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COURT, SUPREME, ABORTION, PILL
Justice Alito's temporary stay was set to expire at the end of Wednesday.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended a temporary stay to maintain the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone amid ongoing litigation.
The administrative
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DEBT, MCCARTHY, CEILING, LIMIT
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has announced he will address Israel’s Knesset later this month to mark the 75th anniversary of the Jewish state’s founding.
“The US-Israel relationship is as important as ever,” McCarthy (R-Calif.), 58, tweeted Tuesday, “and I’m
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FOX, NEWS, DOMINION, SETTLEMENT
On today's episode of the 5 Things podcast: Fox News and Dominion reach settlement
Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems have reached a settlement. Plus, USA TODAY National Correspondent Chris Kenning explains how Bill Richardson works to free Americans detained
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BIDEN, HOUSE, WHITE, WEEK
Two Republican lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee say the Biden family profited from a human trafficking scheme that included a prostitution ring in the U.S. and countries such as Russia and Ukraine.
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Nancy
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TRUMP, DESANTIS, FORMER, GOP
Did Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign peak before it began? NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Emily Mahoney, the political editor at The Tampa Bay Times, about how Ron Desantis' presidential campaign is faring compared to Donald Trump's.
Politics Did Ron DeSantis'
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DISNEY, DESANTIS, WORLD, HILLARY
North Carolina State Senator Michael Garrett (D-Guilford County) has filed Senate Bill 594, the “Mickey’s Freedom Restoration Act,” which would invite Disney World to move its entities to the Tar Heel State, according to a report by WGHP.
This comes after
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SHOOTING, ALABAMA, PARTY, BIRTHDAY
DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Two people have been arrested and charged with murder in connection with an Alabama shooting that killed four people at a Sweet 16 birthday party, investigators announced Wednesday.
This was the first police news conference since Sunday.
Saturday’s
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RALPH, YARL, SHOOTING, GUILTY
Walking with a cane and speaking too quietly to be heard throughout a Liberty, Missouri, courtroom, 84-year-old Andrew Lester pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who mistakenly knocked on Lester's front door looking
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POLICE, TYRE, MEMPHIS, NICHOLS
An apartment building was evacuated and one man was taken to the hospital in Seattle after mishandled fireworks caused an explosion Wednesday morning.
The Seattle Fire Department said firefighters responded to reports of a fire in an apartment building on
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JR, KENNEDY, ROBERT, PRESIDENTIAL
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. currently has the support of around 14 percent of Joe Biden voters for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination, according to a new poll released on Wednesday.
The survey, carried out by USA TODAY and Suffolk University, found that
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JUDGE, TRUMP, JORDAN, JIM
A federal judge on Wednesday declined to bar Congressional Republicans from questioning a former prosecutor with the Manhattan district attorney’s office, granting them limited permission to scrutinize the investigation that led to criminal charges against
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SHOT, CAR, TEXAS, CHEERLEADERS
A man shot and wounded two cheerleaders in a Texas supermarket parking lot after one of them said she mistakenly got into his car thinking it was her own — the latest in a string of recent U.S. shootings apparently sparked by someone showing up at the wrong
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INDIA, POPULATION, WORLD, MID
India is on track to surpass China by mid-2023 as the world’s most populous nation, United Nations data said Wednesday, raising questions about whether a booming, young Indian population will fuel economic growth for years to come or become a liability.
While
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MAYORKAS, BORDER, HOUSE, KILLED
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas rose out of his seat Wednesday during a tense hearing on Capitol Hill and turned to face the family of a grandmother and 7-year-old girl killed last month in a Texas car crash involving an alleged human smuggler.
“They’re
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CLASSIFIED, LEAK, TEIXEIRA, JACK
A federal judge on Wednesday agreed to delay a detention hearing for Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Douglas Teixeira, granting a request from the defense.
Teixeira also waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday, according to court documents.
The
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FLORIDA, BOARD, EDUCATION, GENDER
Florida’s State Board of Education this week approved a rule essentially expanding a provision of the Parental Rights in Education law by prohibiting inappropriate classroom discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity up until 12th grade, with few
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MAINE, PARENTS, HOME, SHOOTING
Maine Shootings via Associated Press
BOWDOIN, Maine (AP) — A man confessed to killing four people, including his parents, and then firing on motorists on a busy interstate highway, just days after being released from prison, police said Wednesday.
Mike Sauschuck,
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POLICE, STATIONS, CHINA, ALLEGED
At a New York City press briefing held April 17, U.S. Attorney Breon Peace nailed the core national security issue at stake in The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Police Stations in America Fiasco: "This prosecution reveals the Chinese government's flagrant violation
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78, YEMEN, STAMPEDE, KILLS
SANAA, Yemen — People stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid in Yemen’s capital late Wednesday, and at least 78 people were killed and dozens more suffered inuuries, a Houthi official said.
The crush took place in the Old City in the center of Sanaa
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DRAYMOND, GAME, GREEN, DOMANTAS
The NBA came down hard on Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green Tuesday night, suspending the four-time NBA champion for Game 3 of the playoff series against the Sacramento Kings.
Green was suspended after being ejected from Monday night’s game with
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