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Planned Parenthood to resume offering abortions next week in Wisconsin, citing court ruling

Planned Parenthood to resume offering abortions next week in Wisconsin, citing court ruling

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Planned Parenthood announced Thursday that it will resume offering abortions in Wisconsin next week after a judge ruled that an 1849 law that seemingly banned the procedure actually didn't apply to abortions.
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Trump won't be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in Georgia election case

Trump won't be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in Georgia election case

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge ruled Thursday that former President Donald Trump and 16 others will be tried separately from two defendants who are set to go to trial next month in the case accusing them of participating in an illegal scheme to overt
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Federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal with issue likely to be decided by Supreme Court

Federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal with issue likely to be decided by Supreme Court

HOUSTON (AP) — While a federal judge on Wednesday declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S.
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Prosecution rests at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment trial

Prosecution rests at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment trial

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A woman who was expected to testify about an extramarital affair with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made a sudden appearance Wednesday at his impeachment trial, but never took the stand as the prosecutors abruptly rested thei
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Searchers race to recover bodies in Libya as death toll from flooding hits 5,100

Searchers race to recover bodies in Libya as death toll from flooding hits 5,100

DERNA, Libya (AP) — Search teams combed streets, wrecked buildings and even the sea Wednesday to look for bodies in a coastal Libyan city where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed at least 5,100 people .
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Wave of teacher absences forcing Vegas-area school closures deemed an illegal strike, judge finds

Wave of teacher absences forcing Vegas-area school closures deemed an illegal strike, judge finds

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge on Wednesday found that the teachers union in Las Vegas is behind a wave of absences and ordered an end to what she said is “very clearly a strike” during a bitter contract battle in a state where it is illegal for public emp
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Federal judge blocks suspension of right to carry firearms in public ordered by New Mexico governor

Federal judge blocks suspension of right to carry firearms in public ordered by New Mexico governor

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked part of a public health order that suspended the right to carry guns in public across New Mexico’s largest metro area. The ruling Wednesday by U.S.
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2 men sentenced to life without parole in downtown Pittsburgh drive-by shooting that killed toddler

2 men sentenced to life without parole in downtown Pittsburgh drive-by shooting that killed toddler

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two men convicted of murder in a drive-by shooting that left a toddler dead in his car seat in Pittsburgh were sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without possibility of parole.
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Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney, former presidential candidate and governor, won't seek reelection in 2024

Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney, former presidential candidate and governor, won't seek reelection in 2024

Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he will not run for reelection in 2024, creating a wide-open contest in a state that heavily favors Republicans and is expected to attract a crowded field.
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Hurricane Lee turns north on path that will take it past Bermuda as it aims for Atlantic Canada

Hurricane Lee turns north on path that will take it past Bermuda as it aims for Atlantic Canada

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Lee began to spin away from the northern Caribbean on Wednesday as the Category 3 storm aimed for Atlantic Canada and left big waves in its wake.
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