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Neveah Crain died in October 2023 after doctor reportedly called for two ultrasounds to ‘confirm fetal demise’A pregnant Texas teenager died after three separate visits to an emergency room in attempts to get care in another incident that has highlighted the medical impact of the loss of abortion rights in the US.Nevaeh Crain, 18, had gone to two different emergency rooms within 12 hours in October of 2023, each time returning home feeling worse than before. Crain was only diagnosed with strep throat upon her first visit. The hospital did not investigate her sharp abdominal cramps, according to reporting by ProPublica. Continue reading...

Thieves steal two works after ripping them from their frames as they were too big for their carThieves have blown open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands and stolen two works from a famous series of screen prints by Andy Warhol, leaving two others badly damaged in the street as they fled the scene of the botched heist.The gallery’s owner, Mark Peet Visser, said the thieves had tried to steal all four works from a 1985 series by the US pop artist called Reigning Queens, which features portraits of the then-queens of the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark and Swaziland, which is now called Eswatini. Continue reading...

Conservationists warn actions and ambitions of two super powers could lead to overexploitation of vital food source for whales, penguins and sealsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChina and Russia are working together to block new Antarctic marine parks and loosen krill fishing restrictions, undermining a major international convention designed to protect the region from overexploitation, according to analysts and conservationists.With the support of Russia, China reportedly used its veto rights at a meeting of the 26-nation Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in Tasmania to prevent the renewal of an agreement restricting krill fishing. Continue reading...

Polling experts point to ‘fake polls’ exaggerating his support, with baseless lawsuits alleging fraud already filedRepublicans are already laying the ground for rejecting the result of next week’s US presidential election in the event Donald Trump loses, with early lawsuits baselessly alleging fraud and partisan polls exaggerating his popularity to make it harder for his supporters to accept that he did not win, veteran strategists say.The warnings – from Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans – come as Americans prepare to vote on Tuesday in the most consequential presidential contest in generations. Most polls show Trump running neck and neck with Kamala Harris, the vice-president and Democratic nominee, with the two candidates seemingly evenly matched in seven key swing states. Continue reading...

Until October average number of jobs gained per month in 2024 has been about 200,000, but new figures were impacted by Boeing strike and recent hurricanesThe US added just 12,000 jobs in October, the last snapshot of the employment market before election day, in a report heavily impacted by the strike at Boeing and two recent hurricanes.The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1%. Continue reading...

Exclusive: increasing number of door knocks flagged as potentially fake, committee allegedly learned in SeptemberAmerica Pac, the political action committee founded by Elon Musk that has led the ground game operation for Donald Trump’s campaign, was warned in September about increasing numbers of door knocks being flagged as potentially fraudulent, according to three people familiar with the matter.The confrontation marked the first time that America Pac’s leadership became aware of the problem – canvassers falsely claiming to have knocked on doors – that has raised the possibility that thousands of Trump voters might not be reached by the field operation.Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...

Moore, 59, awaits clemency from the governor as his children plead for his life to be sparedSouth Carolina is on track to execute a man on death row on Friday, despite growing concerns about the validity of his sentence and objections from the judge who originally condemned him to death.Richard Moore, 59, is due to be killed by lethal injection at 6pm unless the state’s Republican governor, Henry McMaster, grants clemency. Moore’s children have pleaded for his life to be spared, and his resentencing efforts are now supported by the former corrections department director, two trial jurors, the judge who presided over the case and a former state supreme court justice. Continue reading...

António Guterres says treaty will endure but urges US to remain amid reports of Republican plan to withdraw from the climate negotiating framework entirelyThe world needs the US to remain in the international climate process to avoid a “crippled” Paris agreement, the UN secretary general has warned, amid fears that Donald Trump would take the country out of the accord for a second time.António Guterres said the landmark 2015 agreement to limit global heating would endure if the US withdrew once again, but compared the prospective departure to losing a limb or organ. Continue reading...

Death toll climbs to at least 158 people with many more unaccounted for, with Valencia region worst hitResidents in Spain’s Valencia region have been warned to brace for more rain, days after rivers of mud-coloured waters left a trail of devastation and as an additional 500 soldiers were earmarked to help with the rescue operations.On Friday, the state weather agency AEMET said that four regions, including Valencia, remained under amber alert because of the risk of rains and storms. Continue reading...