U.S. rights groups, doctors sue to stop Georgia ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban
A group of civil rights organizations, doctors and clinics sued Georgia’s government on Friday to overturn a law passed in March that bans abortions if an embryonic or fetal heartbeat can be detected.
Supreme Court declines Alabama bid to revive abortion restriction
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday sidestepped a major new challenge to abortion rights by declining to hear Alabama’s bid to revive a Republican-backed state law that would have effectively banned the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Supreme Court takes up Trump bid to end ‘Dreamers’ immigration program
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump acted lawfully when he moved to end a program that shields from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children, a ke…
Missouri’s sole abortion clinic awaits ruling on whether it can stay open
Missouri’s only abortion clinic awaited a decision on Friday on whether it can stay open until August, when an arbiter will hear Planned Parenthood’s challenge of the state health department’s refusal to renew the clinic’s license.
Pride and protest: Stonewall rally to look back and ahead
Activists from around the world will rally in New York’s Greenwich Village on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the LGBTQ movement and decry a wave of Trump administration policies they view as a setback for their cause.
In breakout debate performance, Harris challenges Biden on race
Presidential candidate Kamala Harris dominated her Democratic rivals in a debate on Thursday, confronting front-runner Joe Biden on race and calling his remarks about working with segregationist senators “hurtful.”
U.S. seeks life in prison for neo-Nazi who killed Heather Heyer in Virginia protest
The self-described neo-Nazi convicted of killing Heather Heyer by ramming his car into a crowd protesting a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 will learn on Friday whether he will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Turkish court rules to keep U.S. consulate employee in custody
A Turkish court ruled on Friday to keep an employee of the U.S. consulate in custody as his trial on espionage charges continues, in a case that has damaged relations between Washington and Ankara.
Biden wounded as Democratic tensions boil over at debate
For months, the 2020 Democratic campaign seemed mostly placid, even cordial. But tensions over race, gender, age and ideology simmered beneath the surface.
Harris wins, Buttigieg talks police shooting: Five Democratic debate takeaways
Four hours and 20 candidates later, the Democrats completed their first round of presidential primary debates on Thursday night. Before millions of viewers, the candidates took aim at President Donald Trump and also at each other on some key policies….
