Politics

Minnesota saw 20% jump in abortions last year, partly due to patients from restrictive states

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota recorded a 20% jump in abortions in 2022, partly because more patients are traveling from states that have banned or limited the procedure since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v.

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New California Assembly speaker pledges to tackle the state's biggest issues

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Assemblymember Robert Rivas was sworn in Friday as the next speaker of California's state Assembly, becoming the first lawmaker from a rural district to hold the powerful office in the state's modern history.

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DC promises a 'very, very robust' police presence to maintain public safety over July 4 holiday

WASHINGTON (AP) — With a flood of visitors and tourists expected, officials in the nation's capital are mobilizing additional police officers and dozens of teams of civilian peacekeepers in an attempt to keep rising violent crime rates from marring t

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Fox News reaches $12M settlement with former Tucker Carlson producer who testified in Dominion case

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News will pay one of its former producers $12 million to settle her claims that she faced a discriminatory workplace and that the network coerced her into giving false or misleading testimony in Dominion Inc.

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State Department failed to plan or respond fast enough in Afghanistan collapse, new US report finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department failed to do enough planning before the collapse of the U.S.

Jun 30, 2023 3:31 PM Read more >

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office until 2030

SAO PAULO (AP) — Far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was barred Friday from running for office again until 2030 after a panel of judges concluded that he abused his power and cast unfounded doubts on the country’s electronic voting sy

Jun 30, 2023 3:29 PM Read more >

Supreme Court directs Ohio's top court to take another look at redistricting lawsuit

The Ohio Supreme Court will take yet another look at the legality of the state's congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday set aside a ruling striking down the districts and ordered further consideration of the case.

Jun 30, 2023 3:28 PM Read more >

Fire damages Syrian tent home of detained Canadian mother and children: advocate

OTTAWA — A Canadian mother struggling to leave a Syrian detention camp with her six children was dealt another setback this week when a fire damaged their tent home, an advocacy group says.

Jun 30, 2023 3:27 PM Read more >

'It's all new for us': Ukrainian newcomers celebrate their first Canada Day

OTTAWA — Tonya Barabash has a quintessentially Canadian plan for Saturday: she and her husband are making the most of the hot summer weather, taking their seven-year-old son swimming at a marina and going out for ice cream.

Jun 30, 2023 3:25 PM Read more >

Conservative majority on U.S. Supreme Court flexes muscles on students, LGBTQ rights

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court put its conservative slant — and its ever-more-combative liberal minority — on stark display Friday as it rejected federal plans to forgive student debt and backed businesses that refuse to serve same-sex couples.

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