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A 6-year-old girl was briefly abducted last week from a Miami apartment complex but managed to escape by biting her attacker's arm, authorities said.The alleged abduction occurred Thursday when the girl was in the complex's courtyard with her siblings when they noticed a white van parked near the apartment, according to an arrest affidavit obtained Tuesday by NBC News.The 6-year-old girl was left outside while others went inside, and that's when she was grabbed, the affidavit says.“She said that she was suddenly grabbed by the arm… and pushed towards the back of the stairs. The victim began to defend herself…

Former boxing champion Carl Froch spoke out against transgender participation in women's sports in a recent interview, echoing what Ebanie Bridges said last month on the subject.Froch, a former super middleweight champion, said in an interview with SafeBettingSites.com on Monday that he thinks it is "ridiculous" and "shameful" for a transgender woman to participate in combat sports."And it should never happen under anyone's watch," Froch said. "He's a man, basically, beating up a woman. It doesn't matter if they've become a woman, and now they think they're a woman and are taking drugs to reduce their testosterone consumption. They're stronger."…

Last week, Arizona became the latest in a growing group of states that allow people to get birth control from a pharmacist without a prescription. Since 2016, 29 states and Washington, DC, have passed laws allowing pharmacists to prescribe hormonal contraceptives, such as birth control pills and patches. Arizona's new policy, announced on Thursday, applies to persons over the age of 18 and comes immediately after similar legislation that Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee, a Democrat, signed the law into law last month.Policies vary by state: 10 states require patients to be 18 or older, while four specify that pharmacists…

WASHINGTON — Secret Service representatives will meet with the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee in response to a request for a briefing on a bag of cocaine found in the White House, according to Anthony Guglielmi, chief Secret Service communications.The meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m. ET, according to two sources familiar with the requested meeting. The chairman, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., sent a letter on July 7 to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, requesting a staff-level briefing on the investigation by July 14. "This alarming development requires the Committee to evaluate the White House's security practices and determine…