New York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill in Louisiana

A New York doctor has been indicted by a Lousiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the country

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Convicted mother of a Michigan school shooter seeks new trial over witness deals

The first U.S. parent to be held criminally responsible for a mass school shooting committed by a child is asking a Michigan judge to throw out her involuntary manslaughter conviction

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Some hospitals pause gender-affirming care to evaluate Trump's executive order

Hospitals in Colorado, Virginia and the nation’s capital say they have paused gender-affirming care for young people as they evaluate President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at cutting federal support for such care

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Tennessee GOP passes school voucher expansion bill with backing from Trump

Tennessee lawmakers have approved legislation drastically expanding the number of families who can use taxpayer money on private schools regardless of income

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Door appeared ajar on a kit plane in California crash that killed 2 and injured 19

A door was apparently not fully closed on a homebuilt airplane that crashed in Southern California earlier this month

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Man charged with stabbing Vegas showgirls and tourists pleads guilty but mentally ill to murder

A man charged with a deadly series of stabbings on the Las Vegas Strip in October 2022 has pleaded guilty but mentally ill to murder and terrorism charges

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`You're going home,' police tell Ahmaud Arbery's killer in video shown to jury

A police investigator told the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery that he wasn't being arrested in an interview roughly two hours after the killing

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Trump makes plans to mark the nation's 250th anniversary celebration and recognize 'American heroes'

President Donald Trump is making plans to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence with an “extraordinary celebration” and a new national monument

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Pilot safe after F-35 military jet suffers 'significant damage' in accident at Alaska base

A U.S. Air Force pilot is reported safe after an F-35 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise at a base in Alaska

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US education agency investigating Denver schools over all-gender bathroom

The U.S. Education Department said it is investigating Denver Public Schools for alleged discrimination after the district converted a girl’s restroom on the second floor of East High School into an all-gender restroom while leaving the other bathroom ...

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Trial begins for neo-Nazi group leader accused of plotting power grid attack

The founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group is on trial for conspiring to attack Maryland’s power grid

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3 dead including suspect and 2 officers hurt in shooting at Indiana grocery store

Police say two people were fatally shot, two police officers were hurt and a person believed to be the shooter also died at a grocery store in northern Indiana

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Trump pushes border crackdown at House Republican retreat as he caps first week in office

President Donald Trump boasted about his first week in office as he rallied House Republicans to advance tax cuts, border security and other conservative priorities

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Wisconsin Republicans target governor's uniquely broad partial veto powers

Republicans want voters to curb the uniquely expansive partial veto powers that Wisconsin governors from both parties have enjoyed for nearly a century

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Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, turn to faith amid deportation fears

Despite legally migrating to the U.S. under the country’s Temporary Protected Status program, many of the thousands of Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are fearful President Donald Trump’s promised migration crackdown will soon include them

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Percival Everett's 'James' awarded Carnegie Medal for fiction

Everett's novel is a reworking of Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

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Acting deputy AG visits Chicago to 'observe' immigration crackdown

Emil Bove visited Chicago to observe the start of immigration enforcement.

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Trump wants Jordan and Egypt to accept more refugees and floats plan to 'just clean out' Gaza

President Donald Trump says he’d like to see Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting from the Gaza Strip — potentially moving out enough of the population to “clean out” the area to create a virtual clean slate

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Private investigator first to admit guilt in offering bribes to get intoxicated drivers off the hook

A private investigator was the first to plead guilty to a host of federal charges that include racketeering and bribery in a corruption scandal that roiled New Mexico’s law enforcement community for over a decade, according to court records released Fr...

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Kia recalls more than 80,000 U.S. autos due to improper air bag deployment and improper wiring

Kia is recalling more than 80,000 vehicles due to floor wiring beneath the front passenger seat that can become damaged and prevent airbags and seat belts from deploying properly

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Supreme Court to weigh approval for 1st publicly funded religious charter school

The Supreme Court has agreed to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open in Oklahoma

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Bridgestone announces tire plant closure in Tennessee with 700 layoffs

Tire manufacturer Bridgestone Americas is closing its LaVergne, Tennessee, plant and laying off 700 workers there

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State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide

The State Department has frozen new funding for almost all U.S. aid programs worldwide, making exceptions to allow humanitarian food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt to continue

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FBI arrests a Washington state woman in fatal shooting of Vermont Border Patrol agent

The FBI says it arrested a 21-year-old Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont

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USDA secretary nominee says politics shouldn't influence California wildfire response

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture says efforts by the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires in California shouldn’t be influenced by politics

