By MATTHEW DALY – Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a Trump administration finding that the active ingredient in Roundup weedkiller does not pose a serious health risk and is “not likely” to cause the cancer in man. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered the Environmental … Read more
GARDENDALE, Ala. (AP) — The Republican runoff for Alabama secretary of state features two candidates who have expressed concerns about the integrity of the election and voter rolls while opposing the expansion of early voting or by correspondence. One candidate, State Auditor Jim Zeigler, is backed by a key supporter of former President Donald Trump’s … Read more
By AUDREY McAVOY – Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Women in the remote U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands will likely have to travel farther than other Americans to terminate a pregnancy if the Supreme Court overturns a precedent that established a nationwide right to abortion in the United States. United States. … Read more
By AUDREY McAVOY – Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Women in the remote U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands will likely have to travel farther than other Americans to terminate a pregnancy if the Supreme Court overturns a precedent that established a nationwide right to abortion in the United States. United States. … Read more
By KEVIN McGILL and ELLIOT SPAGAT – Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the southern border must continue, a judge said Friday in an order blocking the Biden administration’s plan to lift them early in next week. The decision was just the latest example of a court derailing … Read more
By ELLIOT SPAGAT – Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — As U.S. officials waited impatiently, many migrants crossing the border from Mexico on Friday were oblivious to a pending momentous court ruling on whether to maintain pandemic-related powers who refuse a chance to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. The … Read more
By CLAIRE GALOFARO – National AP Editor TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — It was lunchtime at the abortion clinic, so the recovery room nurse pulled her Bible out of her bag in the closet and started reading. “Trust the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding,” her favorite saying goes, and … Read more
By SEAN MURPHY – Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill banning all abortions with few exceptions, and providers said they would stop performing the procedure as soon as the governor signs it into law. latest example of the GOP’s national push to restrict access to what’s been … Read more
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by several hundred employees of the Hanford Nuclear Reserve and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., over COVID-19 vaccine requirements . The lawsuit was filed in November to end enforcement of President Joe Biden’s executive orders requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for Department of … Read more
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by several hundred employees of the Hanford Nuclear Reserve and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., over COVID-19 vaccine requirements . The lawsuit was filed in November to end enforcement of President Joe Biden’s executive orders requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for Department of … Read more