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Two states had tried to block the use of Medicaid money for non-abortion, pregnancy-related health care services at Planned Parenthood. The action is a big win for Planned Parenthood.

“If we held the vote tomorrow, the deal would be rejected by a significant margin,” the U.K. prime minister admitted, hours after a European Union court ruled the U.K. can still back out of Brexit.

Much of the movement’s popular anger has crystallized around President Emmanuel Macron, seen as arrogant and out of touch. He will make a televised address Monday evening to try to quell the crisis.

The pact, set to be approved this week, is meant to help the European Union navigate its most politically sensitive issue. The pact is non-binding, but several countries have pulled support.

Jazz 966 is a senior center by day, but, on Friday nights, it transforms into a swinging jazz club catering to seniors who love to hear live music.

The price of insulin keeps going up. For people with Type 1 diabetes, high prices can be a life and death issue. Now a grassroots movement is pushing for change.

Why develop an exercise habit now? Because 75-year-olds who’ve been doing it for decades may have the cardiovascular systems of people in their 40s and the muscles of 20-somethings, researchers found.

Suggesting that special counsel Robert Mueller is tightening the net has become a fashionable take lately. But last week’s developments may not mean Mueller’s investigation is winding up.

Meng Wanzhou was detained during a layover in Vancouver. The U.S. government says a subsidiary of Huawei violated U.S. sanctions with Iran, and that the company deceived financial institutions.

Up to a foot of snow is expected to fall across the southern Appalachians and nearby foothills in North Carolina and Virginia through Sunday night.

While opioids get all the attention, rural communities struggle with substances like meth and alcohol too. One clinic is building up capacity to treat all of them, using both medicine and counseling.

Climate change is so dramatic in northern Alaska that the effects on hunting and erosion are very real to people who’ve lived their whole lives there.

President Trump has called the Russia investigation a “witch hunt,” but more than 30 people have been charged. Many of those who’ve been accused, however, may never go to trial.

Deval Patrick passed on running for president this week, saying the campaign process is too “cruel.” He’s right — there are a lot of downsides to running for president.

The Army general has a voracious appetite for history — and Boston sports teams. If approved by the Senate, the 60-year-old Massachusetts native will take the helm next summer.

On Wednesday, Susie Goodall was 2,000 miles west of South America when her boat capsized in heavy wind, breaking its mast and knocking her unconscious.

Protesters took to the streets of the French capital on Saturday in the fourth demonstration since unrest began in November.

The retired Marine Corps general sought to bring discipline and process to a chaotic White House but ultimately could not put a check on President Trump’s desire to go unmanaged.

Most of those killed were minors attending a rap concert. Officials have not determined what caused the stampede, but there are reports of pepper spray being used inside of the club.

Milley, currently the Army Chief of Staff, will succeed Gen. Joseph Dunford.

Ethiopia has stunned the world with its reforms. Eritreans face steep challenges if they want to follow suit.

Prosecutors have revealed a little more about cases involving Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman and his former lawyer. Both men are looking at prison time, but there’s more to the story.

A woman from Iowa began taking pictures of goats in sweaters in Bangladesh and India. The owners thought she was crazy. But her work has made a difference in the lives of the locals, in a good way.

Election fraud happens, but not the kind President Trump talks about with people voting twice. It’s most common with mail votes. Experts are warning of a backlash to a method 1 in 5 voters now uses.

With the spate of racist mass violence in recent years, it’s helpful to consider past waves of white supremacist activity in the United States and what, exactly, caused those ebbs and flows.

Anne-Marie Brady is a professor at the University of Canterbury, and says she has been the victim of a campaign of intimidation in her home country after publishing research critical of China.

James Alex Fields rammed his car into counterprotestors in 2017, killing Heather Heyer and injuring several other people. He was convicted of first degree murder and other charges.

Prosecutors acknowledged that Cohen has been cooperating with cases in New York City but nonetheless said the crimes he has admitted committing are serious enough to warrant prison.

Sgt. Ron Helus was struck by five bullets from the suspect’s weapon. But it was a sixth shot, fired by another law enforcement officer, that proved fatal.

Two employees worked with falsified papers at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey, their lawyer said. The president has visited the club more than 70 times since taking office.

American foulbrood is an infectious disease that devastates honeybee hives. Scientists say they’ve created a vaccine for it, despite a big hurdle: Bees don’t have antibodies.