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A look at 50 years of Supreme Court abortion decisions
WASHINGTON — A look at some of the Supreme Court’s major abortion rulings over the last 50 years. During that time, the court’s membership and views on abortion regulations have changed. 1973 — The court legalizes abortion nationwide in the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. 1976 — The court strikes...
Biden vows abortion fight, assails ‘extreme’ court rulingVideo
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Friday he would try to preserve access to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and he called on Americans to elect more Democrats who would safeguard rights upended by the court’s decision. “This is not over,” he declared. “Let’s be very...
How U.S. states have banned, limited or protected abortion
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. The ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states, although the timing of those laws taking effect varies. Some Republican-led states will ban or...
Serena Williams to begin Wimbledon against 113th-ranked foe
WIMBLEDON, England — Serena Williams will begin her Wimbledon comeback by facing Harmony Tan, a 24-year-old from France who is ranked 113th and owns a 2-6 career record in Grand Slam matches. The placement of Williams in the women’s bracket was the most anticipated aspect of Friday’s draw at the...
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion, a fundamental and deeply personal change for Americans’ lives after nearly a half-century under Roe v. Wade. The court’s overturning of the landmark court ruling is likely to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the...
Summer swelter: Persistent heat wave breaks records, spirits
From the normally chilly Russian Arctic to the traditionally sweltering American South, big swaths of the Northern Hemisphere continued to sizzle with extreme heat as the start of summer more resembled the dog days of August with parts of China and Japan setting all-time heat records Friday. In the United...
At Pride, celebrations amid a darker national environment
NEW YORK — LGBTQ Pride commemorations that sometimes felt like victory parties for civil rights advances are grappling this year with a darker atmosphere, a national environment of ramped-up legislative and rhetorical battles over sexual orientation and gender identity. Big crowds are expected Sunday at Pride events in New York...
A year on, Surfside remembers 98 victims of condo collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. — A year ago in the middle of the night, a 12-story oceanfront condo building in Surfside, Florida, came down with a thunderous roar, leaving a giant pile of rubble and claiming 98 lives — one of the deadliest collapses in U.S. history. The disaster at Champlain Towers...
Jay Haas shares lead at US Senior Open; Greensburg native Rocco Mediate shot backVideo
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Jay Haas has been shooting his age or better for the past three years, just never on a stage quite like Thursday in the U.S. Senior Open. Haas steadied himself from an up-and-down start at soggy Saucon Valley and played much younger than his 68 years down...
Senate OKs landmark gun violence bill, House passage is next
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday easily approved a bipartisan gun violence bill that seemed unthinkable just a month ago, clearing the way for final congressional approval of what will be lawmakers’ most far-reaching response in decades to the nation’s run of brutal mass shootings. After years of GOP procedural...
In Gee Chun races to record-tying 5-shot lead at Women’s PGA ChampionshipVideo
BETHESDA, Md. — In Gee Chun is alone atop the Women’s PGA Championship after a sensational start. In fact, no player has ever been further ahead after 18 holes at a women’s major. Chun breezed to an 8-under-par 64 on Thursday to take a five-stroke advantage after the first round...
Nancy Pelosi’s husband charged with DUI in California
NAPA, Calif. — Paul Pelosi, the husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, was charged Thursday with driving under the influence in connection with a crash he was in last month. Paul Pelosi, 82, was arrested following the May 28 crash in Napa County, north of San Francisco, after...
Magic take Paulo Banchero 1st, Chet Holmgren, Jabari Smith follow in NBA DraftVideo
NEW YORK — The Orlando Magic selected Duke forward Paolo Banchero on Thursday night with the No. 1 pick in the NBA Ddraft. After leading the Blue Devils to the Final Four in coach Mike Krzyzewski’s final season, the 6-foot-10 forward was called first by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to...
FBI: Naval reservist said he stormed Capitol with Proud Boys
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Naval reservist who was assigned to an agency that operates spy satellites told an undercover FBI agent that he stormed the U.S. Capitol with members of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group and has espoused anti-government and antisemitic ideologies, federal authorities said in court records unsealed...
Covid vaccines saved 20M lives in 1st year, scientists say
Nearly 20 million lives were saved by covid-19 vaccines during their first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if international targets for the shots had been reached, researchers reported Thursday. On Dec. 8, 2020, a retired shop clerk in England received the first shot in what would...
Avalanche a win away from dethroning 2-time champ LightningVideo
DENVER — Cale Makar and the Colorado Avalanche weren’t all that interested in glancing back at the simmering controversy over the way Game 4 ended in overtime. Of way more importance was looking ahead to this: A chance to clinch the franchise’s first Stanley Cup title since 2001. In front...
Magic take Duke’s Paolo Banchero with 1st pick in NBA Draft
NEW YORK — The Orlando Magic selected Duke freshman Paolo Banchero on Thursday night with the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft. After leading the Blue Devils to the Final Four in coach Mike Krzyzewski’s final season, the 6-foot-10 forward was called first by NBA commissioner Adam Silver to...
Jimmie Johnson eyeing IndyCar, IMSA and Le Mans for 2023 schedule
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — From Italy to Iowa to the simulator and finally the Finger Lakes, there’s been no rest for Jimmie Johnson. He heads this weekend to Watkins Glen for one of his final two scheduled appearances in the IMSA sports car. Then he’ll turn his attention to planning his...
Rory McIlroy, J.T. Poston share Travelers lead at 8-under
CROMWELL, Conn. — Rory McIlroy fought off a sinus bug to shoot an 8-under-par 62 on Thursday for a share of the first-round lead with J.T. Poston in the Travelers Championship. Coming off a fifth-place tie Sunday in the U.S. Open after winning the Canadian Open the previous week, the...
Dylan DeLucia shuts out Arkansas, sends Rebels to 1st CWS finalsVideo
OMAHA, Neb. — Dylan DeLucia scattered four hits in his first shutout for Mississippi, Kevin Graham’s run-scoring double in the fourth held up and the Rebels advanced to the College World Series finals with a 2-0 victory over Arkansas on Thursday. The Rebels (40-23), the last team picked for an...
Jan. 6 panel hears of Trump’s pressure on Justice DepartmentVideo
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump hounded the Justice Department to pursue his false election fraud claims, striving in vain to enlist top law enforcement officials in his desperate bid to stay in power and hosting a dramatic Oval Office showdown in which he weighed replacing the agency’s leader with a more...
Publix supermarkets not offering covid vaccine to young kids
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Florida-based Publix grocery store chain is not offering the covid-19 vaccine to children younger than 5 but has not explained its decision. The supermarket chain with 1,288 stores in seven Southern states was instrumental in distributing the vaccine when it was initially released. Its website...
Fix the Hog: Harley, Westinghouse ordered to resolve warranties
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have accused Harley-Davidson and Westinghouse of imposing illegal warranty terms on customers and ordered them to fix their warranties and ensure that their dealers compete fairly with independent repair-makers. The companies have imposed illegal warranty terms that voided customer warranties if they used anyone other than...
6 die in crash of Vietnam-era helicopter in West VirginiaVideo
LOGAN, W.Va. — A Vietnam-era helicopter showcased in action movies crashed on a rural West Virginia road, killing all six people on board, during an annual reunion for helicopter enthusiasts. The Federal Aviation Administration said the Bell UH-1B “Huey” helicopter crashed along Route 17 in Logan County about 5 p.m....
Feds search Trump-era official’s home, subpoena GOP leaders
WASHINGTON — Federal agents searched a former top Justice Department official’s home and seized records from key Republicans in at least five states linked to Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, in what were clear signs that authorities are ramping up their investigation of associates of the former...
