Severe thunderstorms, includingstrong tornadoes, damaging winds and very large hail, are likely from East Texas to western Alabama Saturday.
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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.
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 joins national compact to cast all electoral votes for popular winner in presidential elections
It joins 14 others states in deal that will take effect when adopted by states with combined 270 electoral votes.
Opioid crisis in Philadelphia pits feds against non-profit effort to open 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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Infowars host Alex Jones admits Sandy Hook killings were real, blames ‘psychosis’ for his conspiracy claims
Alex Jones, the firebrand Infowars host and conspiracy peddler, says in a sworn deposition ina defamationcase that his false statements after the Sandy Hookkillings were caused by a “psychosis.”
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Investigators believe Boeing anti-stall system was activated in Ethiopian crash: Report
In a preliminary finding, officials investigating the crash of an Ethiopian airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 believe that a flight control feature designedto preventa stallwas activated before the plane nose-dived and crashed,The Wall …