Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi and Montana were among the states that evacuated statehouse offices or buildings.
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In Texas case, federal appeals panel says emergency care abortions not required by 1986 law
NEW ORLEANS — The Biden administration cannot use a 1986 emergency care law to require hospitals in Texas hospitals to provide abortions for women whose lives are at risk due to pregnancy, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. It’s one of numerous cases involving abortion restrictions that have played out in state and federal courts […]
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Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war in deal brokered by UAE
The massive prisoner exchange followed other such deals earlier in the war, which is nearing the 2-year mark.
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Israel’s Mossad chief vows to hunt down Hamas members a day after senior figure killed in strike
The strike in Hezbollah’s southern Beirut stronghold could cause the low-intensity fighting along the Lebanon border to boil over into all-out war.
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Iran says at least 84 were killed in blasts at ceremony honoring slain general
No one immediately claimed responsibility for what appeared to be the deadliest militant attack to target Iran since its 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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Kennedy cousin whose murder conviction was overturned sues former police officer, Connecticut town
Michael Skakel is suing an investigator and the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, after he spent 11 years in prison.
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New Jersey Sen. Menendez accused of aiding Qatar in exchange for bribes
The indictment says a Qatari investor negotiated a multimillion-dollar investment in a real estate project planned by Fred Daibes, one of three businessmen charged, and the 70-year-old senator and his wife.
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U.S. national debt hits record $34 trillion as Congress gears up for funding fight
The debt doesn’t appear to be a weight on the economy right now, but its path in the future might put at risk national security and major programs like Social Security.
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U.S. women stocking up on abortion pills, especially when there is news about restrictions
Nationally, the average number of daily requests shot up nearly tenfold, from about 25 in the eight months before the May 2022 Roe v. Wade leak to 247 after.
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Proposed $4.3 billion merger of Avangrid, New Mexico utility scuttled
Officials with New Mexico’s largest electric utility say a proposed multibillion-dollar merger with Avangrid, a U.S. subsidiary of global energy giant Iberdrola, has been scuttled.