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U.S. military suicides drop as leaders push mental health programs

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

A new report and Pentagon data show that suicides across the active duty U.S. military decreased over the past 18 months, driven by sharp drops in the Air Force and Marine Corps last year and a similar decline among Army…

How this New York clinic helped transform reproductive health care

By Dr. Howard Markel

Back then, as now in some ways, reproductive rights and abortion were hotly contested issues.

Jury concludes Kevin Spacey didn't molest actor Anthony Rapp in 1986

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

A jury has concluded that Kevin Spacey didn't molest fellow actor Anthony Rapp in the 1980s. The 2017 claims by Rapp and others brought an abrupt halt to two-time Academy Award winner Spacey's career.

How election fraud conspiracies could make deep changes to Arizona voting

By Jonathan J. Cooper, Bob Christie, Associated Press

The Republicans running for Arizona's three top statewide offices have said they would not have signed off on the presidential results if they had held office in 2020.

As winter approaches, Americans weather rising energy prices

By David Sharp, Associated Press

Families are looking forward with dread as winter approaches with high energy costs and tight fuel supplies.

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rise this week to 6.94 percent

By Matt Ott, Associated Press

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates inched up this week ahead of another expected rate increase by the Federal Reserve when it meets early next month.

5 states to decide on closing slavery loopholes in voter referendums

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

Voters in five states are deciding whether to close loopholes that allowed convict labor as an exception to slavery.

A U.S. Marine used political connections to adopt an Afghan baby, her family says. Now they're suing to get her back.

By Juliet Linderman, Claire Galofaro, Martha Mendoza, Associated Press

An Afghan couple who arrived in the U.S. as refugees are suing a U.S. Marine and his wife for allegedly abducting their baby.

COVID-19 linked to increase in U.S. pregnancy-related deaths

By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

COVID-19 drove a dramatic increase in the number of women who died from pregnancy or childbirth complications in the U.S. last year, a crisis that has disproportionately claimed Black and Hispanic women as victims.

Medical guidance sought after radioactive contamination closes school

By Jim Salter, Associated Press

Coldwater Creek runs directly behind Jana Elementary. The creek was contaminated in the 1940s and 1950s when waste from atomic bomb material manufactured in St. Louis got into the waterway.