A bus carrying German tourists plunged off an embankment onthe Portuguese islandof Madeira, leaving 28 dead.
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Ohio is the latest state to pass a ‘heartbeat’ abortion bill. Could the legal challenges eventually upend Roe v. Wade?
With the stroke of a pen by Gov. Mike DeWine, Ohio became the third state this year to passa “heartbeat” bill banning abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
Tornado hits central Texas town as severe storms forecast from Dallas to Birmingham, Alabama
Severe thunderstorms, includingstrong tornadoes, damaging winds and very large hail, are likely from East Texas to western Alabama Saturday.
Back-to-back storms threaten blizzard conditions, damaging winds, tornadoes into Wednesday
Storms threaten a round of thunderstorms, high winds, tornadoes and even blizzard conditions into midweek in some sections as warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico with colder, dryer air from Northern California.
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Gallup poll finds 1 in 5 Russians would like to permanently leave Russia
One in five Russians say they would like to leave Russia for good if they could, a new Gallup poll shows, pushing Russia dangerously close to a full–blown demographiccrisis.
New Mexico is latest state to join National Popular Vote compact to cast all electoral votes for popular winner in presidential elections
New Mexico joins more than a dozen states in deal that will take effect when adopted by states with combined 270 electoral votes.
Opioid crisis in Philadelphia pits feds against effort to open first-in-the-nation drug injection site
The U.S. attorney in Philadelphia anda nonprofit are embroiled in a battle over the organization’sattempt to open a supervised opioid injection site.
Texas prisons ban all chaplains from execution chamber after Supreme Court ruling
Texas bans all prison chaplains and clerics from the execution chamber days after a Supreme Court ruling on a Buddhist chaplain.
Ecuador accuses Julian Assange of violating asylum deal in London embassy
Ecuadorian president claims WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has repeatedly violated terms of his seven years of asylum in the embassy in Britain.
Trump administration awards $1.7 million family planning grant to anti-abortion group
The non-profit Obria Group says the $1.7 million award it is receivingfrom the Trump administration willhelp fund a chain of crisis pregnancy centers that oppose abortion and do not offer contraceptives.
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