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One year later, the Supreme Court’s abortion decision is both scorned and praised
Activists and politicians are marking the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned a nationwide right to abortion by both bashing and celebrating it. Rallies on both sides were scheduled for Saturday in Washington and across the country. In a statement, President Joe Biden pledged to protect...
Russia says Wagner Group’s leader will move to Belarus after his rebellious march challenged Putin
The head of the private Russian military company Wagner will move to neighboring Belarus as part of deal to defuse rebellion tensions and the criminal case against him will be closed, the Kremlin said Saturday. Yevgeny Prigozhin’s troops who joined him in the uprising will not face prosecution and those...
What role will liability waivers play in the aftermath of the Titan sub tragedy?
BOSTON — Before they boarded the submersible that imploded near the Titanic wreck, the passengers who died this week were most likely asked signed liability waivers. One of the waivers, signed by a person who planned to go on an OceanGate expedition, required passengers to acknowledge risks involved with the...
Xylazine-laced fentanyl is causing wounds and scrambling efforts to stop overdoses
WASHINGTON — A powerful animal sedative in the illicit drug supply is complicating the U.S. response to the opioid crisis, scrambling longstanding methods for reversing overdoses and treating addiction. Xylazine can cause severe skin wounds, but whether it is leading to more deaths — as suggested by officials in Washington...
Ukraine’s president tells other countries to act before Russia attacks nuclear plant
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine wants other countries to heed its warning that Russia may be planning to attack an occupied nuclear power plant to cause a radiation disaster, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Members of his government briefed international representatives on the possible threat to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Zelenskyy...
The latest on Titan submersible tragedy and what’s next in recovery efforts
The desperate search to find the missing Titan submersible turned into a recovery effort Thursday after officials announced the vessel imploded sometime this week, killing all five aboard, near the Titanic shipwreck. Deep-sea robots will continue searching the sea floor for clues about what happened deep in the North Atlantic....
Former FBI analyst sentenced for keeping classified documents at Kansas City-area home
A former FBI analyst has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for keeping classified documents at her Kansas City-area home. Kendra Kingsbury, 50, pleaded guilty in October to two counts of unlawfully retaining documents related to national defense. She was sentenced Wednesday to three years and 10 months...
Judge blocks Wyoming’s 1st-in-the-nation abortion pill ban while court decides lawsuit
CHEYENNE — Abortion pills will remain legal in Wyoming for now, after a judge ruled Thursday that the state’s first-in-the-nation law to ban them won’t take effect July 1 as planned while a lawsuit proceeds. Attorneys for Wyoming failed to show that the ban wouldn’t harm the plaintiffs before their...
Rep. George Santos’ aunt, dad signed his bail bond to keep him out of jail while awaiting trial
NEW YORK — The two people who bailed Rep. George Santos out of federal custody have been revealed to be his father and his aunt, a detail the Republican fought to keep secret as he faces criminal charges and swirling questions about his finances. Gercino dos Santos Jr. and Elma...
Past deep sea rescues show the challenges of saving those on board
BOSTON — The desperate search for a submersible that disappeared while taking five people to view the Titanic wreckage has drawn attention to other deep-sea rescues. Those rescue efforts — from a submersible off Ireland to a submarine off the New Hampshire coast — offer some measure of hope for...
China’s president orders safety campaign after explosion at barbecue restaurant kills 31 people
HONG KONG — China’s president ordered a national safety campaign on Thursday after a massive cooking gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in the northwest killed 31 people and injured seven others on the eve of a long holiday weekend. The blast tore through the restaurant at around 8:40 p.m....
Russia-backed officials say explosion damages bridge linking Ukraine’s mainland to Crimea
KYIV, Ukraine — An explosion damaged a bridge that is one of the few links between Crimea and Ukraine’s mainland, Russia-backed officials said Thursday, while Ukraine’s prime minister appealed for patience as Kyiv’s armed forces move ahead with their closely watched counteroffensive. Russian forces in Crimea, which Russia annexed in...
