Women who sued Texas after saying they were denied abortions despite serious risks to their health are asking a court to step in. A Texas judge on Wednesday is set to hear testimony from the women, …
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By PAUL J. WEBER
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7/19/23
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China says it's navy ships are preparing for joint exercises with Russia's sea forces in a sign of Beijing's continuing support for Moscow's invasion of neighboring Ukraine. The move announced …
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7/19/23
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The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $720 million after no winning ticket was sold — again. No ticket for Tuesday’s drawing matched the white balls 19, 22, 31, 37, 54 and the gold …
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7/19/23
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Authorities say an Alaska man inadvertently filmed his own drowning on a glacial lake with a GoPro camera mounted on his helmet. But officials who recovered the camera have not yet found his body. …
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By BECKY BOHRER
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7/18/23
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The White House is criticizing Texas’ operation to stop migrants along the U.S. border with Mexico after a state trooper told a supervisor that the mission has become inhumane. Nicholas Wingate …
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By ACACIA CORONADO
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7/18/23
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Louisiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature overturned Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ recent veto of a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors on Tuesday. Louisiana, where the ban …
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By SARA CLINE
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7/18/23
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As a summer heat wave continues to bake most of Texas, family members of inmates are calling for all of the state’s prisons to be fully air conditioned. Only about 30% of Texas’ 100 prisons are …
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By JUAN A. LOZANO
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7/18/23
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Northwestern has been added to a long list of American universities to face a scandal in athletics and may eventually join the trend of making large payouts following allegations of sexual abuse. A …
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By The Associated Press
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7/18/23
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Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail as a condition of pretrial release from jail on Tuesday. The state Supreme Court upheld the constitutionally of the law abolishing …
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By JOHN O'CONNOR
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7/18/23
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An ongoing eruption of a remote volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands produced an ash cloud so large Tuesday warnings were sent to pilots about potentially dangerous conditions. The ash cloud with …
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7/18/23
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This summer’s punishing heat wave has baked much of the U.S. in sweat-soaked misery. The country’s preeminent desert city has long sweltered through such brutal heat. And there are lessons to be …
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By ALINA HARTOUNIAN
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7/18/23
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An unusual find in China suggests some early mammals may have hunted dinosaur for dinner. The fossil shows a badgerlike creature chomping down on a small, beaked dinosaur, their skeletons …
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By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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7/18/23
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Quick grants from tech billionaires aim to speed up science research. But not all scientists approve
Patrick Collison, the now 34-year-old billionaire CEO of the online payments company Stripe, and economist Tyler Cowen worried scientific progress seemed to be slowing down. They wanted to chage …
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By EDEN STIFFMAN of The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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7/18/23
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America's top oilfield services companies sold millions of dollars in vital oil equipment to Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. The largest, SLB, maintained and even grew its business after others …
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By ED DAVEY
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7/18/23
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Americans increased their spending modestly last month as inflation eased in many areas and the job market remains remarkably strong. Retail sales rose 0.2% from May to June, following a revised 0.5% …
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By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, PAUL WISEMAN and DEE-ANN DURBIN
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7/18/23
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Archaeologists have been gingerly digging up the ground at a site in central Louisiana this summer to unearth and preserve evidence of prehistoric occupation. The U.S. Forest Service.says the site in …
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By STEPHEN SMITH and KEVIN McGILL
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7/18/23
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Authorities say an emergency evacuation slide fell from an airliner and landed in the backyard of a home near Chicago's O’Hare International Airport on Monday. There were no reports of injuries. …
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7/17/23
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A relentless, dangerous streak of temperatures hitting 110 degrees or more is poised to smash a record for Phoenix and for major U.S. cities showing that Earth’s summer swelter is as persistent as …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN and ANITA SNOW
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7/17/23
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Attorneys for the city of Atlanta say an ongoing petition drive to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training center is “futile” and “invalid." In a court filing Monday, city …
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By R.J. RICO
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7/17/23
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The Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking secret military papers is challenging a judge’s decision that he remain behind bars. Jack Teixeira is pointing to the pretrial release …
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
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7/17/23
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