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  • Ohio lawmakers pass ‘heartbeat’ abortion legislation

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    Ohio lawmakers approved a bill that bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, as early as six weeks after conception, clearing the way for one of the most stringent abortion restrictions in the United States if it becomes law. The Republican-led state House of Representatives and Senate passed the so-called “heartbeat” measure late…

  • Supreme Court spurns abortion restrictions in two more states

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    Reverberations from the U.S. Supreme Court's major ruling backing abortion rights were felt on Tuesday as the justices rejected bids by Mississippi and Wisconsin to revive restrictions on abortion doctors matching those struck down in Texas on Monday. The laws in Mississippi and Wisconsin required doctors to have “admitting privileges,” a type of difficult-to-obtain formal…

  • Gilead wins U.S. nod for drug for all types of hepatitis C

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    (Reuters) – U.S. health regulators on Tuesday approved a combination drug by Gilead Sciences Inc that is the first available treatment for all six major forms of hepatitis C, advancing the company’s leadership in the field and sending its shares up almost 4 percent. Gilead has dominated the hepatitis C market over rivals AbbVie and…

  • Southeast Asian fires emitted most carbon since 1997: scientists

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    By Beh Lih Yi JAKARTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Forest fires that blanketed Southeast Asia in thick haze last year released the greatest amount of climate-changing carbon since record blazes in 1997, producing emissions higher than in the whole of the European Union, scientists said on Tuesday. Singapore, Malaysia and northern Indonesia choked under a…

  • Factbox: Major U.S. Supreme Court abortion rights cases

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    (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s key rulings on abortion, dating to the landmark 1973 decision that legalized the procedure nationwide, have long provoked social, religious and political tensions. As the court majority became more conservative over the decades, it set standards that enhance states’ ability to regulate abortion. Here is a look at the…

  • Factbox: Major U.S. Supreme Court abortion rights cases

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    (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s key rulings on abortion, dating to the landmark 1973 decision that legalized the procedure nationwide, have long provoked social, religious and political tensions. As the court majority became more conservative over the decades, it set standards that enhance states’ ability to regulate abortion. Here is a look at the…

  • Immigration, abortion, race rulings due at Supreme Court

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    The U.S. Supreme Court is heading into its home stretch, with major rulings due by the end of the month on President Barack Obama's unilateral immigration plan, racial preferences in university admissions and a restrictive Texas abortion law. Producing decisive rulings has been complicated by the fact that the court has been down one justice…

  • Viacom’s Redstone may undergo medical exam in competency suit

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    The decision may provide investors with new information about Redstone’s capabilities. Geriatric psychiatrist Stephen Read will conduct the court-ordered mental examination within the next 10 days, said Pierce O’Donnell, an attorney for Redstone’s former girlfriend Manuela Herzer. Redstone’s attorneys have not indicated whether they will appeal, a development that could affect the schedule.

  • Mondelez settles with California over lead in Nabisco Ginger Snaps

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    Mondelez International Inc has agreed to pay $750,000, improve its product sourcing and testing, and hire a food quality auditor after failing to warn California shoppers that its Nabisco Ginger Snaps contained excessive levels of lead. In announcing the settlement with the maker of Oreo and Chips Ahoy cookies, California Attorney General Kamala Harris on…

  • ‘Affluenza’ mother enters no plea at Texas arraignment

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    By Marice Richter FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – The mother of the Texas teenager ridiculed for his “affluenza” defense in the killing of four people while he was driving drunk, did not enter a plea at her arraignment in a Fort Worth court on Friday on a charge of helping her son flee to Mexico…