Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says
Women living in states with abortion bans obtained the procedure in the second half of 2023 at about the same rate as before ...
Former CT nonprofit director used stolen grant funds for vacations, private schools, officials say
Michele Devine, 50 of Waterford, stole around $400,000 from a Norwich-based nonprofit where she served as executive director.
General Motors overcomes US sales drop and China losses to post 3rd quarter profit of $3 billion
Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson said that while overall sales in the U.S., GM's most profitable market, fell 2.2% in ...
The whip-poor-will has been an omen of death for centuries − what happened to this iconic bird of American horror?
Perhaps the best known whip-poor-wills in American horror appear in H.P. Lovecraft’s novella “ The Dunwich Horror .” Lovecraft references the species nearly two dozen times in his story, with the ...
Nebraska Democrats hope Omaha will be a ‘blue dot’ on the state’s red electoral map − and their lawn sign is a vibe
With Nebraska’s blue dot signs, Omahans are fighting to keep their spot on the map, not erase it. They are an act of claiming space, making Democrats visible in a state so strongly associated with ...
Women are at a higher risk of dying from heart disease − in part because doctors don’t take major sex and gender differences into account
The reasons for these differences are not fully clear. Some potential factors include differences in artery plaque composition that make men’s plaque more likely to rupture or burst and women’s plaque ...
On Ukraine, candidate Trump touts his role as dealmaker while Harris sticks with unwavering support
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican contender Donald Trump had a chance to clarify their positions on Ukraine. Trump evaded ABC moderator David Muir’s question regarding the ...
How pollsters have adapted to changing technology and voters who don’t answer the phone
In the 1970s, after household telephones had become widespread in the U.S., survey operators adopted a random-sampling method called random digit dialing, in which the survey’s designers would choose ...
Civilian support for military coups isn’t a bug – it’s a feature
But in the past two decades, virtually every successful coup has been associated with some level of support outside the military. So while civilian support might not be unique to recent cases, there ...
Victorian ghost photographs amused viewers with spooky thrills
But the ghost has the head of a cow and wears a necklace on which is lettered “MUSTARD.” A Victorian viewer accustomed to wordplay riddles would realize that this ghost-of-pepper also implies that the ...
Opinion: Success Village receivership only led to more delays
Unfortunately, the results of the receivership to date is more confusion and no solution in sight. Ty Bird served as ...
How Project 2025's rightward vision became a flashpoint in this year's election
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the past year, Project 2025 has endured as a persistent force in the presidential election, its ...