• Associated Press

    Serbia prepares to mark school shooting anniversary. A mother says 'everyone rushed to forget'

    Ninela Radicevic still can't comprehend that her daughter is never coming back. The 11-year-old Ana Bozovic had just arrived to her school in central Belgrade last year when another pupil, 13 at the time, came in and opened fire at anyone standing in his way. Bozovic, two other girls and a school guard were killed immediately in the corridor.

  • The Canadian Press

    Arizona will repeal its 1864 abortion ban. Democrats are still planning to use it against Trump

    PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban will soon be gone from the state's law books, but not from the campaign trail. Even after the state Senate voted Wednesday to repeal a law banning nearly all abortions, Democrats running in the battleground state say they will make the Civil War-era law a centerpiece of their focus on reproductive rights. President Joe Biden's campaign team believes anger over the fall of Roe v. Wade gives them a political advantage in battleground states like Arizona.

  • The Canadian Press

    Pregnancy-related deaths have fallen to pre-pandemic levels, new US data says

    NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. pregnancy-related deaths have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new government data suggests. About 680 women died last year during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according to provisional CDC data. That’s down from 817 deaths in 2022 and 1,205 in 2021, when it was the highest level in more than 50 years. COVID-19 seems to be the main explanation for the improvement, said Donna Hoyert, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maternal mortality researcher. The c