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Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said she is looking to open new prisons near airports to facilitate deportations

The consequences of Trump’s immigration policy are also economic — without their primary breadwinners, family members are losing everything they worked so hard to achieve

Texas recorded the highest number of tornadoes from 2020 to 2024

Washington, California and New York are some of the places offering higher pay to workers

Nebraska is the latest state to remove all barriers to former inmates being able to participate in the November election. But one in 59 adults (mostly Black and Latino) are still excluded from the electoral process

The exceptionality of Nebraska, one of the two states that does not award all its electoral votes to the winner, has turned a Democratic city in a Republican stronghold, into the most disputed district on the map

Severe scattered thunderstorms are also expected to bring strong winds, hail and flash flooding

Internet gambling generated $6.17 billion, up 22.9%. Total was 10% higher than in 2022, which itself was a record-setting year

The proposed amendment would declare a fundamental right to abortion until fetal viability, or when needed to protect the life or health of the pregnant patient

The lawsuit filed in federal court in California also claims that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without their parents’ consent, in violation of federal law

The new rules also require transgender youth to undergo at least 40 hours of therapy before starting any treatments

The law will allow minors to keep getting puberty blockers or hormones if they are already receiving the treatment. However, it blocks treatment for most new patients

Jessica Burgess admitted to helping her then-17-year-old daughter end her pregnancy. Her daughter was sentenced in July to 90 days in jail and two years of probation for burning and burying the fetus

The previous attendance record was 91,648, set during a Champions League soccer match when Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 5-2 at the Camp Nou Stadium in 2022

The harsh heat wave has led to deaths, broken records, damaged Texas roads and water lines, and evacuated a nursing home

Highs of 109 degrees Fahrenheit forecast for Saturday and 110 F (43.3 C) on Sunday in Dallas would break the current record of 107 F each day

The company’s cash pile grew to $147.4 billion from the first quarter’s $130.6 billion

For decades, residents of the tiny community of Genoa, with help from Native Americans, researchers and state officials, have sought the location of a forgotten cemetery where the bodies of up to 80 students are believed to be buried

Asian protesters applauded the ruling while African-Americans say the decision will perpetuate their disadvantage. Universities are looking for other for ways to maintain a diverse student body

Viewership soared as attention focused on a filibuster by Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, who tried to shut down restrictions on transgender health care

The law restricting gender-affirming care was the flashpoint of an epic filibuster led by Omaha Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, who slowed the business of passing laws to a crawl

Missouri and Nebraska proposals are poised for action as well, and could add to the list of at least 17 states that have enacted laws restricting or banning gender affirming care for minors

In South Carolina, Thursday’s vote was the third attempt since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer to strict bans on abortion

Twenty-five U.S. jurisdictions have legalized the drug, while others have only decriminalized. If you’re traveling, make sure to avoid legal issues

Many states effectively ban abortion pills by prohibiting abortion, but none had taken direct aim at them before Wyoming

State Senator Machaela Cavanaugh declared she would ‘burn the session to the ground’ in an effort to stymie the bill