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Judge suspends Michigan's dormant 1931 abortion ban

DETROIT (AP) - A judge on Tuesday suspended Michigan's dormant, decades-old ban on abortion, which means the procedure would not be illegal in the state even if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns its hi...

May 17, 2022

Suspect charged in deadly California church shooting

LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) - Prosecutors have charged the suspect in the California church shooting with one count of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder. Orange County District Att...

May 17, 2022

The AP Interview: Scottish leader pushes independence, NATO

WASHINGTON (AP) - The European crisis wrought by Russia's war in Ukraine makes Scotland's independence drive more important and demands that Scotland play its "full part" in ensuring stability and sec...

May 17, 2022

In Buffalo, Biden condemns racism, mourns new victims

BUFFALO (AP) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned the poison of white supremacy and said the nation must "reject the lie" of the racist "replacement theory" espoused by the shooter who murdered ...

May 17, 2022

Republican Senate candidates promote 'replacement' theory

NEW YORK (AP) - A half-dozen mainstream Republican Senate candidates are drawing on the "great replacement" conspiracy theory once confined to the far-right fringes of U.S. politics to court voters th...

May 17, 2022

US hate crime investigation opened in Dallas salon shooting

DALLAS (AP) - The FBI has opened a federal hate crime investigation into last week's shooting at a hair salon in Dallas' Koreatown area that injured three people. The Dallas FBI field office is workin...

May 17, 2022

Sweden signs NATO request, Finland formally endorses move

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Finland's Parliament has overwhelmingly endorsed a bid from the Nordic country's government to join NATO. Lawmakers at the 200-seat Eduskunta legislature voted 188-8 Tuesday to approv...

May 17, 2022

Hezbollah, allies lose their majority in Lebanon parliament

BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group and its allies have lost the parliament majority they had held since 2018, according to final results from the Lebanese elections released Tuesday. Hez...

May 17, 2022

Election 2022: Trump's influence over GOP faces fresh tests

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday faces the strongest test yet of his ability to shape a new generation of Republicans as GOP primary voters in Pennsylvania and North Car...

May 16, 2022

White House moves to loosen remittance, flight rules on Cuba

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration announced Monday that it will expand flights to Cuba and lift Donald Trump-era restrictions on remittances that immigrants can send to people on the island. ...

May 16, 2022