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.
Tornadoes rip through Kansas after one killed, scores hurt by Ohio twisters
Several tornadoes reportedly touched down on Tuesday evening in Kansas to damage homes, uproot trees and rip down power lines, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.
‘We had no idea’: overdose victim’s dad testifies in J&J Oklahoma opioid trial
The father of a university football player who died of a drug overdose provided emotional testimony about the U.S. opioid epidemic’s personal cost on Wednesday during the second day of trial in a lawsuit by the state of Oklahoma accusing Johnson & Johnson of fueling the crisis.
Special Counsel Mueller says charging Trump was ‘not an option’ due to policy
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller said on Wednesday his investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election was never going to end with criminal charges against President Donald Trump and indicated it was up to Congress to decide if impeach…
Thousands in Oklahoma brace for ‘worst-case scenario’ as floodwaters rise
Residents of Oklahoma and Arkansas near the swollen Arkansas River prepared for flooding on Wednesday, moving valuables to higher floors of their homes as Tulsa’s mayor urged thousands to be ready to flee in the event of a “worst-case scenario.”
Democrats slam McConnell’s stance on election-year Supreme Court opening
Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for promising to fill a Supreme Court vacancy if one occurs during the 2020 presidential election year, after he refused to do so in 2016 because of that year’s …
Man lights himself on fire near White House: U.S. Secret Service
A man set himself on fire outside the White House on Wednesday and was being treated at the scene, the U.S. Secret Service said.
