Lead in water at US House office prompts questions
Penny McClure eyed the creek swelling up behind the Go Mart as she worked her shift on the morning of June 23. It didn't seem ominous. Just an unpleasant, rainy day in West Virginia.
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North America leaders defend free trade, resist isolationism
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, listens as Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto answers a question during a Q&A with youth at the Museum of Nature, on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 in Ottawa. MANDA... .
New Yorker cartoon pokes fun at Texas slogan after SCOTUS abortion…
Pro-abortion rights and anti-abortion protesters rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, June 27, 2016. The court is expected to finish its term today with a decision on abortion - a case deciding the constitutionality of two provisions of a Texas law regulating abortion could affect access to abortions for millions of women in several states.
LeBron a free agent after declining option on contract
The Latest on President Barack Obama's summit Wednesday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto : North America's leaders, at their summit in the Canadian capital, are confronting a rising tide of economic protectionism and nationalism. Three crew members were missing and one was hurt after a head-on train collision in the Texas Panhandle that caused several box cars to erupt in flames and led authorities to evacuate residents in the area.
Wreckage from Texas train collision continues to smolder
Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Bryan Witt says the accident occurre... . In this photo provided by Billy B. Brown, two freight trains are on fire Tuesday, June 28, 2016, after they collided and derailed near Panhandle, Texas.
Birth-Control Wars: Two Centuries of Struggle
The birth-control wars have reached a new level of contestation. On Monday, June 27th, the Supreme Court struck down a Texas law - Whole Woman's Health v.
Michael Barone: Neither candidate is getting the immigration issue right
Take Donald Trump's endlessly repeated promise to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Analysis: Anti-Regulation Party in Texas Has a Strong Taste for Rules
It's the latest setback for a band of Republicans who abhor regulatory constraints on business but who regularly resort to regulation to control the behavior of individuals in Texas. The abortion restrictions that the nation's highest court kicked to the side of the road are part of a running theme among Texas Republicans, who routinely hide their political motives behind unsubstantiated claims of public safety.
Airport security fix: better training _ for humans and dogs
Covering their ears, 192 future airport security officers watched from a grandstand as Larry Colburn detonates a plastic-explosives device like the one carried by the underwear bomber in a failed attempt to blow up a plane on Christmas Day 2009. A tremendous boom was accompanied by a plume of black and gray smoke.
Texas may not restore lost abortion clinics despite ruling
Long wait times for abortions and lengthy drives to abortion clinics are likely to continue in Texas for months and maybe years despite the U.S. Supreme Court striking down restrictions that drastically reduced the number of providers statewide. Texas lost more than half of its 41 abortion clinics in the three years since former Republican Gov. Rick Perry signed a sweeping anti-abortion law that justices largely dismantled in a 5-3 ruling Monday.
The Latest: Wendy Davis calls abortion ruling gratifying end
Amy Hagstrom Miller, founder of Whole Woman's Health, a Texas women's health clinic that provides abortions, rejoices as she leaves the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, June 27, 2016, as the justices struck down the ... .
The Latest: Some Texas abortion clinics likely won’t reopen
Amy Hagstrom Miller, second from right, founder of Whole Woman's Health, a Texas women's health clinic that provides abortions, leaves the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, June 27, 2016, with Center for Reproductive Rights President Nancy Northup, far right, as the justices struck down the strict Texas anti-abortion restriction law known as HB2. The justices voted 5-3 in favor of Texas clinics that had argued the regulations were a thinly veiled attempt to make it harder for women to get an abortion in the nation's second-most populous state.
The Latest: Alito reads aloud dissenting abortion opinion
Amy Hagstrom Miller, founder of Whole Woman's Health, a Texas women's health clinic that provides abortions, rejoices as she leaves the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, June 27, 2016, as the justices struck down the ... . Lucy Ceballos, center, and Isabella Soto, left, members of the National Institute for Reproductive Health, celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against Texas' abortion restrictions in front of Whole Woman's Hea... AUSTIN, Texas - The Latest on the Supreme Court's decision striking down Texas' strict regulation of abortion clinics : At the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices' decision in the Texas abortion clinic case provoked a strong response from Justice Samuel Alito.
Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Restrictions on Abortions
The Supreme Court struck down Texas' widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics Monday in the court's biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter century. The justices voted 5-3 in favor of Texas clinics that had argued the regulations were only a veiled attempt to make it harder for women to get abortions in the nation's second-most populous state.
What the Supreme Court abortion ruling means for Texas women
On its face, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Texas' far-reaching abortion law seems clear: House Bill 2 is unconstitutional. But the implications might not be as straightforward.
Shallow pool of experienced Republican GOP campaign staff willing to work with Trump
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has alienated himself even from Republican campaign staff who refuse to work for him. Photo / AP Donald Trump has finally acknowledged that to best compete against Hillary Clinton he needs more than the bare-bones campaign team that led him to primary success.
Harvard just won big after the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action
Abigail Fisher, the plaintiff in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, speaks outside the US Supreme Court in December 2015.
Supreme Courta s affirmative action ruling wona t affect Kansas schools
The Supreme Court's decision Thursday upholding a University of Texas admissions program that takes account of race won't affect Wichita State University, the school's provost said. In a major victory for affirmative action, the justices voted in favor of the Texas program by a 4-3 vote, an outcome that was dramatically altered by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, who opposed affirmative action.
SCOTUS non-decision may block thousands of undocumented East Texans
After a 4-4 decision, an injunction against President Barack Obama's immigration program remains effective, blocking an estimated 4 million undocumented immigrants from applying for temporary work authorization. Representatives at the Hispanic American Association of East Texas in Tyler, which serves seventeen counties, say they were prepared to see hundreds through their doors, if the high court decision held in favor of the program.
Texas affirmative action plan survives Supreme Court review
In a major victory for affirmative action, a divided Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the University of Texas admissions program that takes account of race. The justices voted in favor of the Texas program by a 4-3 vote, an outcome that was dramatically altered by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, who opposed affirmative action.