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Health Sep 29

Why is the risk of death during pregnancy going up in the U.S.?

By Michael Ollove, Stateline

Why are more women dying from childbirth in the U.S. than in Saudi Arabia or the UK?

The United States is the only advanced economy in the world with an increasing number of women who die in childbirth. In fact, a woman giving birth in the U.S. is twice as likely to die than in Saudi Arabia…

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World Aug 20

Thousands detained during lockdown on Kashmir

By Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press

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Nation Aug 20

3 women file lawsuits against Jeffrey Epstein estate

By Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the first meeting of the National Policing Board at the Home Office in London, Britain July 31, 2019. Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via Reuters

World Aug 20

UK and EU harden their positions on Brexit as G-7 nears

By Raf Casert, Danica Kirka, Associated Press

Nation Aug 20

Facebook launches tool that lets users block its data collection on other websites

By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks at a news conference on June 11, 2019. New York and two other states are suing the Trump administration over new immigration rules. Photo by Mike Segar/Reuters

Nation Aug 20

New York, 2 other states sue over Trump rule on immigrant benefits

By David Klepper, Associated Press

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attends a session of the upper house of parliament over the ongoing government crisis, in Rome, Italy on August 20, 2019. Photo by Yara Nardi/Reuters

World Aug 20

Italy’s prime minister resigns after losing party support

By Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows Khan Sheikhoun in the southern countryside of Idlib on March 16, 2015. Photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters

World Aug 20

Militants leave key rebel town as Syrian troops advance in Idlib

By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: An Afghan archeologist cleans a headless Buddha statue discovered inside an ancient temple in Mes Aynak, Logar province February 14, 2015. Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters

Arts Aug 20

Afghans restore art shattered by Taliban as peace deal nears

By Cara Anna, Associated Press

Politics Aug 20

Democrats are spending millions to take back state legislatures

By Brian Slodysko, Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

2020 Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa, on August 10, 2019. Photo by Scott Morgan/Reuters

Politics Aug 20

As rivals head to California, Biden chooses New Hampshire

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Nation Aug 20

Epstein signed a will 2 days before jailhouse suicide

By Jim Mustian, Curt Anderson, Associated Press

Arts Aug 19

Why this description of the Chinese-American experience resonates with Celeste Ng

By Elizabeth Flock

World Aug 19

Twitter shutters Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protests

By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press

A sign is pictured at the entrance to a Planned Parenthood building in New York in 2015. Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Politics Aug 19

Planned Parenthood funding battle highlights Trump focus on courts

By Gretchen Frazee

World Aug 19

U.S. sued over Honduran man’s suicide after he was separated from his family

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Politics Aug 19

No. 4 House Democrat issues call for Trump impeachment inquiry

By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press

Health Aug 19

Planned Parenthood leaves federal family planning program to avoid Trump rule

By David Crary, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

Nation Aug 19

De Blasio says justice served by firing officer in Eric Garner case

By Associated Press

World Aug 19

Pentagon conducts test of previously banned missile

By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during his news conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, U.S., December 19, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Economy Aug 19

Trump calls on Federal Reserve to cut interest rates

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press