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Pakistan appoints 1st woman Supreme Court judge

A female judge was appointed to Pakistan's Supreme Court for the first time in the country's history, amid protests by male lawyers.

Ben Bergquam was hospitalized with COVID in January. He says he brought his own prescription for ivermectin--an unproven COVID therapy.

What a bottle of ivermectin reveals about the shadowy world of COVID telemedicine

An anti-vaccine group known for spreading medical disinformation is writing prescriptions for unproven COVID-19 treatments, with the help of a doctor whose medical license was revoked in Alabama.

Volodymyr Omelyan says he believes that defending the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, is important. It is a city he feels like he belongs to.

A Ukrainian man who enlisted after Russia's invasion gives an update, a week later

"People are getting furious and people are ready to kill Russians," Volodymyr Omelyan told NPR on Wednesday. "Even civilians which never took any kind of gun in their hands."

Author Salman Rushdie is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y., about 75 miles (120 km) south of Buffalo.

Salman Rushdie off ventilator and talking after stabbing attack

A 24-year-old New Jersey man pleaded not guilty after being charged with attempted murder in Friday's attack in Chautauqua, N.Y. The author underwent surgery, his agent said.

Reporter Hank Plante interviews a man who is sick with the AIDS virus in the 1980s.

Veteran journalist sees echoes of the AIDS epidemic in present-day monkeypox emergency

One veteran journalist sees similarities to the early AIDS epidemic and is now urging health officials not repeat the same mistakes.

Two chimpanzees roam the grounds of Chimp Haven in Louisiana. Many former research chimpanzees have been sent to retire at the sanctuary.

The NIH is 'largely finished' moving its former research chimps to a sanctuary

All chimps managed by the National Institutes of Health that are currently eligible to go to a sanctuary have been moved there, but animal welfare advocates say more should be allowed to go.

The State Theatre in Portland, Maine is one of the many venues that has yet to receive SVOG money.

As Grants For Shuttered Venues Trickle Out, Many Owners Are Still Waiting

The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant was meant to help small independent venues, theaters and other entertainment spaces hit hard by the pandemic. But it's taken six months to get up and running.

Taras Shevchenko (left) and Kateryna Pavlenko from the band Go_A sing exclusively in Ukrainian and represented Ukraine on the main stage in 2021 at Eurovision, the popular European song contest.

For Ukrainian musicians, rejecting Russia is a matter of national pride

Ukrainian musicians are turning away from Russia, and sometimes the Russian language, as they try to reassert their country's identity. Some who used to sing in Russian now only perform in Ukrainian.

Chula Vista Elementary School District Administration Office, Jan. 11, 2022

Chula Vista teachers plan walkout as students return from holiday break

The Chula Vista Educators union plans ongoing on-time walkout in protest of their expired contract with Chula Vista Elementary School District

Republican candidates like Tom Barrett are putting inflation, including high gas prices, at the center of their midterm messages. Barrett is challenging Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin in Michigan's 7th Congressional District.

Inflation adds to voters' frustrations in a key congressional district

President Biden's popularity has crumbled since he first took office. A trip to Michigan's 7th Congressional District — one of the most competitive in the country — is a window into why.

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