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The whiplash of the conflicting decisions is likely to put the issue on an accelerated path to the Supreme Court

In recent years, California, Colorado and Maryland passed similar bans on cosmetics containing PFAS that go into effect in 2025. Proposals are under consideration in Washington and Oregon while bills have also been introduced in Illinois, Rhode Island and Georgia.

Sgt. Daniel Perry was working for a ride-sharing company in July 2020 when he turned onto a street and into a large crowd of demonstrators in downtown Austin

Critics on Long Island, a sprawling expanse of communities home to 2.9 million people, are denouncing provisions that would set growth targets, drive denser development near train stations and sometimes let state officials override local zoning decisions

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spat with Walgreens began after the company indicated it would not distribute abortion pills by mail in some conservative states. That pill, mifepristone, when combined with another pill, will end a pregnancy

The decision throws into question access to the nation’s most common method of abortion in a ruling that waved aside decades of scientific approval

The 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church, who have been in Thailand since last September, were arrested last week in the seaside city of Pattaya for overstaying their visas, fined, and then taken to Bangkok, where they were detained in immigration facilities

ProPublica reported that Thomas has for more than two decades accepted luxury trips from the donor nearly every year without reporting them

The court rejected his bid to remain free while he contests his conviction for carrying out a blood-testing hoax with his former boss and lover, Elizabeth Holmes

Sending special investigation teams to crashes means that the agency suspects the Tesla was operating on systems that can handle some aspects of driving.

The proposed rule would prohibit blanket bans, like those that have been approved in at least 20 states. But it would still allow schools to adopt policies that limit transgender students’ participation

On April 8, 2024, the moon will cast its shadow across a stretch of the U.S., Mexico and Canada, plunging millions of people into midday darkness

The agency’s newly released strategic operating plan lays out the specifics of how it will allocate an extra $80 billion in funding, through fiscal year 2031

Many professionals who deal with transgender youth see such care as vital for preservation of mental health and to prevent suicides

County commissions in each of the expelled lawmakers’ districts will now choose temporary replacements until a special election is held

The vote comes a week after Democrat representatives chanted back and forth from the chamber floor with gun-control supporters

The plane had just taken off from Venice Airport when it crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. All passengers lost their lives

Late last year nearly all of California was in drought, including at extreme and exceptional levels, but “atmospheric rivers” has brought back water to the area

The White House publicly released a 12-page summary of the results of the U.S. policies around the ending of the nation’s longest war

The retired basketball player was detained after he began behaving erratically in a Connecticut juice shop, police said

The visit put the contrasting leadership styles of the Republican and Democrat on display after they scored landslide 2022 reelection victories

Mark Pomerantz, who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump, will have to testify before the committee by April 30

Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday in a show of U.S. support for the self-ruled island, which Beijing claims as its own

The assistant secretary of state for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs emphasizes that, in the face of the opioid crisis, the US will need to address drug trafficking as a matter of public health

The nephew of President John F. Kennedy and son of his slain brother Robert F. Kennedy, was once a bestselling author and environmental lawyer who worked on issues such as clean water

More than 150 Catholic priests and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore sexually abused more than 600 children over the past 80 years