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Many Florida women can't get abortions past 6 weeks. Where else can they go?

Many Florida women can't get abortions past 6 weeks. Where else can they go?

Since Florida enacted a six-week abortion ban, clinics in several other Southern and mid-Atlantic states have sprung into action. They know women impacted by the Florida change last week will look to them for services no longer available where they live. In North Carolina, health care clinics are rushing to expand availability and decrease wait times. Their reaction is part of a growing trend in the U.S. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, more than 20 states have adopted laws banning or severely limiting abortions. In response, states with looser restrictions have taken steps to welcome women who want or need to end their pregnancies. Read moreMany Florida women can't get abortions past 6 weeks. Where else can they go?

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Warren Buffett says AI may be better for scammers than society. And he's seen how
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Warren Buffett says AI may be better for scammers than society. And he's seen how

Warren Buffett has come face to face with the downside of AI. And it looks just like him. The billionaire investing guru told tens of thousands of shareholders at his annual conference in Omaha that he recently saw an AI video of himself, complete with a perfect voiceover, giving fake advice. It was so convincing, he says, he can see how people would fall for the scam. Buffett spent all day Saturday answering shareholder questions at his first annual meeting since Vice Chairman Charlie Munger died. The absence offered shareholders the chance to hear more from the next generation of leaders who will take over after Buffett is gone. Read moreWarren Buffett says AI may be better for scammers than society. And he's seen how

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Frank Stella, artist renowned for blurring the lines between painting and sculpture, dies at 87
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Frank Stella, artist renowned for blurring the lines between painting and sculpture, dies at 87

Frank Stella, a painter, sculptor and printmaker whose constantly evolving works served as landmarks of the minimalist and post-painterly abstraction art movements, has died. He was 87.  Gallery owner Jeffrey Deitch spoke with Stella's family and says he died Saturday at at his home in New York City. Stella’s wife, Harriet McGurk, told the New York Times that he died of lymphoma. Stella was born in 1936 in Malden, Massachusetts. He moved to New York in the late 1950s and soon received widespread acclaim for a series of flat, black minimalist paintings with gridlike bands. Over the next several decades, Stella began incorporating curved lines, bright color, and three-dimensionality. Read moreFrank Stella, artist renowned for blurring the lines between painting and sculpture, dies at 87