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The New Mexico Supreme Court rules schools can be sued over discriminatory conduct

The New Mexico Supreme Court has cleared the way for an anti-discrimination lawsuit to proceed against the state’s largest school district

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Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms is back in court

A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments about a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms

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A 17-year-old shooter killed a female student and himself at a Nashville high school, police say

Police say a 17-year-old shooter killed himself after fatally wounding a female student in a shooting at a Nashville high school

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Judge rejects new trial for former Sen. Menendez over tainted laptop

A federal judge has rejected a bid by former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez to get his conviction on bribery charges thrown out

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Auto-followed Trump or Vance? Likely because you previously liked POTUS, VP accounts

Some Facebook and Instagram users were surprised to find themselves automatically following the accounts of President Donald Trump or Vice President JD Vance this week after the president was inaugurated

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Fire chief fatally shot while helping a couple whose car struck a deer in Alabama

A man fatally shot a fire battalion chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer in rural Alabama

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'Orchestrated attack' on Portland elections office shatters dozens of windows: Police

A group of hooded and masked people broke dozens of windows and spray painted anti-government graffiti on the Multnomah County Elections building in what Portland police called an “orchestrated attack.”

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Trump vows to change name of tallest North America peak from Denali to Mount McKinley

President Donald Trump says he plans to rename North America’s tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley

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Elon Musk's prominence during inauguration ceremonies stamps tech titan's place in Trump's orbit

The blossoming relationship between President Donald Trump and tech titan Elon Musk was on full display throughout Monday's inauguration ceremonies

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Former Planned Parenthood president, activist Cecile Richards dies at 67

Cecile Richards, a national leader for women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died

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Man accused of starting fire at Congressman's office motivated by TikTok ban, police say

A man accused of setting fire to a strip mall in Wisconsin where a Congressman’s office is located told authorities he was motivated by the federal ban on the popular TikTok video-sharing platform

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Heavy snow and frigid Arctic blast put 70 million across the U.S. under winter storm warnings

Heavy snow is expected to blanket large portions of the Eastern U.S. while much of the country will endure dangerously cold temperatures in the coming days

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Arrest made in beating death of pioneering Black Bronx rocker

Police in New York City have arrested a man in connection with the beating death of a pioneering rock musician in the Bronx

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Thousands of people enjoy art on a frozen Minneapolis lake despite bone-chilling temperatures

Saturday was cold even for Minneapolis, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from tromping out onto a frozen lake to immerse themselves in art, make new friends — and try their best to stay warm

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Alabama supreme court grants breastfeeding women exemption from jury duty after public outcry

Breastfeeding women in Alabama will be excused from jury duty, the state’s highest court ordered on Friday

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Man's dramatic rescue of dog from freezing river in Vermont caught on video

A Vermont man waded into a river to rescue a dog that was struggling to escape the icy waters

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Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by Ukraine

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is bidding farewell to the forces and personnel he's led through a tumultuous term

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Nintendo's new Switch 2 console will come out in 2025

The Nintendo Switch 2, the successor to the Nintendo Switch system, will be released in 2025

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US recovers $31 million in Social Security payments to dead people

Ever since the U.S. Social Security Administration opened its books to the Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of Fiscal Service, it has been able to stop and recover more than $31 million in improper Social Security payments to dead people

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Judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending federal oversight

A judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending longstanding federal oversight

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Multiracial boom in 2020 census was mostly an illusion, researchers say

When 2020 census results were released more than three years ago, they showed a 276% boom in the number of people classified as multiracial in the United States since 2010

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Strong winds forecast to return and threaten Los Angeles area's fight against fires

A growing force of firefighters and equipment has moved into the Los Angeles area

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Firm has no plans to salvage more Titanic artifacts, snuffing out legal fight

The U.S. has ended its latest legal battle against the company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic shipwreck

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Biden speaks with relatives of Americans held by Taliban, but deal to bring them home still elusive

President Joe Biden spoke Sunday with relatives of three Americans the U.S. government is looking to bring home from Afghanistan, but it was unclear from the call if a deal to bring them back that is now on the table could be completed before the he le...

