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Americans agree 2024 election will be pivotal for democracy but for different reasons
WASHINGTON In apolitically polarizednation, Americans seem to agree on one issue underlying the 2024 elections a worry over the state of democracy and how the outcome of the presidential contest will affect its future. They just disagree over who poses the threat. A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for…
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Why more women live in major East Coast counties while men outnumber them in the West
Anyone who has suspected that there are more women than men where they live, or vice versa, will find fodder for their suspicions in new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Whether it refutes or confirms their suspicions likely depends on where they live. Women outnumber men in the largest…
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Men charged with killing 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, to sell on black market
Two men killed about 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, during a killing spree on Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation and elsewhere, then sold eagle parts on ablack marketthat has been a long-running problem for U.S. wildlife officials, a federal grand jury indictment says. The men worked with others to…
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A common abortion pill will come before the US Supreme Court here’s how mifepristone works
Medication abortion is the preferred method of ending pregnancy in the U.S., and one of the two drugs used mifepristone will nowgo in front of the U.S. Supreme Court next year. Demand for the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol has grown as stateshave imposed bans or restrictions or seek to…
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Lawsuit claims ex-Harvard Medical School professor used own sperm to secretly impregnate patient
BOSTON A former professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of one of the nations largest fertility clinics is being accused of secretly impregnating a patient in 1980 after promising the sperm would come from an anonymous donor, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. Sarah Depoian, 73, said she and…
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Troops see big pay raise in defense bill as conservatives stymied on cultural issues
WASHINGTON The House passed a defense policy bill Thursday that authorizes the biggest pay raise for troops in more than two decades, overcoming objections from some conservatives concerned the measure did not do enough to restrict the Pentagon’s diversity initiatives, abortion travel policy and gender-affirming health care for transgender service…
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US courts hearing multiple abortion lawsuits this week
When the U.S. Supreme Court undid the nationwide right to abortion last year, it did not remove the issue from the courts. Instead, it opened a new frontier of litigation, with states passing their own restrictions and opponents challenging them in courts across the country. This week, three state courts…
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Biden, Congress mulling big changes on immigration
WASHINGTON President Joe Biden is taking a more active role inSenate negotiations over changesto theimmigration systemthat Republicans are demanding in exchange for providing money toUkraine in its fight against RussiaandIsrael for the war with Hamas. The Democratic president has said he is willing to makesignificant compromises on the borderas Republicans…
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US upgrading its nuclear ICBM capabilities with new Sentinel program
F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. The control stations for Americas nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles have a sort of 1980s retro look, with computing panels in sea foam green, bad lighting and chunky control switches, including a critical one that says launch. Those underground capsules are about to be demolished…
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South Dakota cities look to rein in video lottery even as state eyes upping bets
MADISON South Dakota keeps adding video lottery machines, with 567 more terminals and over $1.17 billion gambled this year, earning a record-setting $163 million in revenue for the state. As the games continue their sprawl and the Legislature weighs an increase in betting limits, some South Dakota communities are trying…
