NEWS OF THE DAY
From Across the Nation
1 War remains: The U.S. military says it has identified the remains of three more Americans killed during the Korean War, even as efforts to recover additional remains have stalled amid souring relations with North Korea. One family has been notified and notification of the two other families is pending, Lt. Col. Ken Hoffman, spokesman for the Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency, said Tuesday at Joint Base Pearl HarborHickam, Hawaii. One set of remains has been identified as those of Army Cpl. Charles S. Lawler. The DPAA said Lawler, whose hometown was not provided, was reported missing in action near Unsan, North Korea, on Nov. 2, 1950. So far, six Americans have been identified from 55 boxes of what North Korean officials said were remains. U.S. officials have estimated that between 50 and 100 individuals could likely be identified, with about 80 of them expected to be Americans and the others South Koreans fighting alongside U.S. forces.
2 Alabama Senate: In a tweet, President Trump warned Wednesday the “consequences will be devastating” for his GOP party and policies if Alabama Republican Roy Moore seeks a U.S. Senate seat again in 2020 after his last campaign was battered by allegations of longago sexual harassment of teenagers. Moore lost in the once-reliably red state in a 2017 special election amid the sexual misconduct allegations, which he denied. Moore insists he can win back the seat for the GOP, and won’t be influenced by Trump’s tweets.
3 Tiniest baby: When she was born, the baby girl weighed about the same as an apple. A San Diego hospital on Wednesday revealed the birth of the girl and said she is believed to be the world’s tiniest surviving micro-preemie, who weighed just 8.6 ounces when she was born in December. The girl was born 23 weeks and three days into her mother’s 40-week pregnancy. Doctors told her father after that he would have about an hour with his daughter before she died. More than five months have passed, and she has gone home as a healthy infant, weighing 5 pounds. Her ranking as the world’s smallest baby ever to survive is according to the Tiniest Baby Registry maintained by the University of Iowa. The girl weighed 7 grams less than the previous tiniest baby, who was born in Germany in 2015. 4 Abortion ban: Louisiana lawmakers have passed a strict new abortion ban prohibiting the procedure before some women even know they are pregnant. The bill bars abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, as early as the sixth week of pregnancy. There are no exceptions for pregnancies from rape or incest. A 79-23 vote Wednesday in the Louisiana House sends the measure to Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, who intends to sign it into law despite opposition from national party leaders. Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio have enacted similar laws. Alabama’s new law outlaws virtually all abortions. None of the bans has taken effect.