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Biden blasts high court failure to block Texas abortion curb

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Thursday lambasted the Supreme Court's decision not to block a new Texas law banning most abortions in the state and directed federal agencies to do what they ...

Sep 02, 2021

At least 8 deaths as Hurricane Ida’s remnants hit Northeast

NEW YORK (AP) - At least eight deaths were reported in New York City and New Jersey as relentless rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida sent the New York City area into a state of emergency early Th...

Sep 02, 2021

Official reports progress in defending Lake Tahoe from fire

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters reported progress Wednesday in the battle to save communities on the south end of Lake Tahoe from an approaching forest fire after the stiff winds and sear...

Sep 01, 2021

Officers, paramedics charged in Elijah McClain’s 2019 death

DENVER (AP) - Colorado's attorney general says a grand jury has indicted three officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain. The announcement Wednesday comes two years after the 23-year-...

Sep 01, 2021

Biden praises airlift, defends departure from 'forever war'

WASHINGTON (AP) - Addressing the nation, a defensive President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the U.S. military airlift to extract more than 120,000 Afghans, Americans and other allies to end a 20 year w...

Aug 31, 2021

Texas GOP voting changes on cusp of going to governor

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Republican lawmakers prepared Tuesday to send Gov. Greg Abbott their rewrite of the state's election laws, with the House approving the package after removing a bipartisan p...

Aug 31, 2021

Taliban control now-quiet Kabul airport after US withdrawal

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban held full control of Kabul's international airport Tuesday after the last U.S. plane left its runway, marking the end of America's longest war and leaving behind ...

Aug 30, 2021

Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America's longest war

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan late Monday, ending America's longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal f...

Aug 30, 2021

State mask bans face federal civil rights inquiries

The Education Department announced Monday that it's investigating five Republican-led states with universal mask bans, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabili...

Aug 30, 2021

Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, leaves the grid a shambles

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A fearsome Hurricane Ida left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by floodwaters and pleading to be rescued Monday while making a shambles of the electrical grid across a ...

Aug 30, 2021