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Sarah Weddington, an attorney who argued and won the Roe v Wade supreme court case which established the right to abortion in the US, has died aged 76.

Sarah Weddington poses with a signed copy of the Roe v Wade decision in front of the US supreme court in 2005.

Represented by Weddington and Coffee, Norma McCorvey became the plaintiff known as “Jane Roe” in Roe v Wade. »

The Biden administration in December announced student loan payments would be halted until May 1.

Harris said that Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona was "working on what we can do and must do frankly to relieve the pressures of student loan debt.".

During his 2020 campaign for president, Biden pledged to forgive "a minimum" of $10,000 of student loan debt per person. »

A UN official said Sunday he was "horrified" by credible reports that at least 35 civilians were killed and their bodies burned in Myanmar, and demanded the government launch an investigation.

"I condemn this grievous incident and all attacks against civilians throughout the country," United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs Martin Griffiths said in a statement.

Save the Children said later Saturday that two of its Myanmar staff had been "caught up" in the incident and were missing. »

The program pairs a police officer with a mental health worker to answer 911 calls involving people in mental health crises.

In the eight years since the program launched in Hamilton, there has been a marked reduction in taking people in mental health crisis into custody.

The goal of crisis response teams is to ensure that people with mental health challenges get the help they need more quickly. »