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Iran exchanges heavy gunfire with Taliban on Afghan border, escalating tensions over water rights

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The Taliban and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire Saturday on the Islamic Republic's border with Afghanistan, sharply escalating rising tensions between the two nations a...

May 27, 2023

GOP-led Texas House to vote Saturday on possible impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas House of Representatives will vote Saturday on whether to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton, an investigating panel announced Friday. The House will consider a r...

May 26, 2023

Aide: North Dakota Gov. Burgum running for GOP presidential nomination

Two-term North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a former computer software entrepreneur, is running for the Republican presidential nomination, a political aide familiar with the plans told The Associated Pre...

May 26, 2023

Iowa law limits gender identity instruction, removes books depicting sex acts from school libraries

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa teachers will be banned from raising gender identity and sexual orientation issues with students through grade six, and all books depicting sex acts will be removed from s...

May 26, 2023

Judge says fire retardant drops are polluting streams but allows use to continue

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A judge ruled Friday that chemical retardant dropped on wildfires by the U.S. Forest Service is polluting streams in western states in violation of federal law, but said that it...

May 26, 2023

Judge halts South Carolina’s new stricter abortion law until state Supreme Court review

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A judge on Friday put a temporary halt to South Carolina's new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy until the state Supreme Court can review the measure. The ...

May 26, 2023

Indiana doctor reprimanded for talking publicly about Ohio 10-year-old's abortion

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indiana board decided Thursday night to reprimand an Indianapolis doctor after finding that she violated patient privacy laws by taking publicly about providing an abortion to a...

May 25, 2023

Texas lawmakers recommend impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton after Republican investigation

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton teetered on the brink of impeachment Thursday after years of scandal, criminal charges and corruption accusations that the state's Republican maj...

May 25, 2023

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack

WASHINGTON (AP) - The founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for orchestrating a weekslong plot that culminated in his followers attacking the U.S. Ca...

May 25, 2023

Man arrested after car collides with gates of Downing Street, where UK prime minister lives

LONDON (AP) - A car collided Thursday with the gates of Downing Street in central London, where the British prime minister's home and offices are located, setting off a rapid security response in one ...

May 25, 2023