those flavors and ready to

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced it had reached an agreement worth more than $20 million with two Ohio counties, becoming the latest company to settle a lawsuit to get out of the first federal trial over the nation’s opioids crisis. The deal with Cuyahoga and Summit counties comes a little more than a month

Barrow-in-Furness is struggling to cope with under-age drinking. More children are admitted to hospital for alcohol consumption here than anywhere else in the UK. NHS Digital figures suggest one in ten school children drink alcohol with nearly a quarter of 15-year-olds describing themselves as having recently been “drunk”. Reporter Fiona Trott, producer Lesley Day, Camera

Netflix adds a ton of movies at the start of the month, but the list of arrivals doesn’t include many classics. The company debuts three major Netflix Original movies later in October, and seems to be making sure you focus on those ― “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie,” “The Laundromat” and “Dolemite Is My

A group of drug retailers and distributors asked an Ohio federal appeals court Tuesday to disqualify the judge overseeing national opioid litigation after the judge himself denied their requests. Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid and drug distributors AmerisourceBergen, McKesson and Cardinal Health told the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati that Cleveland-based U.S.

Image copyright Google Image caption Dr Paul Miller is due to answer questions at Crawley Coroner’s Court over the deaths of patients “No aspects” of the care received by three cancer patients from a senior doctor contributed to their premature deaths, an expert has said. Dr Paul Miller is facing scrutiny at the inquests of

By now, you may have seen the headlines that major drugstore retailers like CVS and Walgreens have been pulling Zantac off of shelves due to certain versions of the heartburn medication containing potentially cancer-causing ingredients. The pharmacy chains announced this week that they were no longer selling the product after the Food and Drug Administration

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked Georgia’s restrictive new abortion law from taking effect, following the lead of other judges who have blocked similar measures in other states. The law signed in May by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can happen as early as six weeks