
Several lawsuit filed in recent years challenge state restrictions on the practice of midwifery. They argue that midwives are especially necessary in maternity care deserts.
The Artemis II, NASA’s most powerful rocket ever, blasted off with four astronauts inside the Orion space capsule on Wednesday, beginning their journey to get humans back on the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years. While this mission will not include a lunar landing, it will chart a path for humans to return to the moon in 2028. NBC’s Tom Costello reports and former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino joins TODAY with analysis, saying “A new era has really started.”

Simon Dudley fired after his comments were condemned by prime minister and families of fire victims Reform UK’s housing spokesperoson has been sacked his role after he described the Grenfell Tower fire as a “tragedy” but said that “everyone dies in the end”. Keir Starmer had called on Nigel Farage to sack Simon Dudley, a former head of Homes England, after his comments, which were condemned by Grenfell families and others. Continue reading...

The newly announced sanctions relief is the latest U.S. recognition of Rodríguez as a legitimate authority in Venezuela ever since the U.S. military captured her predecessor, Nicolás Maduro. (Image credit: Ariana Cubillos)
Macron and Japanese PM Takaichi do a 'Dragon Ball' pose

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Christopher Joell-Deshields was suspended last year, with £7,125 found to have been spent on luxury items The boss of Pride in London, one of the world’s largest LGBTQ+ events, has been sacked after he was accused of buying luxury goods for personal use with vouchers intended for volunteers’ food and drink. Christopher Joell-Deshields, who had been chief executive of Pride in London since 2021, was put under investigation last September and suspended the following month in response to claims of

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Randy Slaughter at his apartment in Bryan, Texas.

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Divers in race against time to unearth wreck of the Dannebroge before seabed becomes construction site More than 200 years after being sunk by Admiral Horatio Nelson and the British fleet, a Danish warship has been discovered on the seabed of Copenhagen harbour by marine archaeologists. Working in thick sediment and almost zero visibility 15 metres (49 feet) beneath the waves, divers are in a race against time to unearth the 19th-century wreck of the Dannebroge before it becomes a construction s

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Democrats criticize speech as doing little to answer ‘the most basic questions’ of the American people. Plus, how rap lyrics were used to help sentence a man to death Good morning. Donald Trump declared the month-long US-Israeli war against Iran a success “nearing completion” in his prime time address to the nation on Wednesday evening – despite the conflict wreaking global economic chaos, damaging transatlantic alliances and hitting his approval ratings. What is the significance of Trump’s comm