Rep. Jackson treated for ‘mood disorder’

Rep. Jackson treated for ‘mood disorder’

CHICAGO

U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is under intensive medical treatment for a “mood disorder,” his office said in a brief statement Wednesday, more than a month after the Chicago Democrat quietly went on a medical leave of absence.

No details about where Jackson is being treated were included in the statement, which was released amid mounting pressure that he reveal his whereabouts and exact medical condition. Jackson went on leave June 10, though his office didn’t disclose it until weeks later and has been mum on details ever since.

Judge continues to block abortion law

JACKSON, Miss.

A federal judge on Wednesday continued to block a state law that threatens to shut down Mississippi’s only abortion clinic and make it nearly impossible for women to get the procedure in the state.

U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III temporarily blocked the law July 1 and extended that order Wednesday, though he did not say when he would rule on the clinic’s request for a preliminary injunction that would put the law on hold for a longer period. If he grants that request, the case eventually would go to trial.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states can’t place undue burdens on, or substantial obstacles to, women seeking abortions. The Mississippi law would require anyone performing clinic abortions to be an OB-GYN with privileges to admit patients to a local hospital. The doctors at the clinic in Jackson do not have those privileges, which the clinic maintains aren’t necessary.

Mexico paper limits coverage after attack

MEXICO CITY

The El Manana newspaper in the northern Mexico border city of Nuevo Laredo announced that it will stop covering violent criminal disputes after suffering a second grenade attack against its offices in two months.

Other northern Mexican newspapers have quietly adopted similar policies of not covering drug cartel violence to protect their staffs against threats and violent attacks including kidnappings and murders carried out by gangs that either don’t want their activities to appear in print, or are angered by coverage of their rivals. But El Manana’s announcement Tuesday was unusual because it was public.

Home-cooking expert dies at 90

SAN FRANCISCO

Marion Cunningham, the home-cooking champion whose legacy can be found in the food-spattered pages of “Fannie Farmer” cookbooks in kitchens across America, has died at age 90.

Cunningham, who had been ill for some years, died Wednesday of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at the John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, Calif.

Best known for her revisions of the classic “The Fannie Farmer Cookbook,” in 1979 and again in 1990, Cunningham also wrote several other books, including “The Breakfast Book,” “Cooking with Children,” and “Lost Recipes.” She also hosted a television series, “Cunningham & Company,” that aired on the Food Network.

FBI to review lab work in convictions

WASHINGTON

The Justice Department and the FBI will review thousands of criminal convictions from over a decade ago for possibly flawed analysis of hair-sample evidence.

The department and the FBI are in the process of identifying historical cases for review where a microscopic hair examination conducted by the FBI was among the evidence in a case that resulted in a conviction, Justice Department spokeswoman Nanda Chitre said.

Associated Press