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National News

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Updated 1 day, 3 hours ago

Heavy rains over Texas have led to water rescues, school cancellations and orders to evacuate

More than 9 inches of rain fell during the past 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service, which has iss…

Updated 3 days, 1 hour ago
United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy

A group of observers from LGBTQ advocacy groups embraced, some in tears. “Thanks be to God,” said one.

Updated 3 days, 1 hour ago
United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy

A group of observers from LGBTQ advocacy groups embraced, some in tears. “Thanks be to God,” said one.

Updated 4 days, 1 hour ago
4 officers killed in North Carolina were at disadvantage as shots rained from above, police say

He said more than 100 spent rounds were found, though it wasn't clear how many of those were fired by the suspect. At least 12 officers also fired their weapon…

Updated 1 week, 1 day ago
Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month

Gas prices jumped again last month, the government said — up 1.6% just from February to March. So far in April, gas prices are up still further, to a national …

Updated 1 week, 2 days ago
Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is overturned by New York's top court

The Manhattan district attorney’s office said it intends to retry Weinstein, and at least one of his accusers said through her lawyer that she would testify ag…

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago
Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law

Justices on the high court's liberal minority, meanwhile, aired arguments that Idaho's law was putting women's health at risk.

Updated 1 week, 4 days ago
Columbia lets students attend class online amid growing campus protests over Israel's war in Gaza

Since the war began, colleges and universities have struggled to balance safety with free speech rights. Many long tolerated protests but are now doling out mo…

Updated 1 week, 4 days ago
Rail spikes hammered, bullet train being built from Sin City to the City of Angels

Company officials say the goal is to have trains exceeding speeds of 186 mph — comparable to Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains — operating in time for the Summe…

Updated 1 week, 4 days ago
Rail spikes hammered, bullet train being built from Sin City to the City of Angels

Company officials say the goal is to have trains exceeding speeds of 186 mph — comparable to Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains — operating in time for the Summe…

Updated 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Music Review: Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' is great sad pop, meditative theater

In moments, her 11th album feels like a bloodletting: A cathartic purge after a major heartbreak delivered through an ascendant vocal run, an elegiac verse, or…

Updated 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Takeaways from this week's reports on the deadly 2023 Maui fire that destroyed Lahaina

Residents and tourists had no way to get emergency alerts or communicate with loved ones, and 911 operators were inundated with calls

Updated 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Maui Fire Department report on deadly wildfire details how it was no match for unprecedented blazes

It was the first of two major assessments of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century coming out this week.

Updated 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Only 1 in 3 US adults think Trump acted illegally in New York hush money case, AP-NORC poll shows

And they’re fairly skeptical that Trump is getting a fair shake from the prosecutors in the case — or that the judge and jurors can be impartial in cases invol…

Updated 2 weeks, 5 days ago
It's Tax Day. And your refund may be big this year

So far, the IRS has delivered more than $200 billion in refunds through early April, and the latest agency numbers show that 101 million people have filed retu…