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Supreme Court won’t block Texas from enforcing a law requiring age verification for app downloads
In a pair of one-sentence orders on Monday, Justice Samuel Alito denied requests by plaintiffs who claim that the Texas App Store Accountability Act violates users’ constitutional rights to free…
The family of a man shot by the Tennessee National Guard demands release of video
The grandfather of a man shot and killed by two members of the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis says he wants answers.
An Idaho mother who said her toddler twins died after vaccinations has been charged with murder
An Idaho woman who said her toddler twins died last year after getting vaccinated now faces murder charges in their deaths. A grand jury indicted Andrea Shaw on June 29…
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Boyle Heights residents impacted by massive food warehouse fire seek support from company
Officials say the company is failing to commit to "the most basic steps of sharing comprehensive, real-time data about the volume of rotting food and debris being removed from the…
Mikel Merino’s late goal sends Spain to quarterfinals and ends Cristiano Ronaldo’s World Cup career
Mikel Merino scored seconds into second-half stoppage time, and Spain beat Portugal 1-0 to end the World Cup career of superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Trump’s pardons for Jan. 6 rioters don’t apply to DC pipe bomb suspect, judge rules
A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s mass pardons for supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol don’t apply to a Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs near…
Even 250 years in, the battle over the American story — and who gets to tell it — endures
From schools to political arenas, from entertainment to history books themselves, the battle rages on.
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Mini-heat wave to hit Southern California, pushing temps in some spots to over 100
A mini heat wave will be hitting Southern California this week, with the peak expected to set it on Thursday.
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Obamacare rolls shrank dramatically in many states over the past year, new federal data shows
The data shows Ohio and Oklahoma each lost nearly one-third of their enrollees over the past year.
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Medicaid funding is resuming for Planned Parenthood after being cut off for most of a year
They can't charge federal taxpayers for abortion but they can for other health services.