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Abortions to resume in Missouri after a judge temporarily blocks restrictions

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Abortions are set to resume in Missouri after a judge temporarily blocked regulations on Friday that providers said had kept them from offering the procedure. The ruling came a...

Feb 14, 2025

Justice Department asks court to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams

NEW YORK (AP) - The Justice Department formally asked a court Friday to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, an expected move after that was fiercely opposed by the feder...

Feb 14, 2025

Anger, chaos and confusion take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs

NEW YORK (AP) - Workers all over the country responded with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration 's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce b...

Feb 14, 2025

Anger, chaos and confusion take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs

NEW YORK (AP) - Workers all over the country responded with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration 's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce b...

Feb 14, 2025

US Vice President JD Vance's office says he met German far-right leader Alice Weidel

MUNICH (AP) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance's office says he met the leader of a German far-right party during a trip to Germany. In a speech before the Munich Security Conference he had lectured Europ...

Feb 14, 2025

Second federal judge pauses Trump’s order against gender-affirming care for youth

SEATTLE (AP) - A second federal judge on Friday paused President Donald Trump's executive order halting federal support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 19. U.S. District Court Ju...

Feb 14, 2025

Rwanda-backed rebels advance into eastern Congo's 2nd major city of Bukavu, residents say

GOMA, Congo (AP) - Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo on Friday entered the region's second-largest city of Bukavu, local and civil society leaders said, the latest ground gained since a major esca...

Feb 14, 2025

Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says

WASHINGTON (AP) - The crew of the helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport might not have heard instructions from the air tra...

Feb 14, 2025

Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says

WASHINGTON (AP) - The crew of the helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport might not have heard instructions from the air tra...

Feb 14, 2025

Homeowner pleads guilty to shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl who rang the wrong doorbell

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) - An 86-year-old Kansas City man pleaded guilty Friday to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man's doorbell by mistake. Andr...

Feb 14, 2025