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Pro-life protestors demonstrate in Belfast 2012. Even after today’s ruling abortion remains illegal in Northern Ireland in most circumstances.
Health
Despite ruling, abortion is mostly illegal in Northern Ireland. And clinic protests are common.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (24) gets by Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan (6) for a basket in the second half of the game at Staples Center. ​Oct 31, 2014; Los Angeles.
Sports
With Kobe Bryant’s retirement announcement, Italian sports fans have one last season to see their NBA superstar in action
Climate activists formed a 2-mile human chain Sunday along Parisian sidewalks after authorities banned a full-fledged climate march following the Nov. 13 attacks in the French capital. Demonstrators said they were determined to find ways to express their
Environment
France bans marches, but climate activists make their voices heard
US President Barack Obama speaks at the COP21 session of statements by heads of state and government at the climate summit in Paris, France November 30, 2015.
Environment
Live from Paris: COP21
A member of the New York Police Department stands outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in New York, a day after the shootings in Colorado Springs.
Health
Is the Colorado Springs shooting at a Planned Parenthood Clinic an ‘act of terrorism?’
Al Hamad and Mohamad
Conflict
Syrian family in California feels post-Paris chill
A migrant holds a barbed wire fence at the Macedonian-Greek border, near Gevgelija, Macedonia, November 29, 2015.
Development
‘Borders are alive and well — but for a price you can flatten them’