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The state has emerged as an example of how Democratic lawmakers can take proactive steps to bolster abortion accessWhen the US supreme court upended the federal right to abortion enshrined in Roe v Wade, the immediate task before Democrats seemed simpl…
Fifteen people were killed and 94 injured across 13 states as well as Washington DCFrom the nation’s capital to Fort Worth, Texas, from Florin, California, in the west to the Bronx, New York, in the east, the Fourth of July long weekend in the US was o…
At least 15 people shot dead across the country in mass shootings so far on the holiday weekend celebrating the US’s independenceA long holiday weekend of bloodshed has intensified after a heavily armed gunman in a bulletproof vest opened fire on the s…
New York City, parts of Pennsylvania and Baltimore all issued warnings as 421 wildfires continue to burn up northPoor air quality returned to the north-east US on Sunday, although it was nowhere near as bad as the heavy haze that recently shrouded the …
Hazy skies hung over north-eastern US a day after the midwest received a similar alert from the Environmental Protection AgencyCanada wildfires smoke: latest updatesCanada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western …
Dev Shah, whose hobbies include playing the cello and solving maths problems, wins $50,000Dev Shah, a 14-year-old boy from Largo, Florida, has won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee, nailing the word “psammophile” – meaning an organism that thrives…
Rehan Staton became a viral media sensation on his admission, and film-maker Tyler Perry covered his tuition feesThe man who worked as a trash hauler in Maryland before earning international news headlines by gaining admission into the prestigious Harv…
Focus of Serial podcast had 1999 murder conviction overturned but judge in March reinstated conviction on procedural groundsThe case of Adnan Syed, which inspired the hit podcast Serial, took another turn on Tuesday when a Maryland appeals court denied…
US supreme court has preserved access to mifepristone for now, but blue states announce plans to safeguard abortion rightsDespite a reprieve by the US supreme court, a growing number of Democratic states are stockpiling abortion pills as the legal figh…
Roy McGrath was wanted on corruption charges and manhunt had been launched after he failed to appear for trialAn ex-Maryland governor’s former political aide – who was wanted on corruption charges – died on Monday after he was wounded while being confr…