Articles from the July 14, 2023 edition
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How Lisa Marie Presley's weight-loss surgery contributed to her death
Lisa Marie Presley died after developing a small bowel obstruction, a severe complication of bariatric surgery years ago, according to an autopsy report released Thursday. Experts say these types of complications are a known but rare risk after...
For some remote Canadian wildfires, best and fastest option is sending in the smokejumpers
FORT ST. JOHN, British Columbia (AP) — When James Bergen steps from a plane and plummets toward fire below, he's not scared. Instead, he says, he gets a rush from not knowing exactly what he'll face when he parachutes in as one of the smokejumpers c...
House Republicans push through defense bill limiting abortion access and halting diversity efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a sweeping defense bill Friday that provides an expected 5.2% pay raise for service members but strays from traditional military policy with Republicans add-ons blocking abortion coverage, diversity initiatives a...
Long Island architect charged in 3 of the Gilgo Beach serial killings
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island architect was charged Friday with murder in the deaths of three of the 11 victims in a long-unsolved string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders after detectives pursuing a new lead say they matched DNA fr...
Americans are widely pessimistic about democracy in the United States, an AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Only about 1 in 10 U.S. adults give high ratings to the way democracy is working in the United States or how well it represents the interests of most Americans, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Publi...
An ex-Oklahoma undersheriff is sentenced for assaulting a handcuffed inmate
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — A former undersheriff in southeast Oklahoma was sentenced Thursday to nearly two years in prison for repeatedly striking a handcuffed arrestee in 2017, federal prosecutors said. Kendall Morgan, 45, also was sentenced to 36 m...
Kentucky's ban on gender-affirming care takes effect as federal judge lifts injunction
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's ban on gender-affirming care for young transgender people was restored Friday when a federal judge lifted an injunction he issued last month that had temporarily blocked the restrictions. The latest ruling by U.S. D...
New Mexico abuse case ends with prison sentences for 2 women accused of chaining children
TEXICO, N.M. (AP) — Two women in eastern New Mexico will spend years behind bars after reaching plea agreements in a case accusing them of beating children in their care and chaining them to their beds, prosecutors said. Jayme Kushman, 38, pleaded g... Full story
Microsoft moves closer to completing $69 billion Activision takeover after court rebuffs regulators
A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by federal regulators to block Microsoft from closing its $68.7 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, paving the way for the completion of the biggest acquisition in tech history...
