A proposed Alabama law would require all men to get a vasectomy after they turn 50. The sponsor says the bill is a response to abortion bans.
Author: Kristin Lam, USA TODAY
Secession in the Pacific Northwest? Some Oregon residents petition to join Idaho
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Police allegedly held a black student at gunpoint. Now the governor wants an investigation
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Man who made false coronavirus claim forced flight to return, police say
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At least 1 dead, 7 injured in shooting outside McDonald’s in downtown Seattle
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‘His intention was to kill everyone in the home except himself’: Utah boy, 16, charged for killing mother, 3 siblings
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US Navy honors Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller with first aircraft carrier named for an African American
The U.S. Navy named an aircraft carrier after an African American for the first time on Monday, honoring World War II hero Doris Miller.