California governor proposes $21 billion wildfire fund: media
California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a fund of up to $21 billion to help utilities pay for future wildfire damage, according to media reports...
SCOTUS overturns black inmate’s murder conviction
The U.S. Supreme Court, confronting racial bias in the American criminal justice system, on Friday threw out a black Mississippi death row inmate’s conviction in...
Texas governor to deploy 1,000 more troops to border
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Friday he will be deploying 1,000 additional National Guard troops to the border amid a ‘humanitarian crisis.’ Rough Cut...
Missouri orders lone abortion clinic to close; judge keeps it open for now
Missouri health officials on Friday refused to renew the license of the state’s only abortion clinic, but the facility will remain open for now as...
S&P 500 touches record high as Wall Street eyes trade talks
Wall Street was little changed on Friday, as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s decision to defer a speech on China policy increased optimism on upcoming...
Missouri won’t renew abortion clinic’s license
Missouri health officials on Friday refused to renew the license of the state’s only abortion clinic, but the facility will remain open for now as...
Missouri’s lone abortion clinic denied license, will stay open for now-judge
Missouri health officials on Friday refused to renew the license of the state’s only abortion clinic, but the facility will remain open for now as...
Special prosecutor to examine Jussie Smollett case in Chicago
A Chicago judge on Friday ordered a special prosecutor to examine the handling of actor Jussie Smollett’s discredited claim that he was the victim of...
Oregon’s governor sends police to find AWOL GOP senators
Oregon’s Democratic governor dispatched the state police on Thursday to bring back to the legislature Senate Republicans who left the Capitol in order to scuttle...
Biden’s segregationist remarks not offensive: Lewis
Georgia congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis says he does not think Joe Biden’s remarks about working with segregationist senators were offensive. Rough Cut...