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To kick off this summer reading season, I'm recommending two suspense novels that gleefully overturn the age-old "woman-in-trouble" plot.Megan Abbott is a superstar of the suspense genre who's generated a host of bestsellers like The Turnout and Dare Me, which was made into a series for Netflix.

Oklahoma's Supreme Court said on Wednesday that two laws passed last year that ban most abortions are unconstitutional.But the ruling does not affect a law passed in 1910 which still prohibits most abortions in the state, unless they are necessary to save the life of the mother.The laws that were struck down by the court were civil laws that had relied on suits from private citizens to enforce them.

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a controversial bill that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks, setting up a likely override effort from the state legislature, where Republicans have a supermajority.Cooper's swift veto comes just over a week after the Republican-controlled state Senate advanced the bill to his desk in a party-line vote.

Republican lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly have reached a deal on legislation that would place restrictions on most abortions after 12 weeks.Assuming the agreement holds, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina, who has worked to enshrine abortion rights, would be unable to block the legislation due to a veto-proof GOP supermajority in the state that was reached last month after a Charlotte-area Democrat switched parties.

A Jack-the-Ripper-style killer has been jailed for more than 25 years for the murder of a pregnant woman he was cleared of killing 30 years ago.David Smith, 67, was acquitted of killing escort Sarah Crump, 33, in 1993 after a trial where her mother warned he would kill again.Six years later, the lorry driver murdered another sex worker Amanda Walker, 21, for which he has served 24 years of a life sentence.

An exhibition showing 24 portraits of Ukrainian women who fled the war and resettled in Liverpool has gone on display in the city during the Eurovision Song Contest, and was described as being like a form of therapy for those photographed.Photographer Ean Flanders, 58, told the PA news agency that he was inspired to undertake the project after meeting two Ukrainian women who were living with his friends after being forced to flee their country.

A man who is accused of murdering his wife was overheard in hospital telling her if she died in childbirth that would be okay because he would be free, a court has heard.Kashif Anwar, 29, is accused of murdering Fawziyah Javed, 31, in Edinburgh in September 2021 by pushing her from Arthur's Seat in Holyrood Park, causing her multiple blunt force injuries which led to her death and that of her unborn child.

Many of Thursday's front pages lead with Rishi Sunak's pledge to fix the NHS.The Daily Express, the Daily Mail, the Daily Star, The Times, the Financial Times and The Independent all carry the PM's plan to restore Britain and its health sector.The i adds that the NHS has been forced to send patients to hotels to ease bed blocking.

A dustpan and brush, out-of-date chocolate and wine and used deodorant are among some of the worst Christmas gifts people say they have received, a survey has found.In January 2022, Which?surveyed nearly 1,800 Christmas gift recipients and found that a quarter (24%) had received an unwanted or unsuitable gift at Christmas 2021.

North Carolina's Republican-led General Assembly moved Tuesday to ban most abortions after 12 weeks, voting to override a veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.The state House voted 72-48 along party lines hours after the state Senate voted 30-20 to do the same.A three-fifths vote in both chambers, where Republicans hold supermajorities, was needed to override the governor's previous rejection of the measure.

British men are taking payments of up to 10,000 to add their names to the birth certificates of migrant women's children, according to reports.A BBC Newsnight investigation has found scammers are using Facebook to find willing participants and claim to have helped thousands of women with the move, which helps the child to get UK citizenship and the mother a residency route.

A woman has sadly died after being injured when crowds of people attempted to enter the O2 Academy Brixton on Thursday night.Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, of Newham died on Saturday morning in hospital, the police said.She was one of three women who were taken to hospital following the incident.A post-mortem will be held on Sunday at the Greenwich Public Mortuary.

Fred Odum-Jones, 38, is from Lewisham (Image: Metropolitan Police) A pregnant woman was pushed away and forced to look on as her husband was assaulted and robbed by "callous" criminals.While Fred Odum-Jones has been jailed for the robbery, officers are appealing for information to trace a second man.

Fred Odum-Jones (Image: Met Police) A Lewisham man who robbed a pregnant woman and her husband in east London has been jailed.Fred Odum-Jones, 38, of Laleham Road, was sentenced to four and a half years' imprisonment at Snaresbrook Crown Court after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to robbery, assault by beating, and dangerous driving.

New York and federal health officials have issued a warning about two cases of a drug-resistant, highly contagious skin infection in New York City.The new report, published late last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, linked two local cases of ringworm rash to an aggressive strain of a fungus named Trichophyton indotineae.

