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Single COVID case prompts China to lock down Peking University

By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

Chinese authorities locked down a major university in Beijing on Wednesday after finding one COVID-19 case as they stick to a "zero-COVID" approach despite growing public discontent.

Mormon church backs same-sex marriage law, maintains relationships still sinful

By Sam Metz, Associated Press

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints voiced its support for proposed federal legislation safeguarding same-sex marriages, but said that church doctrine would continue to consider same-sex relationships against God's commandments.

Deadly explosion reported in Poland as Russia unleashed missile barrage on Ukraine

The U.S. and western allies said they’re looking into reports of an explosion in NATO-member Poland. It happened as Russia conducted missile strikes across Ukraine. Local Polish media reported the explosion at a grain facility in an eastern village about…

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South Dakota passed Medicaid expansion. What's next?

By Laura Santhanam

Many of the soon-to-be eligible work in low-income jobs or self-employed, are unable to afford health care coverage on their own and have been excluded from Medicaid under South Dakota’s strict guidelines.

Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid epidemic lawsuits

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

Walmart has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to settle lawsuits nationwide over the impact of the prescriptions its pharmacies filled for powerful prescription opioid painkillers.

Judge overturns Georgia's 6-week abortion ban

By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press

The ruling says the ban violated the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court precedent at the time it became law. The ban had been in effect since July.

Seven college students killed in separate homicides in Virginia, Idaho

By John Yang, Cai Pigliucci

Two universities are grieving the tragic loss of students. In Moscow, Idaho, four University of Idaho students were found dead in a home near campus on Sunday. And in Charlottesville, Virginia, three University of Virginia students were shot and killed.

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WATCH: Biden says there's still not enough votes to codify abortion rights

By Seung Min Kim, Chris Megerian, Associated Press

Although Democrats did better than expected in the midterm elections, they are still on track to lose control of the House, which would allow Republicans to block any such legislation.

China tightens restrictions in Guangzhou as rise in COVID cases reported

By Joe McDonald, Associated Press

Everyone in a district of 1.8 million people in China’s southern metropolis of Guangzhou was ordered to stay home for virus testing Saturday and a major city in the southwest closed schools as another rise in infections was reported.

Judge stops pot dispensary licenses in parts of New York

By Michael Hill

A federal judge has temporarily blocked New York from issuing recreational marijuana dispensary licenses in Brooklyn and parts of upstate New York while a legal challenge to the state's selection process is being considered.