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Expelled Rep. Justin Pearson waves, Friday, April 7, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn., the day after Pearson and another member of the Tennessee State Legislature were expelled. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Black lawmaker who was expelled to return to Tennessee House

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of the two Black Democrats who were expelled last week from the GOP-led Tennessee House has been reinstated. Nashville's governing council voted Monday to send Justin … more

By JONATHAN MATTISE and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press | 4/10/23

Gov. Maura Healey, front right, faces reporters as Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, left, looks on, Monday, April 10, 2023, during a news conference in front of the Statehouse, in Boston. Massachusetts is stockpiling enough doses of mifepristone to last for more than a year Healey, a Democrat, said Monday. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Some US states stock abortion medications after court ruling

A handful of states led by Democratic governors are stockpiling doses of drugs used in medication abortions amid fears that a court ruling could restrict access to the most commonly used method of … more

By STEVE LeBLANC | 4/10/23

Vladimir Kara-Murza's lawyer, Maria Eismont speaks to the media at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 10, 2023. Eismont, said that prosecutors at his trial asked for a 25-year prison sentence. The verdict will be announced on Monday, April 17, 2023. Kara-Murza is a journalist and prominent opponent of the Kremlin who has been behind bars since his arrest a year ago. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Kremlin opponent defiant in statement during treason trial

Jailed Kremlin opponent Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. is likening judicial proceedings against him to the sham Stalin-era and later proceedings that condemned his countrymen to prison or death sentences. … more

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FILE - E. Jean Carroll talks to reporters outside a courthouse in New York, March 4, 2020. Federal Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued an order Monday, April 10, 2023, directing parties to notify him if Trump plans to attend a New York trial later in the month resulting from Carroll's claims that he raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Will Trump attend his rape trial? Judge wants to know

A federal judge wants to know if ex-President Donald Trump plans to attend a New York trial this month resulting from a columnist's claims that he raped her in a department store dressing room in the … more

By LARRY NEUMEISTER | 4/10/23

FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Sunday, April 9, 2023, stressed that women for now continue to have access to the abortion medication mifepristone after the Texas judge stayed his ruling for a week so federal authorities could file a challenge. The drug was approved by the FDA in 2000. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Justice Department calls abortion pill order 'unprecedented'

The Justice Department is calling a Texas court ruling that would halt approval of the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. “extraordinary and unprecedented” as the government asks a … more

By PAUL J. WEBER | 4/10/23

FILE - Flowers rest at the burial plot of former Secretary of State Colin Powell in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery, Nov. 11, 2021, in Arlington, Va. A trial underway in federal court will decide whether the U.S. government must pay up to $21 million to compensate a Virginia county for a parcel of land taken to expand Arlington National Cemetery. The cemetery expansion project has already begun work and is expected to extend the cemetery’s life by nearly 20 years, until 2060. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

County seeks cash for land to expand Arlington cemetery

A trial underway in federal court will decide whether the U.S. government must pay up to $21 million to compensate a Virginia county for land taken to expand Arlington National Cemetery. The … more

By MATTHEW BARAKAT | 4/10/23

Multiple agencies arrive at a building after a shooting took place in Louisville, Ky., Monday, April 10, 2023. (Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal via AP)

A list of recent high-profile shootings in the US

The latest high-profile shooting in the United States happened in Louisville, Kentucky, when at least four people were killed at a downtown bank. The Monday shooting is the 15th mass killing, in … more

By The Associated Press | 4/10/23

FILE - Hilary Swank attends the Disney 2022 Upfront presentation at Basketball City Pier 36 on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in New York. Swank has given birth to twins — a boy and a girl. The 48-year-old “Million Dollar Baby” actor posted a photo of her and her twins looking at the sunset on Instagram Sunday. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Hilary Swank gives birth to twins, shares 1st photo

Hilary Swank has given birth to twins — a boy and a girl. The 48-year-old “Million Dollar Baby” actor posted a photo of her and her twins looking at the sunset on Instagram Sunday evening with … more

By NARDOS HAILE | 4/10/23

Makoto Shinkai poses for a portrait to promote the film "Suzume" on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 in New York. Shinkai was never the same filmmaker after the 2011 earthquake stuck Japan. His top three films since – "Your Name," "Weathering With You" and the new release "Suzume" -- have each tethered hugely emotional tales to ecological disaster. And they account for some of the biggest anime hits of all time. "Suzume" has already grossed more than $200 million. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)

The anime hit 'Suzume' and Shinkai's cinema of cataclysm

Makoto Shinkai was never the same filmmaker after the 2011 earthquake stuck Japan. When the tsunami and quake ravaged the Tōhoku region of northern Japan and prompted a nuclear meltdown, Shinkai, a … more

By JAKE COYLE | 4/10/23

FILE - A sign reading "My body, my choice," is taped to a hanger taped to a streetlight in front of the Idaho state Capitol Building in Boise, Idaho, May 3, 2022. Abortion is banned in Idaho at all stages of pregnancy, but the governor on Wednesday, April 5, 2023 signed another law making it illegal to provide help within the state’s boundaries to minors seeking abortion without parental consent. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP, File)

