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Special counsel Jack Smith wants jury selection to begin in December, while the former president pushes for a 2026 start date.

“As the laws in this country change before our very eyes,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said on the day Roe was reversed, “I will continue to fight for the right to a safe, legal abortion in New Mexico and stand as a brick wall against those who seek to punish women and their doctors just because they seek the care they...

President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign is launching a new ad targeting Republicans on abortion after Wednesday night’s debate — an issue Democrats think will work to their advantage in next year’s election....

Researchers found low concentrations of so-called forever chemicals in various “eco-friendly” straws, raising doubts about whether they’re an appropriate alternative.

Jordan Peterson, unofficial head of incels and creator of Lobsterman, has to take a course on how to be professional on social media....

SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America West are among more than 20 labor organizations lobbying for passage of a bill pending in the California legislature that would make striking workers in t…

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Alabama can enforce a ban outlawing the use of puberty blockers and hormones to treat transgender children, the second such appellate victory for gender-affirming care restrictions that have been adopted by a growing number of Republican-led states.

A flagship Russian long-range bomber has been destroyed in a Ukrainian drone strike, according to reports....

Warning sirens blared Sunday afternoon as guests were evacuated from rides, restaurants and the entirety of DCA’s Paradise Pier

Ramaswamy previously expressed an expectation for Trump to be present at the debate but later stated that he has “no problem” with Trump skipping the first few primary debates.

Agriculture officials are raising the alarm after an invasive yellow-legged hornet was seen near Savannah, Ga. The insects are devastatingly effective at preying on honeybees and other pollinators....

Link to study: American Academy of Neurology...

Prosecutors and defense lawyers say Haley’s story is typical; the vast majority of illicit fentanyl — close to 90% — is seized at official border crossings. Immigration authorities say nearly all of that is smuggled by people who are legally authorized to cross the border, and more than half by U.S. citizens like Haley....

Australian police say they have rescued 13 children after investigation into ‘sophisticated’ online child abuse network.

Zoom, the company that powered the remote work revolution during the pandemic, is telling its employees to come back to the office.

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, known as EMTALA, was passed in 1986 as a federal anti-dumping law. It mandates “patients who present to a hospital emergency department”… “must undergo an appropriate medical screening examination by a physician”… “to determine whether they have an emergency medical...

“I wanted to leave a legacy for our family,” 93-year-old Josephine Wright said.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Arkansas from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors.

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