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Visually impaired people in Ukraine struggle to cope …

People sit in a workshop in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 30, 2023, in a manufacturing plant where visually impaired people used to work until it was shuttered following a Russian air assault. Losing the place of work is just one of a multitude of challenges that people with visual impairments face across Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna)

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Henri ‘Pocket Rocket’ Richard, 11-time winner of Stanley …

FILE - Montreal Canadiens' Henri Richard responds to questions in Ottawa, June 1, 2007. Richard’s family says the Hockey Hall of Famer has been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease linked to concussions. Richard, who died in 2020 at the age of 84, was diagnosed with Stage 3 CTE – the second-most severe classification -- by Dr. Stephen Saikali at Université Laval in Québec City. (Paul Chiasson, Canadian Press via AP)

Nevada GOP governor signs transgender health bills while …

Few rehab centers for addicted teens offer recommended …

FILE - A nurse holds tabs of buprenorphine, a drug which controls heroin and opioid cravings, as he prepares to administer the drug in Greenfield, Mass, on July 23, 2018. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, finds only 1 in 4 residential treatment centers for teens offers a gold standard medicine for opioid addiction. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

‘Obamacare’ will still cover prevention for HIV, other …

FILE - The healthcare.gov website is seen on Dec. 14, 2021, in Fort Washington, Md. Affordable Care Act requirements that health insurance plans include coverage of HIV prevention, some types of cancer screenings and other preventive care can stay in place while a court battle over the mandates plays out, under a court agreement approved Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

COVID-19 inquiry in UK asks whether ‘terrible consequences’ …

Flowers are seen at the The National Covid Memorial Wall dedicated to those who died during the coronavirus pandemic in London, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. A mammoth three-year public inquiry into the British response to the coronavirus pandemic opens Tuesday, with an opening section investigating whether suffering and death could have avoided with better planning. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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UK parliamentary committee to conclude Boris Johnson …

FILE - Britain'sPrime Minister Boris Johnson reacts while leading a virtual news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on Jan. 26, 2021. Former U.K. Prime Minister Johnson says he’s quitting as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament. Johnson quit on Friday, June 9, 2023 after receiving the results of an investigation by lawmakers over misleading statements he made to Parliament about a slew of gatherings in government that breached pandemic lockdown rules. (Justin Tallis/Pool via AP, File)

Polish authorities rule rights of pregnant woman …

England’s health service says it won’t give puberty …

FILE -The rainbow flag, a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, flies over a building next to Nelson's Column monument, right, in Trafalgar Square, central London, Britain, Friday, March 28, 2014. England's publicly funded health service says will not routinely offer puberty-blocking drugs to children at gender identity clinics. It says more evidence is needed about their potential benefits and harms. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Youth environmentalists bring Montana climate case …

FILE - Gas emissions rises from a coal-burning power plant in Colstrip, Mont., July 1, 2013. Youth plaintiffs who are challenging the constitutionality of a Montana policy that does not require state agencies to consider the effect of greenhouse gas emissions in issuing permits for fossil fuel development, argue climate change caused by burning coal and other fossil fuels affects their lives by causing them to breathe smoke due to increasing forest fires, limiting their recreational opportunities and in some cases, harming their families' livelihoods. The scheduled two-week trial begins Monday, June 12, 2023, in Helena, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Smokestack implosion to bring decades of Detroit …

The smokestack of a shuttered trash incinerator is shown in Detroit, Friday, June 9, 2023. A controlled implosion is scheduled Sunday morning at the former Waste Energy Facility as part of the final phase of a yearlong demolition of the incinerator. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Florida center says ‘Grey Team’ technology, exercise …

Vietnam veteran Fred Kalfon, 81, right, works with personal trainer Trish Phan, left, at the Grey Team veterans center, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Boca Raton, Fla. The center is helping veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental and physical ailments get back into the civilian world. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Alzheimer’s drug gets FDA panel’s backing, setting …

FILE - This Dec. 21, 2022, image provided by Eisai in January 2023 shows vials and packaging for their medication Leqembi. On Friday, June 9, 2023, health advisers backed the full approval of the closely watched Alzheimer’s drug, a key step toward opening insurance coverage to U.S. seniors with early stages of the brain-robbing disease. (Eisai via AP, File)