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FILE – Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speak during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Sept. 13, 2022, in Washington. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday, Oct. 24, temporarily blocked Graham’s testimony to a special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 […]

A two-day trial began in Georgia Monday that will decide whether a six-week abortion ban is legal under the state’s constitution. The so-called “heartbeat bill” was signed into law in 2019 by Gov. Brian Kemp but was prevented from going into effect following legal challenges. In July, three weeks after […]

Math scores among fourth and eighth grade students across the country experienced their largest decline in decades, according to results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the “Nation’s Report Card.” Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which conducted the study, said […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced on Friday that 7,560 pounds of Italian pork sausage products from Bob Evans Farms Foods, Inc. were being recalled over potential contamination with extraneous materials, specifically thin blue rubber. The raw Italian pork sausage impacted by the recall was […]

One of two former police officers scheduled to go on trial Monday on charges stemming from the death of George Floyd pleaded guilty as part of an agreement with prosecutors, a court official told ABC News. J. Alexander Kueng, 29, pleaded guilty Monday morning to one count of aiding and […]

Rishi Sunak has been chosen as the new U.K. prime minister less than a week after Liz Truss stepped down from the position after just six weeks in office. Sunak was chief secretary to the Treasury 2019 to 2020 and a member of Parliament from Richmond. The 42-year-old is the […]

LONDON — This year’s United Nations climate summit is brought to you by Coke. Soft drink giant Coca-Cola Co.’s sponsorship of the flagship U.N. climate conference, known as COP27, sparked an online backlash and highlighted broader concerns about corporate lobbying and influence. The COP27 negotiations aimed at limiting global temperature […]

Destroyed homes are seen after a tornado struck the area in Bihucourt, northern France, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Tornado-like storms that tore through northern France sheared off part of a church roof, felled trees and power lines and left scores of people without a safe place to live, authorities said […]

In the first hours and days after the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, officials said they figured out how the gunman got into a building that was supposed to be secure. “The exterior door,” the top police official in Texas told reporters, “was propped open by a […]

LONDON — As it looks ahead to a decisive winter, Russia is constructing a massive fortification in the eastern Ukrainian territory it occupies, according to satellite imagery and statements by a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Satellite imagery provided by Planet Labs shows significant work is underway to […]