Missouri governor says politics plays no role in abortion clinic licensing fight
Missouri Governor Mike Parson on Wednesday renewed his intention to close Missouri’s sole abortion clinic for failing to meet state licensing standards, a move that would make it the only U.S. state with no legal abortion provider.
Pelosi says need compelling case for House to pursue Trump’s impeachment
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the option of impeaching President Donald Trump was not off the table, but that the case should be “iron-clad” before the House of Representatives pursues it.
Democratic presidential candidates push for impeachment after Mueller remarks
Democratic presidential candidates ratcheted up the pressure on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to start the process of impeaching President Donald Trump after Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s first public comments on his two-year Russia probe.
Private border wall construction halts after New Mexico town protests
A U.S. group building what it claims is the first private wall on the Mexican border wall on Wednesday said it had stopped construction after a New Mexico town ruled the project lacked necessary permits.
Missouri governor says state’s intent to close only abortion clinic not political
Missouri Governor Mike Parson on Wednesday said politics played no role in the state department of health’s intent to close Missouri’s sole abortion clinic, a move that would make it the only U.S. state with no legal abortion provider.
Mueller says he could not charge Trump as Congress weighs impeachment
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller said on Wednesday his probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election was never going to end with criminal charges against President Donald Trump but he did not clear him and indicated it was up to Congress to d…
Factbox: Roe v. Wade at risk: Legal challenges to U.S. abortion rights
In recent months, some conservative-leaning U.S. states have taken action to curb abortion rights, the most recent being Missouri, where the state’s only abortion clinic could close by the end of the week.
Oklahoma, Arkansas face flood of ‘historic magnitude’ after storms
Thousands of Arkansas and Oklahoma residents braced for more flooding on Wednesday and some evacuated their homes, as forecasts of further rain drove fears that decades-old levees girding the Arkansas River may not hold.
Word whiz kids tap memory tricks at U.S. spelling bee
Spelling savants traced letters onto their palms or gazed at the ceiling on Wednesday while racking their brains in hopes of advancing to the next level of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Ohio House to vote on bill to save nuclear power plants
The Ohio House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on Wednesday on a bill that would cost power consumers about $190 million per year to save the state’s two nuclear power reactors from early retirement.
