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Alabama: Abortion is prohibited A federal judge on June 24 lifted an injunction against a 2019 state law banning abortion, allowing the law to take effect. The law allows exceptions to prevent “serious risk to the health” of the mother, for ectopic pregnancy and if “the unborn child has a fatal abnormality.” Arkansas: abortion outlawed Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge upheld the state’s activation ban, allowing it to go into effect on June 24....

An argument between the pilot and co-pilot of the Airbus A320 erupted and turned physical during a flight between Geneva and Paris in June, French weekly La Tribune reported. The fight was the latest in a series of incidents that have raised questions about safety at the French flag carrier, which is one of the world’s largest airlines. The cabin crew had to break up the altercation between the pilots in the cockpit, which began shortly after takeoff, Bloomberg reported....

The president of the union representing BC paramedics says the call came in Thursday night for an infant in cardiac arrest in the Barriere area, about a 45-minute drive north of Kamloops. Troy Clifford, president of Ambulance Paramedics of BC, said the ambulance that would normally serve the area was located in Kamloops, helping fill a staffing shortage there. The mayor of the area told CTV News that an eight-month-old baby died....

Hollywood’s favorite celebrity couple tied the knot on Saturday – for the second time in a lavish ceremony in Georgia, a month after exchanging vows in a low-key ceremony in Las Vegas. While glimpses of the dreamy ceremony have been making the rounds online, it’s been reported that the 50-year-old groom got emotional when he gave a speech to his new wife, 53-year-old JLo. The Argo star and director reported on his 2002 engagement to Marry me singer, noting that they didn’t walk down the aisle 20 years ago for some reason, he reported US Weekly....

Canada, which beat North Brisbane, Australia 7-0 and Takarazuka, Japan 6-0 earlier in the 75th Little League World Series, then saw the bats go cold in a 10-0 loss to Matamoros, Mexico . Team Vancouver had just five scattered hits against Curaçao. Lucas Weisser, the starting pitcher for Canada, went 3.2 innings and had three strikeouts. Unfortunately, he drew six walks that allowed Curaçao to post some early runs. In fact, Curaçao only had five hits in the entire game, but scored twice in the first inning and left the bases loaded....

Photos posted on Chinese social media also showed health workers testing residents while wearing coveralls in the heat wave. Other images showed tests taking place while fires raged in the background, prompting descriptions of the situation as “apocalyptic”. The city of more than 31 million people reported eight new confirmed cases of Covid on Friday. Authorities said that as of midnight Thursday, Chongqing had 105 cases. Chongqing’s latest efforts to contain a new Covid outbreak have come as the city has been engulfed in a prolonged heat wave, wildfires and severe drought that has led to power outages....

Chongqing, China: Millionen stehen bei 40 Grad Hitze für Coronavirus-Tests an Nachdem in der chinesischen Stadt Chongqing 100 Covid-Fälle bekannt geworden sind, müssen fast 30 Millionen Menschen für den Covid-Test marschieren – egal wie heiß es ist. Chinesische Behörden testen Millionen Menschen in der Stadt Chongqing auf das Coronavirus. Viele Betroffene stehen stundenlang Schlange – teilweise unter sengender Sonne. 20 Minuten / Twitter Im südwestchinesischen Chongqing stehen etwa 30 Millionen für einen neuen Coronavirus-Test an....

The other species left behind at the park in Glen Rose, Texas, was Sauroposeidon, which would have been about 60 feet tall and weighed about 44 tons as an adult, Garcia added. This summer’s extreme drought has caused a river in the park to dry up completely in most places, revealing the tracks — the latest hidden secret to be revealed recently as bodies of water have dried up due to drought conditions around the world....

Le président français Emmanuel Macron est arrivé jeudi 25 août en Algérie pour une visite de trois jours, ayant pour objectif de “reconstruire” les relations bilatérales et qui, pour l’Algérie, marque la reconnaissance de son importance stratégique dans la région. L’avion du chef de l’Etat, qui est accompagné d’une délégation de plus de 90 personnes, s’est posé vers 15h30. (14h30 GMT). A sa descente d’avion, il a été accueilli avec les honneurs militaires par son homologue, Abdelmadjid Tebboune....

Several park visitors, as well as Wally’s owner, Joie Henney, posted pictures and videos of the lovable alligator on a leash, greeting visitors and wading through the fountain’s spraying water. Henney told CNN he got Wally six years ago. A longtime reptile rescuer who has worked with alligators for 30 years, Henney contacted a friend who worked in Florida. “There was an overabundance of gutters in that area,” Haney said....

