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U.S. relaxes planned regulations for dogs crossing border from rabies-free countries

U.S. relaxes planned regulations for dogs crossing border from rabies-free countries

OTTAWA — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has rolled over on plans to require dog owners crossing the border from Canada to fill out onerous paperwork this summer, the agency announced Monday.
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A neurological disorder stole her voice. Jennifer Wexton takes it back on the House floor.

A neurological disorder stole her voice. Jennifer Wexton takes it back on the House floor.

When Jennifer Wexton rose Thursday to speak on the House floor, something she has done countless times before, the congresswoman used a voice she thought was gone forever.
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Senate committee votes to investigate Steward Health Care bankruptcy and subpoena its CEO

Senate committee votes to investigate Steward Health Care bankruptcy and subpoena its CEO

BOSTON (AP) — A Senate committee voted Thursday to authorize an investigation into the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care and to subpoena the company’s CEO, Dr. Ralph de la Torre.
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Booties. Indoor dog parks. And following the vet's orders. How to keep pets cool this summer

Booties. Indoor dog parks. And following the vet's orders. How to keep pets cool this summer

PHOENIX (AP) — As much of the world swelters , it's not just people who need help with the dog days of summer.
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Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South

Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South

Beneath the blazing summer sun on a former slave plantation, Lamont Gross and fellow prisoners stooped in long rows, picking vegetables by hand under the watchful eyes of armed guards on horseback.
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Canada's premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters

Canada's premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters

HALIFAX — As Canada’s premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their contentious relationship with Ottawa during meetings last week in Halifax, many of them remained consumed by climate change-related natural disasters that have only escalated
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Judge's ruling temporarily allows for unlicensed Native Hawaiian midwifery

Judge's ruling temporarily allows for unlicensed Native Hawaiian midwifery

HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii judge has temporarily blocked the state from enforcing a law requiring the licensing of practitioners and teachers of traditional Native Hawaiian midwifery while a lawsuit seeking to overturn the statute wends its way through
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Texas woman's lawsuit after being jailed on murder charge over abortion can proceed, judge rules

Texas woman's lawsuit after being jailed on murder charge over abortion can proceed, judge rules

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman who was jailed and charged with murder after self-managing an abortion in 2022 can move forward with her lawsuit against the local sheriff and prosecutors over the case that drew national outrage before the charges
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Connecticut woman found dead hours before she was to be sentenced for killing her husband

Connecticut woman found dead hours before she was to be sentenced for killing her husband

A 76-year-old Connecticut woman was found dead at her home Wednesday, hours before she was to be sentenced for killing her husband and hiding his body for months while continuing to collect his paychecks.
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Tennessee woman gets over 3 years in prison for blocking clinic access during protest

NEW YORK (AP) — A Tennessee woman was sentenced Wednesday to over three years in prison for using threats and violence to interfere with the operation of a New York City reproductive health center in the early days of the pandemic in 2020.
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