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DENVER — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed two abortion-rights bills Thursday that will permit the use of public funding to cover the procedure and provide more protection for doctors and patients from out-of-state ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia was among the states that saw a substantial increase last year in the number of abortions provided.

That’s according to a new report from the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that ...Read more

Kentucky has reported its second case of the measles this year, state officials confirmed Thursday in a press release.

In March, a child traveling through the state was diagnosed with the disease at a health care facility...Read more

Imports at the Port of Los Angeles are expected to plunge in the next two weeks, even as negotiations over the final tariffs that China and other countries must pay are still being negotiated by President Trump.

That was ...Read more

San Diego-based fast food chain Jack in the Box announced plans this week to close up to 200 locations as part of a broader strategy to improve long-term finances.

The chain offering burgers, chicken sandwiches and curly ...Read more

Internet company Yahoo Inc. — backed by owner Apollo Global Management Inc. — would bid for the Chrome web browser if a federal court orders Google to divest it as a remedy for maintaining an illegal monopoly, a senior...Read more

CHICAGO — The corruption trial of state Sen. Emil Jones III ended in a mistrial Thursday, as the jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision on any of the three counts in the case, including bribery.

Jones was charged...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order intended to accelerate offshore mining and open new opportunities for extracting critical materials from the ocean floor despite the objections of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a memorandum targeting ActBlue, accusing Democrats’ online campaign donation platform of violating federal election laws and calling on the U.S. attorney general to take ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian contractor known as “Fat Leonard” at the center of the U.S. Navy’s worst-ever bribery and corruption scandal, has appealed the 15-year prison term he was sentenced ...Read more

DETROIT — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Thursday that law enforcement authorities carried out raids Wednesday at five homes in Washtenaw and Wayne counties in an investigation into acts of vandalism against ...Read more

FREMONT, Calif. — Fremont Mayor Raj Salwan called the recent discovery of decapitated and “eviscerated” sheep remains in his city “disgusting and vile” — and he is pressing police for answers after ...Read more

Sea creatures keep showing up dead in California waters, and researchers may have an answer as to why.

It has to do with their food.

One of the largest algae blooms in Southern California has been linked to the death of ...Read more

A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deporting five Missouri college students.

The Department of Homeland Security recently revoked the student visas of the five individuals, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., paused on Thursday a portion of President Donald Trump’s executive order to overhaul elections nationwide that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote.

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A Georgia school district is investigating after parents raised concerns over segregation-era signs displayed inside an Atlanta-area elementary school, news outlets reported.

Signs reading “For Whites Only” and “For...Read more

The University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy is launching an initiative to examine how non-governmental entities can help protect vaccine policy, information and utilization in the U.S....Read more