National News at a Glance

Trans Fats Should be Eliminated Worldwide by 2023, WHO Says

The World Health Organization on Monday announced a plan urging governments worldwide to eliminate the use of trans fats, the industrially produced edible oil linked to millions of premature deaths. The campaign seeks to eradicate trans fats, known as partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, from global food supplies by 2023. A number of countries have already moved to restrict or ban trans fats, including Denmark, Switzerland, Canada, Britain and the United States. Next month, all products sold in the United States must be free of industrially produced trans fats. Thailand is expected to issue a ban in the coming weeks.

Margot Kidder, Actress Who Found Movie Stardom in ‘Superman,’ Dies at 69

Margot Kidder, who with a raspy voice and snappy delivery brought Lois Lane to life in the hit 1978 film “Superman” and three sequels, died Sunday at her home in Livingston, Montana. She was 69. Her death was confirmed by Camilla Fluxman Pines, her manager, who did not specify a cause. Kidder appeared in more than 130 films and television shows beginning in the late 1960s and by the mid-1970s, when she took a break from acting after her daughter was born, she was already working steadily. But “Superman” rocketed her to a new level of fame.

Felony Charge Is Dropped Against Missouri’s Governor

Prosecutors on Monday abruptly dropped felony invasion-of-privacy charge against Gov. Eric Greitens of Missouri, once lauded as a rising star in the Republican Party and, perhaps, a contender for president. Prosecutors said that, in 2015, Greitens had taken an explicit photo of his former hairdresser without her consent. Greitens still faces a second felony charge, of tampering with computer data; prosecutors contend that he illegally obtained a donor list from a veterans’ charity he founded and used it for his 2016 campaign. The Missouri General Assembly has scheduled a special session Friday that could lead to a vote on impeachment.

Justices Nullify Law That Bans Sports Betting

The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a 1992 federal law that effectively banned commercial sports betting in most states, opening the door to legalizing the estimated $150 billion in illegal wagers on professional and amateur sports that Americans make every year. The law the decision overturned — the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act — prohibited states from authorizing sports gambling. Among its sponsors was Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J., a former college and professional basketball star. He said the law was needed to safeguard the integrity of sports. But the court said the law was unconstitutional.

First Lady Is Hospitalized for Kidney Procedure

Melania Trump underwent a procedure Monday morning to treat what the White House called a “benign kidney condition” and was reported to be recovering without trouble. The White House said Melania Trump, 48, underwent an embolization procedure. The Johns Hopkins Patients’ Guide to Kidney Cancer describes an arterial embolization as a procedure in which a special spongelike material is placed into an artery that supplies blood to the kidney. Such a procedure would block the blood supply that feeds the kidney and might be used to stop bleeding from a benign tumor or a small aneurysm.

Nanny Who Killed 2 Children Is Sentenced to Life in Prison

Before a judge sentenced her to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally stabbing two young children she had cared for, the former nanny, Yoselyn Ortega, spoke in open court and begged for forgiveness. The judge sentenced Ortega, 55, to the maximum penalty for the stabbing deaths of the two children — Leo Krim, 2, and his sister Lucia, 6, on Oct. 25, 2012. Before the sentencing, the children’s mother, Marina Krim, said Ortega had not succeeded in her ultimate goal: “To destroy what Kevin and I had created and built — an inspired, happy, thriving family.”

Reid Has Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer

Harry Reid, the former Senate Democratic leader from Nevada, underwent surgery Monday to remove a cancerous tumor from his pancreas. His family said that “his doctors caught the problem early during a routine screening," and that Reid's prognosis was good. Reid, 78, had the procedure at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore. He will next undergo chemotherapy, his family said. A person close to the family says that the surgeon was optimistic after the procedure. Reid had been quietly letting people know over the past few days that he would be undergoing surgery, including former President Barack Obama.