Hondurans see little hope for nation’s prisons as details of cold-blooded massacre emerge
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Authorities in Honduras began to hand over to relatives the hacked, burned corpses of 46 women killed in the worst riot at a women’s prison in recent memory. Some of the bodies were so badly burned they need genetic testing or dental studies to identify, said Yuri...
Moscow court rules U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich must stay in jail until late August
MOSCOW — A Moscow court on Thursday ruled that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich must remain in jail on espionage charges until at least late August, rejecting the American journalist’s appeal to be released. The 31-year-old U.S. citizen was arrested in late March while on a reporting trip. A...
Tornadoes, hail and hurricane-force winds tear through west Texas, killing 4 people in small townVideo
A line of severe storms produced what a meteorologist calls a rare combination of multiple tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and softball-sized hail in west Texas, killing at least four people, injuring nine and causing significant damage around the town of Matador, a meteorologist said Thursday. The storms produced strong winds that...
A year after fall of Roe, 25 million women live in states with abortion bans or tighter restrictions
One year ago Saturday, the U.S. Supreme Court rescinded a five-decade-old right to abortion, prompting a seismic shift in debates about politics, values, freedom and fairness. Twenty-five million women of childbearing age now live in states where the law makes abortions harder to get than they were before the ruling....
Coast Guard: The Titan submersible imploded, killing all 5 on boardVideo
A submersible carrying five people to the Titanic imploded near the site of the shipwreck and killed everyone on board, authorities said Thursday, bringing a tragic end to a saga that included an urgent around-the-clock search and a worldwide vigil for the missing vessel. Coast Guard officials said during a...
Justice Department begins turning over evidence to Trump team in classified documents case
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Wednesday night that it had begun turning over evidence to former President Donald Trump’s legal team as his lawyers prepare a defense to charges that he illegally retained classified documents. The evidence includes transcripts of grand jury testimony taken in both Washington and Florida,...
Hunter Biden plea agreement in tax, gun case set for July court date
WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden will go before a judge next month to formally strike a plea agreement with prosecutors on tax and gun charges that will likely spare President Joe Biden’s son time behind bars, according to court documents posted Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika must still approve the...
Pentagon documents leak suspect Jack Teixeira pleads not guilty to federal charges
WORCESTER, Mass. — Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly classified military documents on a social media platform, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal felony charges. Teixeira, 21, entered the pleas during a hearing in Worcester’s federal court days after he was indicted by a...
Justice Scalia led the way for Supreme Court justices taking free trips
WASHINGTON — The late Justice Antonin Scalia left a long legacy on the Supreme Court, from his devotion to originalism to his sharp-tongued rhetoric. But the enthusiastic hunter and fisherman also set a precedent of sorts on how to take free trips without disclosing them — one that is now...
Report: Justice Alito accepted Alaska resort vacation from GOP donorsVideo
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted a 2008 trip to a luxury fishing lodge in Alaska from two wealthy Republican donors, one of whom repeatedly had interests before the court, and he did not disclose the trips on his financial disclosure for that year, ProPublica reports. A story...
Judge orders names of people who posted Rep. George Santos’ $500K bond revealed
NEW YORK — Lying Rep. George Santos has until noon Thursday to decide whether he’ll go to jail to shield the names of the people who helped him post his $500,000 bond. Santos and his lawyer have been fighting to keep secret the names of the people who secured his...
Ohio woman dies after being accidentally shot by her 2-year-old son
NORWALK, Ohio — A pregnant Ohio mother died last week after she was accidentally shot in the back by her 2-year-old son who found a loaded weapon on a nearby nightstand, police said. Police Chief David Smith of Norwalk told reporters Tuesday that he was one of the officers who...
Capitol rioter who shocked police officer with stun gun is sentenced to over 12 years in prison
WASHINGTON — A California man who drove a stun gun into a police officer’s neck during one of the most violent clashes of the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Wednesday to more than 12 years in prison. Daniel “D.J.” Rodriguez yelled, “Trump won!” as he was led out of...
