The Associated Press
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Americans were taking stock a day after the Supreme Court overturned a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion, as states began implementing bans and supporters and foes of abortion rights mapped out their next moves.
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Russian forces are trying to block a city in eastern Ukraine after their relentless assault on the next-door city forced Ukrainian troops to begin withdrawal after weeks of intense fighting.
Updated: 2 hours ago
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President Joe Biden is out to sustain the global alliance punishing Russia for its invasion of Ukraine as he embarks on a five-day trip to Europe as the 4-month-old war shows no sign of abating and its aftershocks to global food and energy supplies are deepening.
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The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in nearly 50 countries should be closely monitored but does not warrant being declared a global health emergency.
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Here is an overview of abortion legislation and the expected impact of the court’s decision in every state.
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Investigators said the suspect was arrested after opening fire at three locations in downtown Oslo.
Updated: 6 hours ago
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The suspected shooter fled the building, but was found about 9:25 a.m. and taken into custody, police said.
Updated: 9 hours ago
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Pfizer says either an omicron-targeted booster or a combination shot that mixes the original vaccine with omicron protection substantially increases protection.
Updated: 9 hours ago
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Biden signs landmark bipartisan gun measure, says ‘lives will be saved.’
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Mohamed Noor is scheduled to be released from custody Monday.
Updated: 11 hours ago
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Up to 40,000 Army National Guard soldiers across the country - or about 13% of the force — have not yet gotten the mandated COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: 19 hours ago
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The Tampa Bay Lightning spoiled Colorado’s party to stay in the hunt for a third straight Stanley Cup title, beating the Avalanche 3-2 on Friday night in Game 5.
Updated: 19 hours ago
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Democratic officials across the nation hope to harness their party's collective outrage and sadness to improve their political outlook this fall after the Supreme Court's stunning decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Updated: 22 hours ago
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Abortion bans that were put on the books in some states in the event Roe v. Wade was overturned have started automatically going into effect.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and MARK SHERMAN
The decision, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination of decades of efforts by abortion opponents.
Updated: 23 hours ago
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The Democratic-led chamber approved the election-year legislation on a mostly party-line 234-193 vote, capping a spurt of action prompted by voters’ revulsion over last month’s mass shootings in New York and Texas.
Updated: 23 hours ago
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The industry trade group Airlines for America said Friday that understaffing at the Federal Aviation Administration is crippling traffic along the East Coast.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 4:26 PM CDT
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A U.S. Army private from Kentucky pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he plotted to murder members of his unit in an attack that he planned to carry out in 2020 on behalf of a group that promotes extreme violence to bring about the demise of Western civilization, authorities said.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 3:53 PM CDT
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Some opponents took to name-calling and attacked Collins for being naive or complicit. Others called for her resignation.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 3:49 PM CDT
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It’s a reprieve from Wall Street’s tumble through most of the year, caused by the Fed’s and other central banks’ slamming into reverse on the tremendous support fed into markets through the pandemic.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 3:48 PM CDT
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The 12-story tower came down with a thunderous roar and left a giant pile of rubble in one of the deadliest collapses in U.S. history.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 3:44 PM CDT
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Congress passed a bill Friday that aims to keep up the expanded, pandemic-era distribution of free meals for all students this summer.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 3:27 PM CDT
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Republicans and conservative leaders celebrated the culmination of a decades-long campaign to undo the nationwide legalization of abortion that began with Roe v. Wade in 1973.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 10:29 AM CDT
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made an announcement on Friday.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 9:47 AM CDT
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed the decision of EU leaders as vindication for his nation’s fight against Russia’s aggression.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 5:31 AM CDT
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has doubled down on his nuclear arms buildup to overwhelm “hostile forces” at a key meeting where military leaders approved unspecified new operational duties for frontline army units.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 12:36 AM CDT
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Governors, lawmakers and attorneys general in states with strict gun-permitting laws are strategizing over how to shore up their restrictions after Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision expanded gun rights in a New York case.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 10:43 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press and ALAN FRAM Associated Press
