Author: Grace Thompson

A Wyoming judge ruled Monday that two laws restricting and banning abortion in the state violate its constitution,making the procedure legalup until fetal viability for the time being. Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens imposed an injunction on the pair of state laws in a ruling that said they ran afoul of the state constitution, which says every person has a right to personal autonomy in making medical decisions. Owens wrote that under the two statutes the Life Act and the Medication Abortion Ban the state "has enacted laws that impede the fundamental right to make health care decisions for an entire class of people, pregnant women. Owens added that the state laws created a restriction on abortion beginning at the earliest stages of development, did not differentiate between a ...

Days after the United States let Ukraine to launch an attack inside Russia using American missiles, Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly lowered the threshold for his nation's use of nuclear weapons on Tuesday. Moscow could launch a nuclear strike if attacked by a non-nuclear nation backed by a nuclear state, according to the Kremlin, which said Putin had approved an updated nuclear doctrine, a document that regulates how Russia utilizes its nuclear weapons. Later on Tuesday, Moscow's defense ministry asserted that Ukraine had launched its first attack on Russian territory with long-range weaponry provided by the United States, using an ATACMS missile to strike a military installation in the Bryansk region. Five ATACMS missiles were shot down by Russian air defenses, but pieces of ano...

There was no photo finish forPresident Joe Biden. The outgoing American leader arrived for a family picture with world leaders during his final Group of 20 summit on Monday, only to find the photo had already been taken without him. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer were among those who did make it, smiling and raising linked hands for the traditional summit set piece. A senior U.S. official attributed the mix-up in in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to logistical challenges. Due to logistical issues, they took the family photo early before all the leaders had arrived. So a number of leaders weren t actually there when they took the photo, said the senior official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Biden was nowhere to...

Days after the United States let Ukraine to launch an attack inside Russia using American missiles, Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly lowered the threshold for his nation's use of nuclear weapons on Tuesday. Moscow could launch a nuclear strike if attacked by a non-nuclear nation backed by a nuclear state, according to the Kremlin, which said Putin had approved an updated nuclear doctrine, a document that regulates how Russia utilizes its nuclear weapons. Moscow's defense ministry claimed later Tuesday that Ukraine had carried out its first strike on Russian territory using U.S.-supplied long-range weapons, hitting a military facility in the Bryansk region with an ATACMS missile. Russian air defenses shot down five ATACMS missiles but fragments of another fell on the technical ter...

Russian PresidentVladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for his country's use of nuclear weaponsTuesday, days afterthe United States allowed Ukraine to strike inside Russia using American missiles. The Kremlin announced that Putin had approved anupdated nuclear doctrinea document that governs how Russia uses its nuclear arsenal including the declaration that Moscow could unleash a nuclear strike if subject to an attack by a non-nuclear country that has the support of a nuclear state. Moscow's defense ministry claimed later Tuesday that Ukraine had carried out its first strike on Russian territory using the U.S.-supplied long-range weapons known as ATACMS, hitting a military facility in the Bryansk region. Russian air defenses shot down five ATACMS missiles but fragments of another...

A lawyer said his client was allegedly paid to have sex with Matt Gaetz at a 2017 party. A man accused of three fatal stabbings in New York City has an extensive criminal history. And a debate is raging ahead of the release of Wicked : to sing or not to sing? Here s what to know today. Matt Gaetz allegedly paid an adult woman for sex in 2017, attorney says Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump s pick to lead the Justice Department, paid a woman for sex at a party in Florida where prostitution is illegal while Gaetz was a member of the House, the woman s attorney said. In an interview with NBC News, Joel Leppard said the woman says she also saw Gaetz having sex with her friend, who was 17, at the same invitation-only party in Orlando in 2017. This is Morning Rundown, a weekday ne...

Gisele Pelicoton Tuesday lambasted the cowardice of the dozens of men accused of abusing her during10 years of mass rape organized by her husbandand told the court hearing the trial France s patriarchal society must change. Dominique Pelicot, her husband, has admitted in court to drugging his wife, 71, and inviting strangers to their house to rape her while she was unconscious. Most of the 50 other men on trial have denied rape. She only learnt of her ordeal when police stumbled upon videos and pictures her husband recorded of the abuse he is accused of orchestrating. For me this is the trial of cowardice, there is no other way to describe it, Gisele Pelicot said, with many of the accused in the courtroom. It is the third time she has addressed the court in Avignon, southern France, as th...

Severe weatheris set to hit opposite ends of the country this week, with a powerful low pressure system followed by an atmospheric river set to bring damaging winds, heavy rain and snow to the Pacific Northwest, while storms and possible flooding are headed for the Gulf Coast. The National Weather Service said in a 3 a.m. ET update that a "rapidly strengthening and extremely powerful" weather system could bring winds of 70 mph across northern California and parts of Washington and Oregon from Tuesday. "These winds are likely to produce numerous power outages and tree damage in the most impact regions," the weather service said. Flood watches were issued in the northern and central Sacramento Valley, Shasta County and western Colusa County from Tuesday morning through to Saturday. Parts...

U.S. allies warned of "hybrid warfare" Tuesday aftertwo undersea communication cableswere severed in the Baltic Sea, raising suspicions that they may be the latest acts of sabotage targeting the West as it clashes with Russia. German Defense MinisterBoris Pistoriussaid Tuesday that "no one believes that these cables were cut accidentally" after a rupture in a 730-mile cable linking Germany and Finland was detected Monday. "We have to state, without knowing specifically who it came from, that it is a hybrid action," he said. "And we also have to assume, without knowing it yet, that it is sabotage. Lithuania s navy said Tuesday that it had increased monitoring of its waters after damage to a separate cable connectingthe Baltic nationwith Sweden s Gotland Island was detected on Sunday. Swed...