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Fencing, roof of Anchorage pedestrian bridge fall in strong wind, closing highway

The side fencing and roof of a pedestrian bridge that fell in strong wind closed the main highway south of Anchorage, Alaska, early Sunday

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A dad and daughter help evacuees learn whether their homes survived the California wildfires

A father-daughter team in the Los Angeles area are staying in their home behind the fire barricades and taking inventory of destroyed properties

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Southern areas hit by winter storm thaw out as power slowly returns

After a freezing winter storm shut schools, cut power and cancelled or delayed flights, the South is slowly thawing as warmer weather melts snow and ice

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Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned after submitting his Trump report, Justice Department says

Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump

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Biden honors Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

President Joe Biden has honored Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction

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Rudy Giuliani's Florida condo and World Series rings at stake in trial over assets

After he was found in contempt twice in one week, Rudy Giuliani faces another treacherous week ahead at a trial to determine whether his Florida condominium and three World Series rings must be turned over to two Georgia election workers

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Powerful winter storm that dumped snow in US South maintains its icy grip

A winter storm that dropped heavy snow and glazed roads throughout the U.S. South is maintaining its icy grip on much of the region into the weekend

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Biden is still considering pardons for people who have been criticized or threatened by Trump

President Joe Biden says he is still considering whether to give pardons to people who have been criticized or threatened by President-elect Donald Trump

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Kentucky reaches $110 million deal with Kroger to settle opioid lawsuit

Kentucky's attorney general says the state will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation's largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic

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West Virginia care facility staff members charged in death of patient left in scalding hot bathtub

Two staff members at a northern West Virginia long-term care facility have been charged in the death of a patient who was left in a scalding hot bathtub a year ago

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Former FBI informant will be sentenced for bogus bribery claim about President Biden and son Hunter

Prosecutors are asking a judge for six years in prison for an ex-FBI informant whose bogus story about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes became central to Republicans’ impeachment effort

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Elk on a shelf: Colorado wildlife officials rescue elk tangled in rope on ice climbing route

Wildlife officials have rescued a bull elk by lowering it down a cliff after the animal became entangled in a rope at a popular ice climbing area in southwestern Colorado

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Lawsuit alleges racial and gender discrimination led to Air Force contractor's death

The family of a Air Force contractor who was killed when she walked into a rotating drone propeller has filed a lawsuit against her company, Sumaria Systems LLC, claiming her trainer subjected her to gender and racial discrimination that ultimately put...

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Didier Deschamps says he'll quit as France coach after the 2026 World Cup

Didier Deschamps says he'll quit as France coach after the 2026 World Cup

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Monkey in a tutu escapes from a home. sheriff's office says the capture was 'bananas'

A monkey in a pink tutu that slipped out of a Missouri home was captured before a winter storm slammed the state

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San Francisco Bay Area police department mired in racist text scandal agrees to reforms

A San Francisco Bay Area police department under federal investigation for racist and sexist texts has agreed to hire a consultant to update its policies, procedures and training on various topics

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Biden is traveling to New Orleans following the French Quarter attack that killed 14 and injured 30

President Joe Biden is heading to New Orleans as the city reels from the deadly New Year’s attack in which an Army veteran plowed a truck into revelers, killing 14 and injuring 30 more

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1 person killed in large avalanche in western Wyoming backcountry

A skier has been killed and another injured after their group triggered a large avalanche while ascending a mountain in western Wyoming

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Drawn to New Orleans' iconic street of celebration, a night of partying becomes a nightmare

The night started out ripe for celebrating the new year as the party pulsing down Bourbon Street in New Orleans drew revelers from near and far

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Washington Post cartoonist quits after paper rejects sketch of Bezos bowing to Trump

A Washington Post cartoonist says she has decided to quit after editors rejected her sketch of the newspaper's owner and other media executives bowing to President-elect Donald Trump

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Drivers skid and crash as wintery mix grips central US then moves east

Road conditions are beginning to deteriorate in the central U.S. as a mixture of snow, ice and plunging temperatures arrived

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New Orleans inches toward normalcy while mourning victims of deadly New Year’s rampage

Street performers and football fans returned to New Orleans streets as the city inched back toward normalcy

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Man pushed onto NYC subway tracks recovering; suspect charged with attempted murder

The brother of a man who was shoved onto subway tracks ahead of an incoming train in New York City on New Year’s Eve says he's expected to make a full recovery

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Rescuers find gruesome scene at a Honolulu home after a fireworks blast kills 3, injures over 20

Authorities say three people are dead and 20 others injured in a New Year’s fireworks explosion in a Honolulu-area neighborhood

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3 people confirmed dead, more than 20 hurt in Honolulu fireworks blast, mayor says

3 people confirmed dead, more than 20 hurt in Honolulu fireworks blast, mayor says

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New Orleans barriers to prevent vehicle attacks were in the process of being replaced

Seven years ago, New Orleans officials began installing adjustable barriers at intersections in the famed French Quarter to temporarily prevent vehicles from entering the tourist area where the narrow streets are typically teeming with pedestrians ever...

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