Saybie, believed to be world’s tiniest baby ever to survive, goes home
An infant girl who weighed about the same as a large apple when she was born five months ago and is believed to be the world’s tiniest baby ever to survive has gone home from a San Diego hospital.
Word whiz kids tap memory tricks at Spelling Bee
Spelling savants traced letters onto their palms or gazed at the ceiling on Wednesday while racking their brains in hopes of advancing to the next level of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Exclusive: Disney CEO says it will be ‘difficult’ to film in Georgia if abortion law takes effect
Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger told Reuters on Wednesday it would be “very difficult” for the media company to keep filming in Georgia if a new abortion law takes effect because many people will not want to work in the U.S. state.
Louisiana lawmakers pass bill to ban abortions as early as six weeks
The Louisiana House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to prohibit abortion after detection of an embryonic heartbeat, which can occur as early as six weeks from conception, often before a woman even realizes she is pregnant.
U.S. activist tried to ‘shield’ migrants from Border Patrol: prosecutor
An Arizona activist charged with harboring two undocumented migrants was part of a conspiracy to transport and “shield” the men from law enforcement, a prosecutor said on Wednesday at the opening of his trial.
Louisiana lawmakers pass bill to ban abortions as early as 6 weeks
The Louisiana House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to prohibit abortion after detection of an embryonic heartbeat, which can occur as early as six weeks from conception, often before a woman realizes she is pregnant.
Ohio House passes bill to save nuclear power plants
The Ohio House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that could cost power consumers about $190 million per year to save the state’s two nuclear power reactors from early retirement.
Ashton Kutcher ‘freaking out’ after date found slain, Los Angeles court told
Actor Ashton Kutcher told a Los Angeles jury on Wednesday that he was “freaking out” after learning that a young woman was found dead in Hollywood the day after he called at her home for a date.
Montana tribe rips Trump administration over federal coal leasing
A Montana tribe this week blasted the Trump administration for seeking to overturn an Obama-era moratorium on federal coal leasing without consulting it, saying the move violated its treaty rights and would have major impacts on its land.
U.S. judge approves Ruth Madoff $594,000 settlement with court-appointed trustee
A federal judge has approved Ruth Madoff’s $594,000 settlement with the court-appointed trustee who is liquidating her husband Bernard Madoff’s firm and raising money for the swindler’s victims.
