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Pregnant or breastfeeding women in the military will qualify for an exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, a move at odds with the Biden administration's messaging campaign to inoculate all Americans ages 12 and older. Military guidelines exempt pregnant or breastfeeding troops from every vaccine requirement, except for the flu and tetanus shots.

A suspected drug smuggler died Saturday night after being thrown from the car he was driving while trying to elude U.S. Border Patrol agents north of Lukeville. The events leading up to the fatal crash began about 7 p.m. Saturday when agents working near the Lukeville port of entry spotted a car being loaded with marijuana on the Arizona side, said Rob Daniels, Border Patrol Tucson Sector spokesman. They informed agents working further north in the town of Why, who saw the car turn east on Arizona 86 into the town of Gunsight, he said. Agents tried to stop the...

The doctors did DNA testing to determine if the condition was genetic. They also quizzed Chong on what drugs she had taken during her pregnancy, but discovered nothing that could explain the baby's condition, called dislocated bilateral radial head of the right arm. Eventually, physicians determined the condition occurred in utero and asked Chong if she'd had any accidents during the pregnancy. The mother considered the question carefully — no, none. But there had been kicking and stomping. Chong, now 38, survived her husbands' beatings, but many women do not. Black and Blue Before Birth According to a new study...