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A new study suggests a possible alternative to the abortion pill mifepristone, a drug that continues to be the target of lawsuits and legislation by abortion opponents.But the potential substitute could further complicate reproductive health policy because it’s also the key ingredient in a morning-after pill.The new study, published Thursday in the journal NEJM Evidence, involved a drug called ulipristal acetate, the active ingredient in the prescription contraceptive Ella, one of two types of morning-after pills approved in the United States. (The other, Plan B One-Step, which doesn’t require a prescription, contains a different drug and doesn’t work in a…

After a deadly fire swept through a ski resort in Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 79 people, many surviving guests and hotel workers said they did not hear fire alarms and, in their desperate attempt to get out, were unable to locate the blazes.In the United States, an estimated 3,900 hotel and motel fires break out annually, resulting in about 15 deaths, 100 injuries and $100 million in property damage, according to the U.S. Fire Marshal’s Office, a division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Acrid air is a greater danger than flames, with 60 to 80 percent of…

Mexico’s plan to receive thousands of expelled citizens from the United States is nothing less ambitious. The designs are ongoing to build nine reception centers along the border – huge scenes created in parking, stadiums and warehouses – with mobile kitchens operating by the Armed Forces.Details of the initiative – called “Mexico, hugs you” – were only revealed this week, although Mexican officials said they had planned it in recent months, since Donald J. Trump promised to carry out the biggest expulsion of immigrants without documents In us history.Almost every Government Branch – 34 Federal Services and 16 State Governments…

More schools in the Los Angeles area have reopened on Thursday for the first time since fires swept the area this month and officials were forced to close buildings in areas affected by fires.In the consolidated school district of Pasadena, six campuses reopened, than more than two dozen closed by the fire. About two -thirds of the 14,000 students in the area and about half of the staff of the staff live in evacuation or warning areas.One of the schools was the Willard Elementary School in Pasadena, where many students and staff lost their homes, said Mr. Maricela Brambila.Gabriela de…

For about $ 1,000, you can leave an Apple store with a brand new, hermetically sealed iPhone that has been personalized for you by a verified genius.Or, for hundreds or even thousands of dollars, you can buy a used phone with a cracked screen and speakers filled with dirt from someone on the internet.It all depends just on how much you love Tiktok.When the video exchange application stopped working in the United States on Saturday night, after the Supreme Court supported a law that effectively banned the application, some users delete the application from their phones. The next day, the…

The day after Christmas, a small Chinese start-up called DeepSeek unveiled a new artificial intelligence system that could match the capabilities of cutting-edge chatbots from companies like OpenAI and Google.That alone would be a milestone. But the team behind the system, called DeepSeek-V3, described an even bigger step. In a research paper explaining how they built the technology, DeepSeek’s engineers said they used only a fraction of the highly specialized computer chips that leading AI companies relied on to train their systems.These chips are at the center of a tense technological rivalry between the United States and China. As the…

Porsche can extend its lead as the manufacturer with most wins at the Rolex 24 at Daytona in Florida if it comes first again this year.The German automaker already holds the record for most wins by a manufacturer in the endurance race. But if he wins this weekend’s opening event of the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, organized by the International Motor Sports Association, he will extend that total to 20.He got the no. 19 last year, giving him the same number of wins as his top three competitors combined. Porsche’s first victory in the race was in 1968.The prospect…

Federal officials who have spent the past year dealing with a wave of bird flu infections in cows and humans are now dealing with a series of new cases in cats, some of which have died after eating contaminated, undercooked pet food.Since early December, more than 22 cases have been confirmed in domestic cats in the United States. Officials have linked some of the cases to virus-laden raw milk, which is known to pose a serious risk to cats. But other cats became ill after eating commercially available raw pet food – the first known cases in the country linked…

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The sentencing hearing for the teenager who killed three young girls and injured 10 others last summer in a knife attack at a dance class in Southport, England, began Thursday.Judge Julian Goose, who is presiding over the case, told the attacker, Axel Rudakubana, 18, that a life sentence would be inevitable after he pleaded guilty on Monday.Mr. Rudakubana appeared at Liverpool Crown Court wearing a gray jumpsuit, with a blue medical mask covering his mouth and nose. When asked by the judge to confirm his name, he refused to speak and put his head in his lap.But soon after, as…