Nation and World
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Manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin will be dismissed
Apr 21, 2023 1:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. - Prosecutors will dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Weste...
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Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now
Apr 21, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday preserved women's access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a l...
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Twitter begins removing blue checks from users who don't pay
Apr 21, 2023 1:00 am - This time it's for real. Many of Twitter's high-profile users are losing the blue checks that helped verify their identity and distinguish them from impostors on the Elo...
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'The Champagne of Beers' leaves French producers frothing
Apr 21, 2023 1:00 am - BRUSSELS - The guardians of Champagne will let no one take the name of the bubbly beverage in vain, not even a U.S. beer behemoth. For years, Miller High Life has used t...
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The Supreme Court fight over an abortion pill: What's next?
Apr 20, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court initially gave itself a deadline of Wednesday to decide whether women seeking access to a widely used abortion pill would face more restri...
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U.S. invests in alternative solar tech, more solar for renters
Apr 20, 2023 1:00 am - The Biden administration announced more than $80 million in funding Thursday in a push to produce more solar panels in the U.S., make solar energy available to more peop...
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Anger at new retirement age fuels further protests in France
Apr 20, 2023 1:00 am - GANGES, France - Hundreds of people opposed to the new law raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 gathered Thursday in a small town in southern France ahead of a visit...
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Tornadoes kill 2 in central US; new storms possible Thursday
Apr 20, 2023 1:00 am - DALLAS - Strong storms with tornadoes that plowed across the central U.S. killed at least three people in Oklahoma and left thousands without power Thursday as forecaste...
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Biden labor secretary nominee Su faces doubts in Senate
Apr 20, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's nominee for labor secretary, Julie Su, won praise at her Senate hearing Thursday as "a champion of the working class" even as some key...
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House approves transgender athlete ban for girls and women's teams
Apr 20, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male would be barred from competing on girls or women's sports teams at federally supported ...