Lawmakers in Ireland have overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill introducing free and legal abortion in the Catholic nation. Politicians in Ireland’s lower house of Parliament debated for hours before approving the measure just before midnight on Wednesday by a vote of 90-15. A woman can seek an abortion for any reason until the 12th week of her pregnancy.

This week has seen a number of violent deaths in the West Bank. First three Israelis were killed, among them a baby that died three days after its mother had been wounded in the attack, which led to Israeli forces shooting two Palestinians. Later another Palestinian opened fire at a bus stop, killing two more Israelis.

The UN Secretary General said Thursday that Yemen’s warring sides have agreed to a province-wide cease-fire in Hodeida and a withdrawal of troops from the contested Red Sea port city. Antonio Guterres spoke at the end of the week long talks in Sweden. Guterres thanked the Yemeni delegations for what he called ’real progress toward future talks to end the conflict’.

Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a previously unknown ’supercolony’ of more than 1.5 million penguins in the Danger Islands, located off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The colony of Adélie Penguins was discovered after the researchers noticed the penguins’ feces in NASA satellite imagery of the islands.

Obesity amongst adults in the US has reached the highest rate ever in the 29 years the rate has been tracked. According to America’s Health Ranking annual report, 31.3 percent of adults in the US are obese this year, up from 29.9 percent last year. The report listed Hawaii as the best-performing state when taking into account low rates of obesity, and Louisiana was ranked the worst.

Human remains found in the basement of a family home on Long Island were identified as the family’s patriarch who disappeared half a century ago. Police said Wednesday the death of 57-year-old George Carroll is being classified as a homicide. Carroll’s son Michael says his father disappeared in 1961 when he was about 8 months old, and his late mother said he ’went out and just never came back’.

YouTube released its annual rewind video a couple days ago to see it become widely hated and an internet meme almost instantly. It now has surpassed Justin Bieber’s ’Baby’ as the most disliked YouTube video of all time.

Four states that say burning coal will hurt their residents by making climate change worse are trying to stop the Trump administration from selling vast reserves of the fuel. Attorneys for California, New Mexico, New York and Washington argue the coal sales hit taxpayers because they cause pollution that puts the climate and public health at risk.

A large group of young Americans traveled from all over the country to urge Speaker Nancy Pelosi to support a Green New Deal. At least 143 demonstrators were arrested by Capitol police as they lobbied in 50 congressional offices. 23 Democratic lawmakers now support the formation of a Select Committee on a Green New Deal.

California regulators are considering a plan to charge a tax for text messaging on mobile phones to help support programs that make phone service accessible to the poor. The proposal is scheduled for a vote next month by the state Public Utilities Commission. The fee is likely to be billed as a flat surcharge and not a fee per text.

Web browser Opera has launched a built-in cryptocurrency wallet on its Android app. The wallet will first support Ethereum, with support for other coins likely to be added later. Opera first announced it was testing such a feature back in July.