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News brief: Boris Johnson, review issued on Uvalde shooting, G-20 preview

6:52am July 07, 2022

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will officially announce he's stepping down. A report says more could have been done to save the Uvalde massacre victims. G20 members are gathering in Bali.

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As the work-from-home crowd returns to the office, they're left wondering what to wear.

The pandemic has changed workplace fashion. What does that mean for you?

6:07am July 07, 2022

Many people traded in slacks for sweatpants during the worst of the pandemic and are now figuring out what to wear back to the office. Here's what that looks like, from Wall Street to Capitol Hill.

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Ernest Robison said he began crafting a bronze sculpture of his deceased son for his "own comfort." But the resulting statue and the attention it has drawn have inspired Robison and his wife to launch a nonprofit that helps people obtain free or low-cost

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A father's grief inspires a touching headstone for his disabled son

5:30am July 07, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Ernest Robison's son, Matthew, never walked or jumped. But after the boy's death, Robison said, "I got the idea that he would just be able to rise physically from his wheelchair and go up to heaven."

Pro-choice activists disguised as characters from the dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale display green headscarves in front of the U.S. ambassador's residence in Buenos Aires, on June 30, 2022.

What the U.S. can learn from abortion rights wins in Latin America

5:00am July 07, 2022

In the last two years, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia have decriminalized or fully legalized abortion. Here's what Latin America's green wave can teach the movement in the U.S.

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A Planned Parenthood of Montana clinic in Helena is among those that recently changed its policies to restrict its distribution of abortion pills only to patients from states without abortion bans in effect.

Montana clinics preemptively restrict out-of-state patients' access to abortion pills

5:00am July 07, 2022

Montana is an island of legal abortion, but four of the state's five clinics now restrict abortion pills from people in states with trigger bans to shield themselves and patients from legal attacks.

Plan C shows a combination pack of mifepristone and misoprostol tablets, two medicines used together, also called the abortion pill.

Self-induced abortions can raise medical — and legal — questions for doctors

5:00am July 07, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Doctors are thinking about how to help women who have questions or concerns after taking abortion pills at home — without putting themselves or their patients in jeopardy.

A house sits in Rock Creek after floodwaters washed away a road and a bridge in Red Lodge, Mont., on June 15, 2022.

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The flooding in Yellowstone reveals forecast flaws as climate warms

3:14am July 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

Models used to predict flooding are based on long-term, historical records that do not reflect changes to the climate over the past decade, scientists say..

Law enforcement personnel secure the scene after a mass shooting Monday at a Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, a Chicago suburb.

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Why the Highland Park suspect represents a different kind of violent extremism

10:55pm July 06, 2022

by Odette Yousef

The Highland Park shooting suspect doesn't seem to be associated with a ideological or political bent. But extremism researchers say these kinds of acts may actually be part of a troubling new trend.

Law enforcement officials walk around the damaged Georgia Guidestones monument near Elberton, Ga., on Wednesday.

A Georgia monument, seen by some as satanic, was damaged from a predawn explosion

9:51pm July 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

The roadside attraction was built in 1980 from local granite, commissioned by an unknown person or group under the pseudonym R.C. Christian.

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A mountain tower in the Adirondacks lets visitors see more than wildfires

7:29pm July 06, 2022

by Brian Mann

For decades, the fire towers in New York's Adirondack Mountains defended the wilderness against fires. The soaring structures offer a vantage point high above summits to take in beautiful sunrises.

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