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A Scandinavian Airlines medical evacuation plane arrived on Friday in Malaysia’s northern resort island of Langkawi.

The Virginia state House and Senate agreed on Wednesday on a bill that would establish a legal market for recreational marijuana. 

A 59-year-old New York City subway conductor was slashed in the neck early Thursday as violent incidents plague residents in the Democrat-run city.

Officers rescued a five-year-old girl with autism on Monday after she wandered away from her home in Florida and got lost in a swamp.

An Indiana law banning transgender-related medical procedures for minors is allowed to take effect following a Tuesday ruling in a federal court.

A Senate Republican blocked the quick passage of a Democrat-led bill on Wednesday that would have installed federal protections, not just for in vitro fertilization (IVF) but for all “assisted reproductive technology” as defined by the federal government.

Fentanyl traffickers caught in Idaho will now receive mandatory minimum sentencing as a result of a new law passed to combat the drug crisis.

Sen. Duckworth’s bill would install federal protections, not just for IVF, but for all “assisted reproductive technology.”

Both Republicans and Democrats in Alabama are working to carve out exceptions for in vitro fertilization (IVF) after the state’s Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos are considered unborn children under state law.

“Where is Wendy Williams?” premiered over the weekend and featured numerous scenes of the former talk show host unsteady, belligerent, confused, and also drunk.

City leaders in Portland, Oregon, recently bought 100 tiny home pods for the homeless that came with a hefty price tag, but are said to be made of quality materials.

South Korea filed its first legal complaint against striking doctors on the grounds that the doctors were engaging in criminal behavior.

The FBI’s targeting of Catholics sounds “much more like Nazi Germany or communist Russia than the United States,” Bishop Joseph Strickland said.

An Irish court recently dismissed an $820,000 insurance claim by a mother who was caught tossing a Christmas tree in 2018.

The Seattle homeless man facing charges for carving out a hillside in a city park now appears to be homesteading there.

California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom’s super PAC launched a misleading television ad in Tennessee on Friday, which uses fearmongering to spread misconceptions about a proposed bill designed to keep minors from being trafficked out of state for abortions without parental consent.

More than 2,000 homeless individuals died in Los Angeles in 2023 — a nearly 300 percent increase in deaths from 2014, according to officials.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration is defying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) advice about the state’s growing measles outbreak, prompting health officials to call for more vaccinations and quarantining.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former talk show host Wendy Williams is thanking well-wishers for their response to the revelation she has been diagnosed with dementia and ahead of the airing of Lifetime documentary about her struggles.

The birth rate in England and Wales has fallen to a new low since records began, with the rate falling to just 1.49 per woman in 2022.

Three Florida mothers are taking a stand to inform the public about the dangers of fentanyl after losing their children to the deadly drug.

Trump is calling on the Alabama Legislature to find a way to preserve in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Alabama following the Alabama Supreme Court ruling last week that frozen embryos are considered unborn children, asserting that the “Republican Party should always be on the side of the Miracle of Life.”

A man is mourning the loss of his 17-month-old son, blaming the baby’s mother and CPS for allegedly letting him overdose on fentanyl.

Some major hospitals in South Korea have canceled as many as 50 percent of scheduled surgeries between Tuesday and Friday as a result of a massive health worker walkout in which nearly 80 percent of trainee doctors have tendered resignations to their employers.

Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with a form of dementia, according to a statement released Thursday on behalf of her caretakers.

Two Michigan men are dead and one is in critical condition after two young children discovered their father and his friends unresponsive due to suspected fentanyl overdoses.

Pharmacies across the country are facing delays in the wake of a cyberattack against the healthcare tech giant Change Healthcare, a leading prescription processor, which said it was “experiencing a network interruption related to a cyber security issue” on Wednesday.

The National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society has finally backtracked on its treatment of a 90-year-old volunteer who was fired over pronouns.

A man police were trying to find after his one-year-old overdosed on fentanyl has turned himself in to authorities in Laurens, South Carolina.

In a setback to Disney, a judge has ruled that ABC must go to court over a lawsuit filed by two General Hospital crewmembers who were fired for refusing to comply with the studio’s COVID vaccine mandate.

Activists in Nebraska looked to Taylor Swift fans last week to help them enshrine the supposed “right” to abortion in the state Constitution.

Alabama’s first baby box in Madison was used for the first time less than two weeks after it opened on January 10.

Oregon’s fentanyl overdose rate has surged by 1,530 percent over the last few years, making the state home to the worst increase in the U.S.

A tampon dispenser that was stealthily installed in a boys’ restroom at Brookfield High School in Brookfield, Connecticut, was quickly removed after students opposed the school’s transgender advocacy.

A Florida public school district has confirmed its sixth case of measles as health officials warn of an outbreak.

Former daytime TV powerhouse Dr. Phil McGraw took aim at the American medical establishment on Tuesday, blasting doctors for the harm they are committing by pushing so-called “gender-affirming care” on children.