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Judge Blocks Texas from Cutting off Planned Parenthood Funds
AUSTIN, Tex. (AP) - A federal judge has temporarily blocked Texas from ousting Planned Parenthood from the state's Medicaid program over secretly recorded videos taken by anti-abortion activists in 2015. The decision came Thursday from U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks…
Obama Commutes 330 Drug Sentences in His Final Act
WASHINGTON (AP) - In his last major act as president, Barack Obama is cutting short the sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes. The move brings Obama's bid to correct what he's called a systematic injustice to a…
Obama Cuts Short Chelsea Manning's Prison Sentence
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is commuting the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst who leaked classified documents. The White House says Manning is one of 209 inmates whose sentences Obama is shortening. Manning is…
Gene Cernan, Last Astronaut to on the Moon, Dies at 82
(AP) - Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, has died at age 82. NASA announced that Cernan died Monday, surrounded by his family. NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs confirmed the death, but had no immediate…
Search Canceled for Father, Toddler Swept into Ocean
NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) - The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a father and his young son who were swept into the sea by a wave along an Oregon beach. The agency, along with Oregon State Police and…
DOJ Says KleinBank Used Discriminatory Lending Practices
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The United States Department of Justice has sued a Minnesota bank for allegedly engaging in mortgage lending practices that discriminate against minorities. In a lawsuit filed Friday, the DOJ says KleinBank engaged in "redlining." The DOJ says…
Trump Calls on Americans to Honor Dr. King
ATLANTA (AP) - Civil rights leaders and activists are gathering around the country to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. In a message sent on Twitter on Monday, Trump said: "Celebrate Martin Luther King Day and all of…
U.S. Official Says Orlando Nightclub Shooter's Widow has been Arrested
WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. law enforcement official says the FBI has arrested the wife of the Orlando nightclub shooter. The official says Noor Salman was taken into custody in the San Francisco area, Monday morning, and is due in…
Prosecutors Charge Man in Saudi College Student's Death
MADISON (AP) - Prosecutors have charged a Minnesota man with killing a Saudi Arabian college student in a northwestern Wisconsin city. Cullen Osburn faces one count of felony murder and one count of aggravated battery in connection with UW-Stout student…
Newborn Kidnapped 18 Years Ago Found Alive
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A newborn girl stolen form a Florida hospital 18 years ago has been found alive, and overwhelmed, in South Caroline, where police accused the woman who raised her of kidnapping. Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said, Friday,…
Health Care Group Demands More Money for Opioid Prevention
MADISON (AP) - A health care advocacy group wants Governor Scott Walker and Republican lawmakers to devote more money into a program to screen high school students for drug abuse. Walker has called a special legislative session to pass 11…
Man Paroled in Minnesota Charged in Fatal Nebraska Shooting
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A man released on parole less than two years ago for a Minnesota slaying has been charged with fatally shooting an Omaha woman and injuring her fiance last fall. Omaha police say 31-year-old Tyeric Lessley was…
Trial Set for Ex-Milwaukee Officer Charged in Fatal Shooting
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Attorneys in the case of a former Milwaukee police officer accused of fatally shooting a black man have told a judge there will be a June trial. The agreement between District Attorney John Chisholm and defense attorney…
Trump Holds First News Conference Since Winning the Election
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump held his first full news conference on Wednesday, since winning the 2016 presidential election. The last time Trump held a news conference, he was plunging into a heated general election campaign with Hillary Clinton and…
