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Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Ireland’s May 25 referendum on abortion is a vote about compassion.

It’s a rare instance in which fractious Republicans and Democrats in Congress have come together.

The former first lady, 92, “will instead focus on comfort care,” a family spokesman said.

Kentucky lawmakers and the American Civil Liberties Union are again locked in battle over abortion rights.

Fake marijuana likely contaminated with rat poison has killed three people in Illinois and caused severe bleeding in more than 100 others, including a few in four other states.

Utah passed the country’s first law legalizing free-range parenting, and groups in states from New York to Texas are pushing for similar steps.

Sergei Skripal had been fighting for his life after exposure to a nerve agent the Britain has linked to the Russian government.

A slim majority of Americans see prescription drug addiction as a disease that requires medical treatment, but most would not welcome those suffering from the problem into their neighborhoods, workplaces or families.

The plan includes a push for earlier diagnosis, help for families, teacher training, and research to better understand autism. Yet families and associations say the plan is unlikely to take the giant steps needed to catch France up with the United States, Canada, and other European countries.

Britain said Russia’s proposal for a joint investigation received only six votes at a special session of the executive council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Advocates for liberalizing marijuana laws have proposed it as a lower-risk alternative to opioids.

There has been a surge in the use of methamphetamine and cocaine mixed with a powerful synthetic opioid.

A headline from California is jolting people more than their morning cup: A judge ruled that coffee in the state should carry a cancer warning.

A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California law requires coffee companies to carry an ominous cancer warning label because of a chemical produced in the roasting process.

Lavrov said Moscow will also retaliate to the US decision to shut the Russian consulate in Seattle by closing the US consulate in St. Petersburg.

Ronny Jackson passed his screen test with President Donald Trump before the casting session even began.

President Trump has fired David Shulkin, tweeting that White House doctor Ronny Jackson is his nominee to be the next Veterans Affairs secretary.

An alarm system turned off on a fertility clinic storage tank that had been malfunctioning for weeks led to a failure that likely ruined more than 4,000 eggs and embryos, double what the clinic first thought, it said Tuesday.

Scientists now have the dirt on the rubber ducky: Those cute yellow bath-time toys are — as some parents have long suspected — a haven for nasty bugs.

The American Dental Association wants dentists to drastically cut back on prescribing opioids.

The government will spend a record $4.6 billion this year to fight the nation’s deepening opioid crisis.

British Prime Minister Theresa May won the backing of 27 other European Union leaders on Thursday in blaming Russia for the poisoning of a former spy on English soil

The war of words between Russia and Britain over an ex-spy’s poisoning got uglier Wednesday as the U.K. foreign secretary called it vomit-inducing that Russian President Vladimir Putin is rejoicing over hosting the World Cup. Russia shot back that Boris Johnson is “poisoned with venom of malice and hate.”

Women in conservative Utah will soon be able to get birth control directly from a pharmacist rather than visiting a doctor each time they want to obtain or renew a prescription, a move taken by only a few other states, many of them liberal.

The Mississippi law was in effect less than 24 hours before a federal judge temporarily blocked it during what could become a long legal fight between the state’s Republican governor and its only abortion clinic.

If Tuesday’s findings pan out, ‘‘this could be a whole new kind of target in treating obesity,’’ said a Cornell University food scientist.

‘‘The lives of many citizens were threatened by this reckless and illegal act,’’ EU foreign ministers said.

The advice comes out of a new attempt to determine the risks of catching germs on an airplane.

Getting one without facing delays and false medical information depends on where women live, the study said.

David Shulkin, under fire for ethics violations, said Thursday that he has no intention of leaving his job even as the White House hinted at the possibility of “personnel changes” to lead the beleaguered agency.

President Trump is planning to visit New Hampshire for the first time since the 2016 election campaign.

UK Prime minister Theresa May, announcing a range of economic and diplomatic measures against Russia, said the diplomats have a week to leave Britain.

The Kremlin said it was not involved in an attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England.

Police say there is no evidence to suggest a link to the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, but they are investigating the “unexplained” death.

A woman who was 11 when she was forced to marry her rapist has worked for six years to ban child marriages in Florida. On Friday, she was hailed as a hero after the Legislature passed a bill prohibiting marriage for anyone under 17.

UK officials have warned of a strong response if the Russian government is found to be responsible.

Phil Bryant is indicating he will sign a bill, which the Senate has approved and sent to the House.

The report is another blow to Secretary David Shulkin, who served at the VA then and is fighting to keep his job.

The Hawaii House has approved a bill that would allow physicians to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients.

The Senate voted, 20 to 18, in favor of bill that was crafted in a response to the Feb. 14 massacre.

Some 2,000 women with colorful banners have walked through Poland’s capital city for the event.

Authorities in Azerbaijan say at least 24 people have been killed in a fire at a drug rehabilitation clinic in the capital this morning.

Climbers on North America’s tallest mountain may have to start packing out more of their waste after a researcher determined a glacier in which much of it has been dumped over the past decade probably is not decomposing the human waste.

Amid the outcry over the Florida school shootings, the Trump administration says it is “actively exploring” ways to help states expand inpatient mental health treatment using Medicaid funds.

‘‘She was really a great animal,’’ said Dr. Keith Hinshaw, director of animal health at the zoo. It was ‘‘spectacular’’ for Coldilocks to far surpass the average 23-year lifespan of a polar bear, he said.

The warnings around Nikolas Cruz, the accused Florida gunman, seemed to flash like neon signs.

The former first lady had surgery Sunday to remove scar tissue from a portion of her small intestine.

The warnings around Nikolas Cruz seemed to flash like neon signs. In Florida, that wasn’t enough to request a judicial order barring him from possessing guns.

Six civilians suffered breathing difficulties and other symptoms indicative of poison gas inhalation.