A large-scale outage on Wednesday affected residents’ ability to call the 911 emergency number in parts of Nebraska and Texas, the entire state of South Dakota and Las Vegas, according …
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The two chambers of Arizona’s State Legislature diverged sharply on Wednesday over whether to repeal the state’s 1864 law banning abortion, capping a chaotic day as legislators and activists sparred …
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President Biden jumped into a debate about gender and sports this week, calling for pay equity for women athletes after Caitlin Clark, the University of Iowa basketball standout, was selected …
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The chairman of the Nevada Republican Party has been indicted. So has the former chairman of the Georgia G.O.P. In Michigan, a former co-chairwoman of the state party is facing …
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18 Dead After Heavy Rain in Oman: Schools Close, Evacuations Ongoing
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesEighteen people are dead and more are missing as more than a year’s worth of rain fell on Oman in just days, causing widespread flash flooding. With the downpour expected …
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Transportation Dept. and State Attorneys General Will Look Into Airline Complaints
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday announced a new partnership with more than a dozen state attorneys general to investigate consumer complaints against airlines. The partnership sets up a process …
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California Man Gets 9 Years in Firebombing of Planned Parenthood Clinic
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA California man who used a Molotov cocktail to firebomb a clinic providing abortion services was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday in the 2022 attack on the …
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Justices to Hear Obstruction Case That Could Bar Charges Against Trump
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could eliminate some of the federal charges against former President Donald J. Trump in the case accusing him …
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It was so close. Had just one missile or drone gotten through and killed a lot of Israelis, American officials feared, the region could have gone up in flames. So …
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Audit Questions Purchase of $19,000 Lectern by Arkansas Governor’s Office
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLegislative auditors in Arkansas found that the purchase last year of a $19,000 lectern by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s office potentially violated state laws, according to a report released on …