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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to halt judge's order on deportations to South Sudan

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to halt a judge's order allowing migrants to challenge their deportations to South Sudan. The emergency appeal came after ...

May 27, 2025

Missouri Supreme Court has opened the door to abortions being halted again

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri Supreme Court opened the door Tuesday to abortions being halted again in a tumultuous legal saga after voters struck down the state's abortion ban last November...

May 27, 2025

California changes competition rules for track and field final amid controversy over trans athlete

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The governing board for California high school sports is changing its competition rules at this weekend's state track and field championships to allow more girls to take part...

May 27, 2025

France's National Assembly adopts long-debated bill legalizing end-of-life options

PARIS (AP) - France's lower house of parliament has adopted a bill to allow adults with incurable illness to take lethal medication. As public demands grow across Europe for legal end-of-life options,...

May 27, 2025

Israeli gunfire heard as crowds of Palestinians try to reach an aid center in Gaza

MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) - An AP journalist says Israeli tank and gunfire was heard Tuesday while giant crowds of Palestinians tried to reach a newly opened aid distribution center in southern Gaza. Th...

May 27, 2025

The Supreme Court rejects a plea to block a copper mine on land in Arizona that's sacred to Apaches

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from Apaches who are fighting to halt a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona that they hold sacred. The justices l...

May 27, 2025

Huge explosion rocks a chemical plant in eastern China, no information on casualties

BEIJING (AP) - A huge explosion rocked a chemical plant in China's eastern Shandong province around noon Tuesday, according to state broadcaster CCTV, with thick plumes of black smoke visible from the...

May 27, 2025

Authorities say they've captured three more of the 10 escapees who broke out of a New Orleans jail

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Authorities said Monday they have captured three more of the 10 escapees who broke out of a Louisiana jail this month. One of the men was arrested in Baton Rouge by local police and...

May 26, 2025

Driver arrested after car plows into celebrating Liverpool fans

LONDON (AP) - A driver was arrested Monday after plowing into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who had been celebrating the city soccer team's Premier League championship, police said. Merseyside Poli...

May 26, 2025

Former US Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has died at age 94

NEW YORK (AP) - Former Democratic US Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was also a founding member of the Co...

May 26, 2025