Mexico

The high court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion, in a ruling that will require the nation's public health service to offer the procedure to anyone who requests it.

Proponents say prosecutors and police need more tools to help with the fight because fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are so deadly. Others worry harsher penalties will result in even more dangerous drug supplies and punish people who really need help.

Researchers say some Mexican pharmacies that cater to U.S. tourists and medical travelers are selling medications that look safe but are laced with deadly fentanyl and methamphetamines.

Before the pandemic halted travel, some 1.2 million American citizens visited Mexico for health care. The number is rising quickly again, with border restrictions eased.

Authorities said they recovered 1.8 million counterfeit pills laced with enough fentanyl to kill 700,000 Americans. "One pill can kill," Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Thursday.

"The damage of this kind of diet is even more visible because of the pandemic," says a Oaxaca legislator who spearheaded a law against the sale of junk food and soda to minors. The idea is spreading.

Mexicans are left with mixed messages of a national lifting of social distancing measures but a government map showing most of the country still unready to reopen.

The search continues for two people who were aboard a Mexico-bound jet that crashed after taking off from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International…

The Food and Drug Administration says it will step up surveillance of "green leafy products" from Mexico in the wake of the multistate outbreak.