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More kids are dying of drug overdoses. Could pediatricians do more to help?

5:09pm February 20, 2024

by Martha Bebinger

The surge in overdose deaths among teens is opening a new path to treatment: pediatricians. A doctor in Massachusetts shows how it works with a 17-year-old patient.

Armored car repair shop workers build an experimental version of a military vehicle in the facility of the Ukrainian Armor Design and Manufacturing Co.

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With Western military aid increasingly uncertain, Ukraine builds its own weapons

5:09pm February 20, 2024

Ukraine's domestic arms manufacturers bristle at the notion the country relies entirely on military aid from the U.S. and Europe. The country's weapons development and production, they say, is robust.

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Over two dozen abortion-rights supporters attend a rally outside the South Carolina State House in Columbia, S.C., on Aug. 23, 2023. The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled to uphold a law banning most abortions except those in the earliest weeks of pregnancy.

'Something needs to change.' Woman denied abortion in South Carolina challenges ban

4:43pm February 20, 2024

by Victoria Hansen

The state law has been interpreted as banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. Planned Parenthood argues the ban is vague and shouldn't apply until at least three weeks later in pregnancy.

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Jewish visitors walk protected by Israeli security forces at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, also known as the Temple Mount complex to Jews, in Jerusalem on April 9, 2023, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, also coinciding with the Jewish Passover holiday.

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Israel ponders restricting access to one of Islam's holiest sites for Ramadan

3:49pm February 20, 2024

by D. Parvaz

The proposal comes at a time when the war between Israel and Hamas has put Palestinians and Israelis on edge.

The ERS-2 was launched in 1995 and retired in 2011. It's falling back to Earth this week.

Science

Watch out, a dead satellite is falling back to Earth

3:17pm February 20, 2024

by James Doubek

There's a one in a billion chance it could hit somebody on the head. Europe's space agency doesn't know exactly when or where it will land.

A screenshot taken on February 19, 2024 shows a take down notice that a group of global intelligence agencies issued to a dark web site called Lockbit.

Global law enforcement effort cracks down on LockBit ransomware group

2:00pm February 20, 2024

by Jenna McLaughlin

Law enforcement officials from 11 countries have joined forces to disrupt the activities of LockBit, which is considered one of the most dreaded and most prolific team of cybercriminals.

The Security Council meets before voting on a resolution concerning a cease-fire in Gaza at United Nations headquarters on Tuesday. The resolution was vetoed by the U.S.

World News

The U.S. has again vetoed a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza

12:55pm February 20, 2024

by Michele Kelemen

Tuesday's vote marked the third U.S. veto of a Security Council resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza. The Arab nations behind the plan hoped to show broad support for ending the Israel-Hamas war.

A man named Frank sits in his tent with a river view in Portland, Ore., in 2021. A lawsuit originally filed in 2018 on behalf of homeless people in the Oregon city of Grants Pass is set to go before the U.S. Supreme Court in April.

National

How far can cities go to clear homeless camps? The U.S. Supreme Court will decide

12:47pm February 20, 2024

by Jennifer Ludden

Lower courts have said it's unconstitutional to punish people for sleeping outside if no shelter is available. Cities say these rulings have paralyzed their efforts to manage growing tent encampments.

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Caregiver Liliya Khodunay cuts Anna's hair in Anna's home in Milan, Italy, in February 2023.

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Ukrainian caregivers in Italy feel effects of war from afar

11:04am February 20, 2024

by Chiara Negrello

Photographer Chiara Negrello documented Ukrainian caregivers in Italy as they try to stay connected to family back home during the ongoing war.

Julian Assange supporters hold up a banner that says "Free Assange No U.S. Extradition" outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London in Dec. 2022.

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Assange starts last fight against U.S. extradition; Egypt builds wall near Gaza border

8:02am February 20, 2024

by Suzanne Nuyen

WikiLeaks founder Assange's latest battle to avoid extradition to U.S. Egypt builds buffer in anticipation of a Palestinian refugee spillover. Louisiana's legislature begins special session on crime.

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