Author: Emma Booth

BOSTON (AP) — The governor of Massachusetts reminded pharmacies Wednesday that they are required to stock a key abortion pill, despite a nationwide effort by anti-abortion activists to ban the medication. The action comes as a federal judge in Texas is considering a lawsuit that would overturn decades-old federal approval of the drug. Democratic Gov. Maura Healey issued a written statement citing guidance from the state board overseeing pharmacies that says they must maintain “a continuous, sufficient supply of all family planning medications, including mifepristone, misoprostol, emergency contraception, and contraceptive prescriptions.” Misoprostol is also used as an abortion drug. Healey said Massachusetts…

Inside Washington’s pro sports world, there’s angst over crime. It’s leading Capital One Arena’s owners to beef up security, and businesses around Nationals Park to hire new patrol officers. Why it matters: The District’s sports arenas are magnets for tens of thousands of Washingtonians and suburbanites, especially when there’s little other reason to be downtown — even if the Wiz are floundering and star players flee the Nats. What I’m hearing: Ted Leonsis, who is in charge of the Monumental Sports & Entertainment group that owns the Wizards and Capitals, has expressed displeasure with the safety and quality of life surrounding Capital…

Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the districts of Nevsky, Kreminnaya and Bilogorivka. This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces. On the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions, the enemy shelled Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, Nevske, Novoehorivka, Makiivka, Chervonpopivka, Pishchane, Dibrova, Serebryansk forestry and Bilogorivka with tanks, mortars and artillery. During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out 8 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers. Ukrainian rocket launchers and gunners hit the control post, 2 areas of…

Milton Viorst, who melded journalism and history to presage the chaotic consequences of an American invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the improbability of peace in the Middle East unless Israel agreed to a separate Palestinian state, died on Dec. 9 in Washington. He was 92. His wife, the author Judith Viorst, said the cause of his death, in a hospital, was complications of Covid-19. An American Jew and a self-described liberal Democrat, Mr. Viorst (pronounced VEE-orst) warned that the American invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Saddam Hussein would empower Iranian militants in the region. He also argued…