By Ben Brachfeld & Lloyd Mitchell Posted on May 7, 2023 Three people are dead and one is injured after a fiery car crash in Bay Ridge on the morning of May 7, 2023.Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams Three people are dead and one is in the hospital after their car struck a tree and caught fire near the Belt Parkway in Bay Ridge.

Pregnancy is a profound event.As a woman carries a child in her womb, her body drastically changes.She will gain wait.Her feet may swell and her back may ache.She will likely experience morning sickness, mood swings, and cravings for everything from pickles to popcorn slathered in peanut butter.Certain smells might make her wretch.

Members of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany held a memorial service Saturday for the six people killed during a mass shooting at a religious service in Hamburg this month.A 35-year-old German man who opened fire during the March 9 service killed himself as police arrived at a Jehovah's Witnesses hall where the service was taking place.

London is nothing without its weird and wonderful facts.According to modern myth, these weird laws are still woven into the thick fabric of the UK's historical legislation (although, admittedly, many have now actually been made obsolete by newer laws).Still, it's best to be aware of these things, just in case you get a surprise caution from the police next time you're out flying your kite - handily, we set our pals Polly and Ciaran the task of sorting out fact from fiction! 👇
Just so you can be the squeaky clean, law-abiding citizen we all know you are, here are twelve weird but true laws to be aware of...
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Hello, this is the Guardian's live coverage of the war in Ukraine.My name is Helen Sullivan and I'll be bringing you the latest for the next while.Zaporizhzhia governor Oleksandr Starukh said on Telegram in the early hours of Wednesday morning that a Russian missile strike on a maternity ward in the Zaporizhzhia oblast city of Vilniansk has killed a newborn baby.

People receive bread at humanitarian aid center in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.(AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)KYIV, Ukraine - Russia targeted more than 40 villages around Ukraine over the past day, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday, killing at least two people and sustaining the terror that forces people into air raid shelters each night.

A traditional birth attendant massages a pregnant woman before assisting in delivering her baby in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya.Brian Inganga/AP There's been virtually no progress in reducing the number of women who die due to pregnancy or childbirth worldwide in recent years.That's the conclusion of a sweeping new report released jointly by the World Health Organization and other United Nations agencies as well as the World Bank.

The Italian police on Monday arrested perhaps the country's most wanted fugitive, Matteo Messina Denaro, a mafia boss who had eluded the authorities for three decades and was convicted in absentia of murder and other crimes.Mr. Messina Denaro, 60, was arrested in a hospital in Palermo, in his native Sicily, where he was undergoing treatment, Pasquale Angelosanto, a general with the Italian national police, said in a statement.

Sean Woulfe, an Orland Park man who pleaded guilty in July to five counts of reckless homicide for a 2017 car accident that killed a pregnant woman and her three children, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison.Will County Judge Daniel Rippy said Woulfe's sentence would be two years for each of the victims, including the unborn baby, but the sentences would be served concurrently.

A Gary man was sentenced to 95 years Friday for stabbing a pregnant woman and causing the baby's death.A jury convicted Austin Mendez, 28, Nov. 4 on all counts.He was sentenced on murder and attempted murder charges.After Latricia Lacey, carrying his child, was stabbed in 2017, she was airlifted to Loyola University where her son Isaiah was born brain dead, according to court records.

A Toronto taxi driver had a morning he'll never forget after what started off as a routine call ended with him helping to deliver a baby in the back of his cab.Vernon Warnor, a driver with Beck Taxi, was just minutes into his shift when he got a call for a pick-up in Scarborough.He had no idea then what was about to unfold.

A pregnant woman was reportedly shot Thursday afternoon during a possible road rage incident in San Bernardino, authorities said.San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies responded to reports of a shooting near the intersection of Clearwater Parkway and Sycamore Creek Drive in the unincorporated community of Rosena Ranch.

A disgraceful drug driver who killed a pregnant woman and her elderly father with his car has been jailed for 16 years.Noga Sella, 37, was five weeks pregnant when she was killed in the crash alongside her 81-year-old father Yoram Hirshfield.Mrs Sella's husband Omer was badly hurt in the crash, which happened in Ramsgate, Kent, and two children were injured.

Through its very design, Istanbul is a gateway.A city divided between Europe and Asia, its neighbourhoods straddle the banks of the two separate continents across the Bosphorus Strait.It is the first place many head to in a country whose borders remain more accessible than others, the first place that many head when home is no longer somewhere they can stay.