A judge has struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy. Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens ruled …
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By MEAD GRUVER
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11/18/24
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Defense attorneys began their defense of a former U.S. Marine charged with fatally choking a homeless man aboard a Manhattan subway by calling the defendant's older sister to the witness stand. …
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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
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11/18/24
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A federal appeals court says it will let the nation's third execution with nitrogen gas go forward this week. The 11th U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed on Monday a lower court’s decision to let Carey …
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By KIM CHANDLER
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11/18/24
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Authorities in New Orleans are imploring witnesses to come forward with information about two outbreaks of gunfire during a neighborhood parade that left two people dead and 13 hurt. They are also …
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By KEVIN McGILL
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11/18/24
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President-elect Donald Trump appears to be planning to attend a SpaceX “Starship” rocket launch on Tuesday, in the latest indication of founder Elon Musk’s influence in the Republican’s …
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By ZEKE MILLER
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11/18/24
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Officials say a man has carried out a string of stabbings across a swath of Manhattan that killed two people and critically wounded a third. The 51-year-old suspect is in police custody after Monday …
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By JENNIFER PELTZ
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11/18/24
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11/18/24
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Wisconsin Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde has conceded defeat in the race narrowly won by Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, saying he will not pursue a recount. Hovde could have requested a …
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By SCOTT BAUER
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11/18/24
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Testimony is resuming in the trial of the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. Jose Ibarra, who entered the U.S. illegally two years ago, is charged with murder and other …
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By KATE BRUMBACK
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11/18/24
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Demonstrators in the capital of Georgia have set up tents on one of the city’s main thoroughfares and are vowing to stay there around the clock to demand new parliamentary elections in the country. …
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11/18/24
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Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike hit a tent sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip, killing two children aged 7 and 9 and their parents. A third child, 10 years old, was wounded in …
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By The Associated Press
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11/18/24
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Some Arab Americans are expressing concern over Donald Trump's picks for key positions in his next administration. The picks have been described as a pro-Israel “dream team” by a conservative …
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
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11/18/24
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Authorities say three people were injured aboard a single-engine plane that crashed near a Southern California dragstrip where fans were gathered for the finals of a racing event. The Federal …
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11/17/24
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Reg Murphy, whose newsgathering career included stints as an editor and top executive at newspapers in Atlanta, San Francisco and Baltimore, has died. He was 90 years old. Murphy, who lived on St. …
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By BRUCE SCHREINER
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11/17/24
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Donald Trump Jr. says the team now around the president-elect now knows how to choose a Cabinet and build out an administration, unlike before the time before his father first took office. And he …
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By WILL WEISSERT
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11/17/24
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Opposition protesters in Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia have refused to cede control of key government buildings seized during rallies on Friday during which at least 14 people were …
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11/17/24
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The 2024 presidential election featured sky-high turnout, approaching the historic levels of the 2020 contest. Conventional political wisdom was that Republicans struggle to win races in which many …
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
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11/17/24
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A group of 32 students from the United States have been selected to attend the University of Oxford as part of the prestigious Rhodes scholar program in the coming year among an international class …
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By BRIAN P. D. HANNON
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11/17/24
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Tropical Storm Sara is the third named storm to emerge this November, serving up a reminder that the Atlantic hurricane season isn't quite over. Sara has dumped torrential rains in Central American …
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By RUSS BYNUM
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11/17/24
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President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary after his second administration begins in January. Wright, CEO of …
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By MATTHEW DALY, WILL WEISSERT and COLLEEN LONG
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11/16/24
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