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s the Supreme Court court weighs the future of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, a resurgent anti-abortion movement is looking to press its advantage in state-by-state battles while abortion-rights supporters prepare to play defense.

From the day of his first positive test until his hospitalization last year, the former president came in contact with more than 500 people in proximity to him or at crowded events, according to a Washington Post analysis.

A last-minute race to make historic changes as part of the annual defense authorization bill has left some advocates arguing that Congress’s forthcoming legislation is too limited.

The nation’s military academies provide a key pipeline into the leadership of the armed services and, for the better part of the last decade, they have welcomed more racially diverse students each year. But beyond blanket anti-discrimination policies, these federally funded institutions volunteer little about how they screen for extremist or hateful behavior, or address the racial slights that some graduates of color say they faced daily.

Authorities warned the thousands of people who fled the volcano’s wrath not to return during Sunday’s lull in activity. But some were desperate to check on livestock and possessions left behind. In several areas, everything — from the thinnest tree branch to couches and chairs inside homes — was caked with ash.

Anti-racism activists were beaten up Sunday as far-right former French TV pundit Eric Zemmour held his first presidential campaign rally near Paris, a few days after he formally declared his candidacy in a video that highlighted his anti-migrant and anti-Islam views.

woman who lodged a sexual harassment allegation against former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was “disgusted” by what she saw as his hypocrisy and attempts to discredit women who made similar allegations against his brother, her lawyer said Sunday.

A Norwegian Cruise Line ship with at least 10 passengers and crew members infected with COVID-19 docked Sunday in New Orleans, where health officials said they were trying to disembark people without worsening the spread of the coronavirus illness.

Jennifer and James Crumbley each face four counts of involuntary manslaughter after being charged in an extraordinarily rare move to hold parents accountable when a minor uses their weapon in a school shooting.

Decades of work by abortion opponents and conservative court advocates led to the Supreme Court hearing in which a court majority appeared sympathetic to altering Roe v. Wade.

He overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans.

Oxford Community Schools Superintendent Tim Throne said in a statement that he called for the outside investigation because parents have asked questions about “the school’s version of events leading up to the shooting.”

Is it more transmissible? Does it make people sicker? Scientists are working to find answers.

The charges brought against Jennifer and James Crumbley in connection with the Oxford High School shooting are not the norm. Legal experts say that’s because it is exceedingly difficult to show parents displayed a disregard for human life and could foresee their child committing an act of violence.

In New York, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 statewide each day for the virus has doubled in the last 30 days, with most cases traced to the delta variant.

The primetime host was suspended by the network on Tuesday. On Saturday night, it said a law firm investigation turned up “additional information.”

Officials have said that those who are unvaccinated are not deployable, underscoring the predicament ahead for unit-level commanders facing manpower challenges and senior officials responsible for setting military priorities and maintaining an adequate presence across the world.

As a virus evolves to become more transmissible, it generally “loses” traits that are likely to cause severe disease, researchers said.

FBI says two former Washington state men linked to accused Proud Boys leader Ethan Nordean were among first to breach Capitol barricades in Jan. 6 riot, and one apparently posed with Trump attorney Sidney Powell in South Dakota during the August 2021 Sturgis motorcycle rally.

A rush of vaccine-seeking customers and staff shortages are squeezing drugstores around the U.S., leading to frazzled workers and temporary pharmacy closures.