COLUMBUS, Ohio — A county judge in Ohio temporarily blocked several state laws on Friday that combined to create a 24-hour waiting period for obtaining an abortion in the state, […]
Dump truck leaves hole in covered bridge when it crashes into river in Maine
GORHAM, Maine — The driver of a dump truck learned the hard way that it’s best not to tempt fate on a covered bridge originally built before the Civil War. […]
Sales tax revenue, full costs unclear if North Dakota voters legalize recreational marijuana
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota lawmakers on Friday struggled to pin down the full financial impact of legalizing recreational marijuana, a factor voters will see when they decide a ballot […]
Michigan man gets another life sentence in 2-year-old’s kidnapping death
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A federal judge has handed a Michigan man who pleaded guilty in the kidnapping and killing of his former girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter a second life sentence. […]
North Carolina’s highest court won’t fast-track appeals in governor’s lawsuits
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s highest court has decided it won’t fast-track appeals of results in two lawsuits initiated by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper that challenged new laws that eroded […]
Iranian hackers targeted WhatsApp accounts of staffers in Biden, Trump administrations, Meta says
WASHINGTON — The same Iranian hacking group believed to have targeted both the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns tried to go after the WhatsApp accounts of staffers in the administrations […]
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee; Sen. […]
Suspect charged with murder and animal cruelty in fatal carjacking of 80-year-old dog walker
SEATTLE — King County prosecutors filed charges Friday against a man they say forced his way into a vehicle occupied by a beloved 80-year-old Seattle dog walker and then running […]
Alabama man pleads guilty to detonating makeshift bomb outside state attorney general’s office
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama man pleaded guilty to detonating an explosive device outside of the state attorney general’s office, federal prosecutors said on Friday. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert constructed […]
New York temporarily barred from taking action against groups for promoting abortion pill ‘reversal’
Citing free speech rights, a federal judge has temporarily blocked New York’s attorney general from taking enforcement action against certain pregnancy counseling centers for promoting what critics say is an […]