Next abortion battles may be among states with clashing laws

Since Roe v. Wade fell, states with strict abortion bans are trying to reach outside their borders to keep their residents from getting abortions in other states. But legal observers say there’s no … more

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and JOHN HANNA | 4/10/23

FILE - Mike Brennan, then-branch chief at the National Hurricane Center, gives an update on Hurricane Harvey as it moves toward the Texas coast, Aug. 25, 2017, in Miami. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration named Brennan as the new director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Brennan named new director for National Hurricane Center

The new director of the National Hurricane Center is a man with plenty of experience calling big storms. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Monday announced Mike Brennan will take … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 4/10/23

FILE - Hindu devotees listen to a religious leader at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela festival, in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Jan. 31, 2023. Demographers are unsure exactly when India will take the title as the most populous nation in the world because they're relying on estimates to make their best guess. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

When exactly will India surpass China as most populous?

India is surpassing China’s population this month. Or it may happen in July. Or, maybe it's happened already? Demographers are unsure when exactly India will take the title away from China as the … more

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and SIBI ARASU | 4/10/23

Thousands of Rutgers faculty go on unprecedented strike

Thousands of professors, part-time lecturers and graduate student workers at New Jersey’s flagship university have gone on strike — the first such job action in the school’s 257-year history. … more

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Success Coach Latasha Wiley, left, helps first-year student Amare Porter, right, with her class schedule at Chattahoochee Valley Community College's advising center on Feb. 23, 2023, in Phenix City, Ala. At the school, the Strategies to Enhance New Student Engagement program, or SENSE, has counselors reach out to students. (Rebecca Griesbach/Press-Register via AP)

Academic coaches help students finish community college

Two-year community colleges, which serve many of the students who need the most support, have the lowest completion rates of any kind of university or college. The availability of advisers, students … more

By REBECCA GRIESBACH, AL.com | 4/10/23

FILE - Lynnette Williams holds a sign during a gathering at Second Baptist Church in Akron, Ohio, calling for justice for Jayland Walker, July 2, 2022. A grand jury in Ohio will hear evidence this week to decide whether police officers should face criminal charges in the shooting of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man whose death sparked protests in Akron last summer. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal via AP, File)

Grand jury weighs charges for police in Jayland Walker death

A grand jury in Ohio will hear evidence this week to decide whether police officers should face criminal charges in the shooting of Jayland Walker. The 25-year-old Black man’s death last summer … more

By JOHN SEEWER | 4/10/23

FILE - Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., speaks before President Joe Biden about his infrastructure agenda while announcing funding to upgrade Philadelphia's water facilities and replace lead pipes, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at Belmont Water Treatment Center in Philadelphia. Casey said he’ll seek a fourth term, bringing unmatched name recognition in Pennsylvania politics to his party's defense of a seat in a presidential battleground state. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania to seek 4th term

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey says he’ll seek a fourth term, bringing unmatched name recognition in Pennsylvania politics to his party’s defense of a seat in a presidential battleground state. … more

By MARC LEVY | 4/10/23

FILE - Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott arrives for the state's General Assembly's annual 90-day session, on Jan. 11, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. Scott has called for a summer curfew after two teenagers were shot at the city’s Inner Harbor area while police were attempting to break up a large crowd of minors Sunday night, April 9. Following the shooting, Scott announced his intention to implement a 9 p.m. curfew for anyone 14 years and younger and 10 p.m. for those younger than 17 during the forthcoming summer months. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Baltimore mayor calls for 'youth curfew' after 2 teens shot

The mayor of Baltimore has called for a summer curfew after two teenagers were shot while police were attempting to break up a large crowd of minors Sunday night. WBAL-TV reports a 14-year-old and a … more

By The Associated Press | 4/10/23

This image provided by the Houston Police Department shows Lydell Grant, a Houston man declared innocent in 2021 after being convicted in a fatal stabbing and serving seven years in prison. Grant has been charged with murder in the shooting a fellow motorist, police said. Grant is accused of killing Edwin Arevalo, 33, following a minor traffic collision Thursday, April 6, 2023, Houston police said. Police said Grant got out of his vehicle, shot Arvelo and then fled the scene. (Houston Police Department via AP)

Texan declared innocent in slaying now arrested in another

Police say a Houston man declared innocent in 2021 after being convicted in a fatal stabbing and serving seven years in prison has been charged with murder. Houston police say 46-year-old Lydell … more

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Traffic is stopped due to snowy weather conditions on Route 93 South, Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Londonderry, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Home-based workers became younger, more diverse in pandemic

People working from home became younger, more diverse, better educated and more likely to move during the COVID-19 pandemic. That's according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau released last … more

By MIKE SCHNEIDER | 4/9/23

78-year-old bank heist suspect: 'I didn't mean to scare you'

A 78-year-old woman with two past bank robbery convictions faces new charges after authorities allege she handed a teller a note that said “I didn’t mean to scare you” during a recent Missouri … more

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