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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order to strengthen access to reproductive health care in the state on Wednesday. The order takes several steps to defend the existing services in North Carolina, including to state that patients who receive abortions or providers who perform abortions will not be […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Democratic governors in states where abortion will remain legal are looking for ways to protect any patients who travel there for the procedure — along with the providers who help them — from being prosecuted by their home states. The Democratic governors of Colorado and North Carolina […]

Jayland Walker’s sister wants the world to know him as she did: a funny, kind brother who looked out for his family and had big goals for his future of investing and buying a home. “It’s hard to just talk about somebody who you expect to live your life out […]

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is about to swap solitary confinement at Minnesota’s only maximum security prison for an unknown future at a federal prison where, despite his national notoriety for killing George Floyd, he’ll probably be safer. Chauvin will be sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court […]

Eric Holder has been convicted of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of rapper Nipsey Hussle. He was found guilty of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter and possession of a firearm. He was found not guilty of attempted murder against two men who were wounded in the […]

The professional football fate of an NFL star quarterback is set to be determined this week amid sexual misconduct allegations. A three-day internal disciplinary hearing was held for Cleveland Brown quarterback Deshaun Watson, who could face up to a season-long suspension from the league, after he was accused of sexual […]

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is trying to help foreign makers of baby formula stay on the U.S. market for the long term, in an effort to diversify the industry after the closure of the largest domestic plant sparked a nationwide shortage. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced […]

Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone has reached a deal with the House’s Jan. 6 committee to testify in a transcribed interview on Friday, according to sources familiar with the matter. His transcribed interview will be videotaped, sources said. The committee had issued a subpoena to Cipollone last week after […]

Seventy-eight million Americans across 18 states will face dangerous heat and severe weather throughout the end of the week. The National Weather Service reports that temperatures ranging from the upper 90s to the low 100s are expected across Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, eastern Tennessee and Arkansas on Wednesday and Thursday. The […]

Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield is being held in contempt of court for refusing to comply with subpoenas for information related to its business relationship with the Trump Organization, a judge in New York has ruled. The subpoenas were issued by the New York Attorney General’s office as part […]