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Month: March 2024

Alabama clinics resume treatment under new IVF law, but experts say it will take more work to protect fertility services

By Lauren Mascarenhas and Isabel Rosales, CNN Montgomery, Alabama (CNN) — Providers in Alabama are resuming some in vitro fertilization services Thursday, the day after the state’s Republican governor signed a bill into law aimed at protecting IVF patients and providers from the legal liability imposed on them by a controversial state Supreme Court ruling.

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Father of Michigan school shooter faces manslaughter trial weeks after his wife’s conviction

By Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The manslaughter trial of James Crumbley, the father of the teenager who killed four students at a Michigan high school in 2021, began with opening statements Thursday, just weeks after his wife, Jennifer, was convicted of the same charges. James Crumbley was “grossly negligent,” Oakland County

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‘Child care directs everything for us.’ Parents meet with state lawmakers to push for more financial aid

By Hannah McDonald Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE (WTVF) — In most cases, sending a toddler to daycare is more expensive than sending a teenager to one of our state colleges. In Tennessee, the average annual price of center-based care, irrespective of quality, is $11,068 and $10,184 for infants and toddlers respectively,

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Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality

By MATTHEW LEE and LORNE COOK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweden has formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality and centuries of broader non-alignment. Sweden’s membership comes as concerns about Russian aggression in Europe have spiked following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

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Power lines ignited the largest wildfire in Texas history, officials say

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press Power lines ignited massive wildfires across the Texas Panhandle that destroyed homes and killed thousands of livestock, officials said Thursday, including the largest blaze in state history that the utility provider Xcel Energy said its equipment appeared to have sparked. The Texas A&M Forest Service said its investigators have concluded

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Leading NGOs slam Israel’s halt in visa renewals for aid workers in Gaza and West Bank

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A coalition of humanitarian and nongovernmental groups has slammed Israel’s halt in renewing visas for international aid workers in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. Since early February, Israel’s welfare ministry has stopped the renewal process saying it doesn’t have the bandwidth to investigate aid

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A second military projectile has been magnet-fished from the same Massachusetts river in less than a week

By Nic F. Anderson and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — The discovery of a bazooka round on Wednesday marks the second time in a matter of days that a magnet fishing hobbyist pulled a military projectile from the Charles River in Needham, Massachusetts – raising questions about why old pieces of ordnance are being found there out of the blue. It was “business as usual”

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