The Senate on Thursday easily approved a bipartisan gun violence bill that seemed unthinkable just a month ago, clearing the way for final congressional approval of what will be lawmakers’ most far-reaching response in decades to the nation’s run of brutal mass shootings.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 10:41 PM CDT
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The Orlando Magic selected Duke freshman Paolo Banchero on Thursday night with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 9:30 PM CDT
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Toyota is recalling 2,700 bZ4X crossover vehicles globally for wheel bolts that could become loose, in a major setback for the Japanese automaker’s ambitions to roll out electric cars.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 9:28 PM CDT
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Three Trump-era Justice Department officials testified that Trump was fixated on voter fraud claims and insisted they pursue them despite being repeatedly told that none of the allegations had any merit.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 8:06 PM CDT
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Paul Pelosi, the husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, has been charged with driving under the influence by prosecutors in Northern California.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 8:03 PM CDT
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The Justice Department appears to be escalating its probe of pro-Trump efforts to overturn the 2020 election, which culminated in the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 5:59 PM CDT
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The New York Racing Association suspended trainer Bob Baffert for one year Thursday for repeated medication violations.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 5:25 PM CDT
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, says his COVID-19 recovery is an “example” for the nation on the protection offered by vaccines and boosters.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 5:20 PM CDT
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The Pro Football Hall of Fame said in a release that McEhlenny died of natural causes on June 17 at his home in Nevada, and that son-in-law Chris Permann confirmed the death.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 4:44 PM CDT
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The White House is launching a formal partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry, a key element of President Joe Biden's plan for climate change.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 4:34 PM CDT
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European Union leaders are set to grant Ukraine a candidate status to join the 27-nation bloc.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 4:32 PM CDT
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A U.S. Naval reservist who was assigned to an agency that operates spy satellites told an undercover FBI agent that he stormed the U.S. Capitol with members of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group and has espoused anti-government and antisemitic ideologies, federal authorities said in court records unsealed on Thursday.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 4:24 PM CDT
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The agreement filed Wednesday in San Francisco federal court would automatically cancel federal student debt for students who were enrolled at one of more than 150 colleges and later applied for debt cancellation because of alleged misconduct by the schools.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 3:05 PM CDT
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Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously to recommend Moderna shots as an option for school-age kids and adolescents.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 3:02 PM CDT
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Scientists have discovered the world’s largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 2:56 PM CDT
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The family of Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens has been subjected to “serious threats” in the days since he released a violent campaign video in which he declares he’s “hunting” RINOs, or Republicans in Name Only, the lawyer for his ex-wife said in court Thursday.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 2:08 PM CDT
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The second of two women who were sent to a state mental health facility after a 2014 stabbing attack on a sixth-grade classmate in Wisconsin which they claimed was to appease the horror character Slender Man is petitioning for her release.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 1:14 PM CDT
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As if their job weren’t hard enough at a time of raging inflation, Chair Jerome Powell and his Federal Reserve colleagues have to do more these days than decide just how much to raise interest rates without triggering a recession.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 12:45 PM CDT
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Nike Inc. suspended operations three months ago at all of its company-owned and operated stores in Russia.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 11:37 AM CDT
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It's currently in development and would allow the voice-assistant Alexa to mimic the sound of a specific person based on a less than a minute of recording provided by users.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 11:26 AM CDT
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As the World Health Organization convenes its emergency committee Thursday to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency, some experts say WHO’s decision to act only after the disease spilled into the West could entrench the inequities that arose between rich and poor countries during the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 10:30 AM CDT
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The justices ruled 6-3 Thursday in favor of a sheriff’s deputy sued after he failed to read a Miranda warning to a Los Angeles hospital worker accused of sexually assaulting a patient.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 9:28 AM CDT
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More than two dozen veteran and active duty troops rode two laps around the South Lawn as part of a multi-day cycling event.