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Month: December 2023

‘Completely ignored’: Why health problems caused by childbirth are neglected

By Jessie Gretener, CNN (CNN) — Expansive new research says that more than a third of women globally experience lasting health problems caused by childbirth, saying the conditions are often “neglected” and “ignored.” The study, published Wednesday in The Lancet Global Health, is a call to action to better the quality of life for women in the months and years after birth. The study, which examined health

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Families press for inspector general investigation of Army reservist who killed 18

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A survivor and family members of those killed in the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history are pressing for the Army inspector general to obtain answers about the gunman’s mental health and hospitalization. The group met privately with each member of Maine’s congressional delegation on Thursday

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2 men fined after pleading guilty in connection with Kiski River alligator sightings

By MADELINE BARTOS Click here for updates on this story     LEECHBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Two men connected to several alligator sightings along the Kiski River this year were ordered to pay fines after pleading guilty. Austin Randall and Dominic Hayward both pleaded guilty to violating rules and regulations of the transportation and sale of fish.

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Jonathan Majors’ accuser pressed about partying at Manhattan nightclub after alleged assault

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney for Jonathan Majors presented grainy security footage from a Manhattan nightclub in efforts to cast doubt on the accuser’s claim she suffered “excruciating” pain and injuries following an alleged assault by the actor last spring. The video compilation, played to a jury over several

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US indicts Russians over hacking campaign against US intelligence officials and effort to interfere in UK election

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against one Russian intelligence officer and one Russian IT worker for conducting a years-long cyber-espionage campaign against current and former US government officials, and interfering in a national election in the United Kingdom. In the UK, the two Russian operatives were part of “sustained unsuccessful

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No reelection campaign for Democratic representative after North Carolina GOP redrew U.S. House map

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America A second-term Democratic congresswoman is not going to seek reelection to the U.S. House as long as the North Carolina General Assembly’s new redistricting maps stay in place. U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning says that she will not file under “gerrymandered” lines that state election data suggests could net

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A small police department in Minnesota’s north woods offers free canoes to help recruit new officers

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press The police department in the small north woods Minnesota town of Ely faces the same challenges of recruiting and keeping officers as countless other law enforcement agencies across the country. So it’s offering a unique incentive: Ely will give free Kevlar canoes, worth $3,800, to the next officers it hires

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