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House Republicans on Wednesday approved legislative language aimed at keeping the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing President Obama's signature environmental regulation on a voluntary basis while it's blocked by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court blocked the Clean Power Plan, the EPA's program for setting carbon emission cut goals for existing coal power plants, in February.
More than 1,000 people gathered for a vigil in Dallas on Monday night to remember the lives of five police officers killed by sniper fire during a Monday night vigil as law enforcement officials, friends and the general public came together to honor the slain officers in front of Dallas City Hall, according to The Dallas Morning News. Faster than a speeding bullet.
In this Friday, July 8, 2016 file photo, Glory Yount, 17, left, marches with others along Minnesota Avenue after a gathering in response to recent shootings across the county in Sioux Falls, S.D. Earlier in the week, videos showed two black men killed by police, and five police officers were slain at a march in Dallas protesting the killings. DALLAS - President Barack Obama said Saturday that the gunman responsible for killing five Dallas police officers was a "demented individual" who does not represent black Americans any more than a white man accused of killing blacks at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, represents whites.
People react during a rally at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco, California on July 08, 2016. About 1000 people showed support during a rally and march along Market Street denouncing recent police shootings around the country.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has set a July 29 deadline for some Texas victims of April storms and flooding to seek government help. A statement Friday from Congressman Gene Green says federal relief efforts are meant to assist eligible residents with home repairs and other emergency-related needs.
Conventions matter - to the presidential nominees, to every candidate, national and local, running in 2016, to the party faithful, and to the public seeking the right leadership. A national convention is a combination of things - it's a political rally, a Fourth of July celebration, an evangelical tent meeting.
A Dallas Police Department officer crouches behind a patrol car with a still-active shooter on the scene in downtown Dallas on July 7, 2016. Downtown Dallas erupted into chaos late Thursday night when at least five police officers were shot and killed and another six were injured by two snipers who interrupted a march organized in protest of recent police-involved shootings in other cities.
Two people were killed when a Bell Helicopter aircraft they were testing crashed in a rural area about 40 miles south of Dallas. A Federal Aviation Administration statement says the Bell 525 Relentless helicopter was destroyed in the accident Wednesday in Ellis County.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro is being vetted as a potential running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, according to a Democratic source familiar with the process. Castro, 41, would be the first Hispanic candidate on a presidential ticket.
Politicians these days fling the word about wildly and loosely. We see "patriotism" coded, for instance, to mean America nationalism - we're better than everyone else and we need to show them.
My father was an obstetrician-gynecologist in Texas. Shortly after Roe v. Wade, until he passed away ten years ago, my father performed abortions in San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and Laredo.
This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Robert Ramos. A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from Ramos for the slayings of his wife and two children at their Rio Grande Valley home more than 24 years ago.
"You never learn her first name, which kind of adds to her mystery," said Vanessa Ponder, who plays the fictional character in an otherwise historical and compelling story that Things Unseen Theatre is bringing to its Altoona stage later this month. Ponder doesn't have to know how to actually pilot a plane to play her character - the plot reveals the struggle for dignity and equality that the 1,000 WASPs endured during the two years that the program existed, including 38 who were killed.
The poorest parts of Houston remind Dr. Peter Hotez of some of the neighborhoods in Latin America hardest hit by Zika. On a hot, humid day this month, Hotez pointed at one pile that included old tires and a smashed-in television with water pooling inside.
The poorest parts of Houston remind Dr. Peter Hotez of some of the neighborhoods in Latin America hardest hit by Zika. On a hot, humid day this month, Hotez pointed at one pile that included old tires and a smashed-in television with water pooling inside.
The Latest on President Barack Obama's summit Wednesday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto : The Latest on U.S. President Barack Obama's summit Wednesday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto : The news tore across Twitter: A beloved Baltimore rapper was gunned down in broad daylight, moments after promoting peace on the streets at a charity fundraiser. The news tore across Twitter: A beloved Baltimore rapper was gunned down in broad daylight, moments after promoting peace on the streets at a charity fundraiser.