Takeaways from the 5th Circuit arguments over abortion drug access
The roughly two hours of oral arguments that an extremely conservative appeals court heard Wednesday in a blockbuster abortion pill case suggested that the judges were not buying the Biden administration's arguments for why courts should not second guess how the government has regulated a medication abortion drug.
2023-05-18 08:45
Ukraine war: Boy of 5 among civilians killed in shelling
Reports say eight people died and 17 were injured in heavy shelling in the war-torn south and east.
2023-05-18 08:26
Americans urged to cancel surgeries in Mexico border city after meningitis cases, 1 death
State and federal health officials are warning U.S. residents to cancel planned surgeries in a Mexico border city after five people from Texas developed suspected cases of fungal meningitis
2023-05-18 08:21
Court orders Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to go to prison
Holmes was also ordered to pay $452m to the victims of the blood testing scandal.
2023-05-18 08:17
Asia to Follow US Stock Gains on Debt-Ceiling Bets: Markets Wrap
Asian equities were headed for gains after US stocks rallied on signs of optimism from debt-ceiling talks, allowing
2023-05-18 07:54
Montana says 1st-in-the-nation TikTok ban protects people. TikTok says it violates company's right
Montana has become the first state to enact a complete ban on TikTok
2023-05-18 07:51
'We are selling a product that we hope gets discontinued'
The firms aiming to help eradicate invasive species by making commercial use of them.
2023-05-18 07:50
Breaking ice jams, rapid snowmelt flood homes, businesses and roads across Alaska
Flooding across Alaska has inundated scores of homes, with several of them knocked from their foundations by large ice chunks, and shut one of the state’s few east-west highways down to one lane
2023-05-18 07:47
$2 billion budget bump: Oregon GOP walkout stalls two-year funding plan amid rosy revenue forecast
Oregon's income tax receipts are forecast to be significantly higher than expected, giving state lawmakers more room to negotiate over spending priorities
2023-05-18 07:46
Effort to expel Santos falters as Republicans vote to send measure to Ethics Committee
A resolution to expel New York Republican Rep. George Santos from Congress is being referred to the House Ethics Committee
2023-05-18 07:27
Biden administration proposes new rule to prevent students from incurring crippling debt at for-profit colleges
The Biden administration proposed a new rule Wednesday meant to prevent students from taking on an unaffordable amount of student loan debt to attend for-profit colleges and certificate programs at nonprofit colleges.
2023-05-18 07:21
Dancers at Los Angeles bar to become only unionized strippers in US after 15-month battle
Dancers at a Los Angeles bar could soon become the only unionized group of strippers in the U.S. The Actors’ Equity Association labor union says that owners of the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood have withdrawn their opposition and agreed to recognize the strippers’ union
2023-05-18 07:19