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Demonstrators during a Women's Day march in Tokyo

Japan approves first abortion pill, decades after other countries

By Jessie Yeung and Eru Ishikawa, CNN A panel in Japan’s health ministry has approved the country’s first abortion pill, in a major step for reproductive rights decades after other countries made abortion medication widely available. The ministry’s pharmaceutical board granted approval on Friday to the MeFeego Pack, an abortion pill manufactured by British pharmaceutical

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Walt Disney World Resort's Hollywood Studios Florida seen in a file photo. A former Disney World theme park employee was arrested and charged in Florida after allegedly recording a video up the skirt of a park guest late last month

Disney employee accused of taking videos up park guests’ dresses and skirts for years is fired and arrested

By Raja Razek, CNN A former Disney World theme park employee was arrested and charged in Florida after allegedly recording a video up the skirt of a park guest late last month — and may have been similarly attacking other visitors for years, according to an arrest affidavit. Authorities responded to Disney’s Hollywood Studios on

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning

Chinese ambassador sparks European outrage over suggestion former Soviet states don’t exist

By Simone McCarthy European countries are demanding answers from Beijing after its top diplomat in Paris questioned the sovereignty of former Soviet republics, in comments that could undermine China’s efforts to be seen as a potential mediator between Russia and Ukraine. The remarks by China’s ambassador to France Lu Shaye, who said during a television

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A man rides an e-bike through Times Square on February 21

New York lawmakers push for lithium-ion battery safety regulations after a string of fires

By Zenebou Sylla and Nouran Salahieh, CNN A group of New York Democrats announced support for federal legislation aimed at regulating lithium-ion battery safety standards after a spate of fires caused by the batteries malfunctioning or overheating. Lithium-ion batteries, found in many popular consumer products like e-scooters and smartphones, have been under scrutiny amid increasing

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New Jersey residents warned of potentially hazardous chemicals following fire and cleanup at former industrial site

By Samantha Beech, CNN Residents and business owners in parts of Monmouth County, New Jersey, have been warned of potentially hazardous materials at a nearby former industrial site after firefighters found leaking containers and materials on fire at the location. The US Environmental Protection Agency has started overseeing the sampling and removal of around 200

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11 teens were injured when shots were fired at an after-prom party in Texas. Police say a second shooting may be connected

By Christina Maxouris, Michelle Watson and Zoe Sottile, CNN Eleven teenagers were injured in a shooting at an after-prom party in Texas over the weekend — and a second shooting less than 20 minutes away may be connected, authorities said. Deputies from the Jasper County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office responded to a disturbance at a home

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‘Tragic case of animal abuse’: The alligator rescued from NYC’s Prospect Park has died, zoo officials say

By Celina Tebor and Zoe Sottile, CNN An alligator rescued from a lake in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park in February has died, Bronx Zoo officials said Friday. Workers from the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation discovered and rescued the four-foot alligator “in poor condition” from 37-degree Fahrenheit temperatures in the Brooklyn park. The

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Debris runs toward a canyon in Draper

Two Utah homes slide off cliff, prompting evacuation

CNN, KSL By Melissa Alonso, CNN Two empty homes overlooking a canyon slid off their foundations Saturday in Draper, Utah, prompting the evacuations of two adjacent residences, officials said Saturday. In October, city building officials declared two clifftop homes “unfit for human habitation” due to “earth shifting that resulted in sliding and breaks in the

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