The move came just days after another law took effect making it a felony to provide abortion-inducing medication after seven weeks of pregnancy. The law also introduces penalties, including a fine, or jail time, for doctors sending the medication through the mail. “Texas is looking at the ways that people are navigating around restrictions and trying to essentially make that as unsafe and as frightening for people as possible in order to deter them,” Farah Diaz-Tello, a senior legal counsel for the reproductive justice legal group If/When/How, told The Texas Tribune last week, responding to the new law....

Recalled Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh took 4-35 as England — attempting to salvage a 2-2 series result now they have no chance of regaining the urn — collapsed from 170-3 to 226-8 in a dramatic final session on a sunny Thursday at The Oval. It looked as though it might be England’s day with the tourists dropping Joe Root three times, but they crumbled after Pat Cummins bowled their captain for 57....

Ashli Babbitt, 35, was among five people who lost their lives in connection with the events on January 6 when armed insurrectionists stormed into the Capitol building to stop lawmakers from certifying the results of the presidential election. Babbitt, a U.S. Air Force Gulf War veteran from San Diego, was killed by an officer who fired a single shot from inside the Speaker’s Lobby as she climbed through a broken window in the building....

PLAYERS Conventional Wisdom Japan ( + ) Our pols are all bribe-taking, gold-hoarding sleazes, but who cares? We’re still kicking butt. U.S.A. (+,-) Stop lecturing us about trade, rights, democracy. You wanna buy a nice cheap minivan? China ( + ) Old CW: Murderous communist thugs. New CW: Ravenous capitalist pigs. H. Kong ( - ) Brits tout democracy 50 years too late, will leave colonial mess as always. Korea (+,-) Wacky North’s nukes may broil Seoul....

With massive testing shortages, ineffective tests, and an inability to implement widespread testing strategies, the U.S. has been plagued by testing-related issues since the start of this pandemic. However, as technology catches up with the evolving information surrounding SARS-CoV-2, scientists are beginning to develop innovative, rapid, and accurate tests that can help curb the spread of COVID-19. One of these tests, SalivaDirect, was granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the U....

The Ends of the Earth During Jeffrey Bartholet’s reporting trip to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, he and photographer Tammy Kennedy were stranded for 24 hours when a bad storm delayed their small charter plane. Still, says Bartholet, taking a firsthand look was the only way to really evaluate the potential impact of drilling for oil in the refuge. And how did the two spend their wait time? “We traded stories about pilots who forgot to come back to fetch their passengers....

The space rock, dubbed 2020 OY4, made its closest approach to our planet at 5:32 a.m. UTC (1:32 a.m. EDT) on July 28, when it was located “just” 0.00028 astronomical units—or around 26,000 miles—away from Earth, according to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS.) This is extremely close in astronomical terms, and just 11 percent of the average distance between the Earth and moon. In fact, data from the CNEOS—which tracks so-called near-Earth objects (NEOs)—suggests that the close approach of 2020 OY4 was the closest that any NEO will come to our planet for the next year at least, if you measure by the “most-likely close-approach distance....

The secret is a tiny radio-frequency generator in each bulb, transmitting energy to a surrounding cloud of mercury gas and in turn to the fluorescent coating (diagram). The principle is not new; the breakthrough lies in shielding the bulb to avoid interference with other electronic devices, especially televisions and radios. Since any ordinary substance that blocks radio waves would also be opaque to light, the solution must be ingenious. Unfortunately, Intersource Technologies, which developed the bulb with backing from Ohio-based American Electric Power Co....

The Saskatchewan Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have released the identity of two suspects, Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson. The relation of the two men is currently unknown. The two are believed to be driving a black Nissan Rogue with the Saskatchewan license plate 119 MPI, according to police. Damien Sanderson is said to be 5'7" and 155 pounds, while Myles Sanderson is said to be 6'1" and 240 pounds....

Gaza’s health ministry told Al Jazeera on Monday that 26 people, including nine children, had been killed in the attack. Palestine’s Mission to the United Nations said an additional 14 children were injured in Jerusalem in the attacks and eight more Palestinian children were arrested. Israel’s military said early Tuesday it carried out the air raids against armed groups, rocket launchers and military posts in Gaza after Hamas fired a barrage of rockets at Jerusalem and parts of southern Israel....

Andrew McAslan, from Leeds in the U.K., was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin follicular lymphoma this year after a series of misdiagnoses, including being told he has irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). “I called the GP and explained and they initially went straight to saying I had IBS. I even pushed the blood tests to see what was going on,” McAslan told The Mirror. The athlete explained that after initially taking the treatment for IBS, he went for a second opinion....

Police have arrested Robert Aaron Long, 21, in connection with the shootings, which took place at three separate massage parlors in and around Atlanta on Tuesday. With the majority of those killed being Asian women, the latest attacks raised fears the gunman could have targeted people of Asian descent. The shootings remain under investigation but on Wednesday, law enforcement officials said Long told police that he has a sex addiction and wanted to eliminate the temptation....

The team sent an email Sunday to season ticketholders that told their faithful followers that the Braves will remain the Braves. “The Atlanta Braves honors, respects and values the Native American community. As an organization, we have always drawn strength from our diversity and respect for everyone. That will never change,” the email shared on Twitter by user Paul Lukas, then republished on ESPN.com. The email continued to say the Braves have enjoyed an active relationship with the Native American community over “many years....

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) on Monday listed two disturbances it’s monitoring in the Atlantic Ocean, including westward-moving stormy weather that could develop into a tropical cyclone. While the center hasn’t sounded the alarm on another tropical storm, the forecast comes as Florida begins reckoning with the damage from Ian. The NHC said it has recorded rain and thunderstorms from a tropical wave several hundred miles east of the Windward Islands, which are southeast of Puerto Rico....

Griezmann pledges loyalty to Atleti Atletico had been on the brink of signing the France international until they lost an appeal against their transfer ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday. Diego Simeone’s side are now unable to sign players until January 2018 at the earliest, complicating the future of Lacazette as well as their star man Antoine Griezmann, who had previously been strongly linked with a move to United....

Despite generally playing second fiddle in Spain’s capital, Atleti has been revitalized under Simeone’s leadership – most notably when it memorably claimed the 2013-14 La Liga title at Barcelona’s expense on the final day of the season. Gallas reveals favourite Premier League spell The club lost that year’s Champions League final to Madrid and repeated the same heartache after a penalty shootout at San Siro earlier this year in May, but is unbeaten in the past six La Liga encounters against its rival, winning four of those games....

When you have atrial fibrillation, the electrical system that powers your heart and keeps its rhythm regular doesn’t work correctly. Instead of steady, regular impulses triggering each heartbeat, numerous impulses are generated in a rapid and disorganized manner from various electrical points in the heart. When this happens, the chambers of your heart don’t pump completely or effectively. This makes the heart have to work harder overall, and can increase your risk of blood clots because of the blood that is left behind after an incomplete beat....

Fresh off winning one gold and two silvers at the 2016 Rio Olympics, the 22-year-old gymnast announced on “The Ellen Show” that she will be taking a year off. “That’s the goal,” she said. “I’m going to take off a little bit of time, just because I think I need a little bit of a break. I took a full year off in 2012. I’m going to do the same thing, take a year off, and then I’ll begin training again....