“Fin de l’abondance”: Rousselle blâme un président qui ne s’entend pas avec les Français Le secrétaire national du PCF, Fabien Roussel, a critiqué jeudi les propos « particuliers » d’Emmanuel Macron sur « l’abondance ». “Le président de la République ose venir nous dire : ‘C’est au-dessus de l’abondance, c’est au-dessus de l’insouciance.’ skier, en famille, dans sa piscine privée ? “Il ne connaît pas les problèmes des Français. Les Français, ils ont des inquiétudes, ils ne vivent pas dans l’insouciance, ils s’inquiètent pour l’avenir”, a-t-il insisté, évoquant les “dix millions de nos concitoyens qui vivent en dessous”....

Confirmation that typical annual bills will rise from just under £2,000 to over £3,500, defined as spending 10% or more of disposable income on energy, means it will now apply to around half of households in England, Scotland and Wales. The poorest will be hit hardest, but the energy crisis, fueled by Vladimir Putin and quantified by Ofgem, is set to take the cost of living into new territory. Bills expected to rise after price cap announcement – live updates From October 1, when the first increased bills arrive, this will no longer be an issue only for the invisible and the poor, those people, parents and pensioners who are already familiar with longer hot bus routes and cafes that they are more tolerant of sharing heat at the price of a cup of tea....

Shortly after Opening Night Live ended, several users took to Twitter to note that developer Build a Rocket Boy has several openings for a blockchain team. This lends credence to speculation that Everywhere, which promises to “redefine the way players connect with each other and the digital world around them,” may include non-tradable tokens [NFTs] Somehow. it is an NFT game. Just be aware. #Gamescom #gamescom2022 — Slim Thiccens (@ChefLuBu_ATL) August 23, 2022 NFTs have been a hot topic as boosters have worked to gain more acceptance for the technology....

Lord Kim Darroch, who had access to Britain’s top secrets for nearly a decade during his roles as national security adviser and UK ambassador to the United States, said understanding the Russian leader’s motivations was the “gold dust ” which both London and Washington were desperate for. to succeed. “The real gold dust would be anyone who could give us information about what Putin is saying and his immediate, very small environment, including instructions from Putin to the military and so on,” he told Mr Kerbaj....

Mit seinem neunten Saisonsieg hat Verstappen seine Teamkollegen zu Statisten verdrängt und liegt mit 284 Punkten fast schon entscheidend an der Spitze der Weltmeisterschaft. Neuer „Verfolger“ nach 14 der 22 Rennen ist sein Red-Bull-Teamkollege Sergio Perez (191), der als Zweiter startete und auch auf dieser Position ins Ziel kam. Dritter wurde Ferrari-Pilot Carlos Sainz (Spanien). Die Ferrari-Hoffnung Charles Leclerc startete direkt hinter Verstappen und rückte nur auf den fünften Platz vor....

Police told CTV News that officers responded to a scene on Radcliffe Drive SE after reports of a shooting. The incident on Tuesday afternoon happened around 6:15 p.m. and police believe several shots were fired in a targeted attack. Officers attended the scene and spoke to witnesses later in the evening. A witness, who asked to be identified only as Jeff, told CTV he was riding his scooter home from work when he heard what sounded like fireworks and then saw a white car “zip out of the parking lot....

If you’ve been to Harmony Beach this summer, you’ll have noticed something missing. Public toilets. GFL had some Porta Potties on site this summer while volunteers did a beach cleanup, but they were removed after the cleanup was complete. The original public toilets were demolished in autumn 2021. “There have been restrooms here since the 1960s. Now people get up here and see they’re gone,” said Jeff Beaumont, a concerned Harmony Beach resident....

Mike von Massow, a food economist at the University of Guelph, said the social norm for tipping was once 15 per cent. “I’ve seen it creeping up in urban areas to 20 or higher,” he said. Ontario’s surge in tipping is almost 10 per cent higher than the national rate, which also rose 44 per cent when compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to an Angus Reid survey sent to 1,500 Canadians in April....

In his whirlwind summer of accomplishments, one of President Joe Biden’s highlights may have been overshadowed by news of war, inflation, abortion rights battles and the FBI’s Mar-A-Lago investigation. Biden has appointed more federal court judges at this point in his term than any president since John F. Kennedy. As of Aug. 8, 2022, exactly 566 days into Biden’s term, the Senate had confirmed a record 75 Biden-appointed judges to federal courts, according to a count by the Pew Research Center....

FRANCOIS LO PRESTI contre AFP Marine Tondelier, ancienne représentante de Yannick Jadot lors de la présidentielle, demande que l’on « tire les leçons » de cet échec en reconstruisant le parti. POLITIQUE – Qui succèdera à Julien Bayou en fin d’année ? Comment mettre en œuvre l’accord avec la NUPES ? Quelle stratégie adopter aux élections européennes ? Alors que les 38èmes Journées d’été de l’Europe Ecologie-Les Verts s’ouvrent ce jeudi 25 août à Grenoble, une question résume les enjeux du parti écologiste dans les mois à venir : que faut-il faire ?...