Republican Alabama governor mulling nation’s strictest abortion law
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday was mulling whether to sign the United States’ strictest abortion law, part of a multistate effort to get the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider women’s constitutional right to abortion.
Georgetown student enmeshed in U.S. college admissions scandal sues school
A Georgetown University undergraduate whose father pleaded guilty to involvement in the U.S. college admissions scandal sued the school on Wednesday to block it from imposing punishment, including by taking away his academic credits.
U.S. plans to send transportation staff to U.S.-Mexico border
The Trump administration plans to redirect Transportation Security Administration staff to the U.S. southern border to assist with immigration duties and migrant flows, the TSA said on Wednesday.
U.S. plans to send transportation security staff to U.S.-Mexico border: CNN
The Trump administration plans to redirect hundreds of Transportation Security Administration staff, including air marshals, to the U.S. southern border to assist with immigration duties and migrant flows, CNN reported on Wednesday.
For some trauma doctors, clash with NRA proves therapeutic
A recent clash with the National Rifle Association (NRA) has shown some doctors who treat gunshot victims a way to heal their own trauma: through activism against gun violence.
Teens accused of deadly Colorado school shooting set to be charged
Two teenagers accused of fatally shooting a classmate and wounding eight others at a Denver-area high school last week are set to return to court on Wednesday for the formal filing of charges.
New York medical examiner to testify in hearing on deadly chokehold
The New York City medical examiner who ruled that a policeman used a chokehold in 2014 on an unarmed black man who died during an attempted arrest is expected to testify on Wednesday about the autopsy at the officer’s disciplinary trial.
U.S. consumers sue Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea, StarKist over ‘dolphin-safe’ tuna claims
U.S. consumers sued Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea and StarKist, accusing the country’s three major packaged-tuna brands of deceiving them into thinking their tuna is caught only through “dolphin-safe” fishing practices.
Search for victims ends after mid-air crash of Alaska tour planes; probe begins
Searchers found the bodies of the last two Alaska seaplane crash victims on Tuesday evening, after a hunt through the debris and frigid waters following a mid-air collision that killed six people and injured 10, officials said.
Search ends for victims after mid-air Alaska tour planes crash; probe begins
Searchers found the bodies of the last two Alaska seaplane crash victims on Tuesday evening, after a hunt through the debris and frigid waters following a mid-air collision that left a total of six people dead and 10 injured, officials said.
