Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state judge has struck down North Dakota’s ban on abortion, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. State District Judge Bruce Romanick also said Thursday that the law violates the state constitution because it’s too vague. Under the
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has returned to a time-honored tradition of his: citing junk online polls to claim he was the clear winner of a presidential debate that scientific polls found he lost. He did it in 2016 after his debates against Hillary Clinton. He did it in
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — American Lael Wilcox has broken the world record for the fastest woman to cycle around the world, traversing 21 countries and 18,125 miles in three and a half months. Arriving back in Chicago at 9 p.m. local time on Wednesday – 108 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes after
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Truitt Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — A Boston mother wants answers after her first grader was left on the school bus for several hours. Ronda Johnson and her two kids just moved to Massachusetts last month. “I have really high anxiety. I am scared. I wasn’t scared at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME (AP) — The World Food Program’s director is appealing for more money and access to feed 25 million people at risk of famine in Sudan. The UN agency’s director, Cindy McCain, called Sudan “nearly a forgotten crisis right now.” She said that with so many global crises, people’s “eyes glaze over” when
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban has resigned. He made the announcement Thursday, just over a week after his phone was seized as part of a federal investigation. People familiar with the matter say Caban was one of several high-ranking city officials whose electronic devices were seized last
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The man accused in an assault that left a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer fighting for his life is facing several additional charges after a grand jury indictment. Officer Travis Brown was critically injured while trying to make arrests during a protest on Aug. 9, the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death in the
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — Kamala Harris just roasted her opponent on national television. After months of anticipation, the world’s biggest pop star finally endorsed her. She is swimming in a veritable ocean of cash. So why is Michigan Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell still feeling anxious about November’s election? “I
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hauser, CNN (CNN) — Railcars once filled with hustling commuters in the city of Atlanta are now 65 feet below the Atlantic Ocean filled with inquisitive fish, sea turtles and coral. At the end of last year, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) dumped two railcars off Georgia’s coast as part of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MESCH, Netherlands (AP) — Walking arm-in-arm with the Dutch queen, American World War II veteran Kenneth Thayer has returned to the tiny village that he and others in the 30th Infantry Division liberated from Nazi occupation exactly 80 years ago. Thayer, now 99, visited Mesch on Thursday. He was greeted by King Willem-Alexander
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes, Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — As Donald Trump mingled and posed for pictures with firefighters on Wednesday – one of several stops to observe the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States – a small entourage of the former president’s inner circle
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WWJ) — A 21-year-old Michigan man was found unresponsive after allegedly driving his motorcycle at speeds over 150 mph and crashing into a vehicle, state police said. At 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Michigan State Police received reports of a crash on northbound I-75, south
Continue ReadingBy Cole Premo Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minnesota (WCCO) — Twelve students are reportedly in the hospital after a school bus crash in northern Minnesota Thursday morning. Northern News Now reports that a motorist T-boned a school bus with 20 students on board shortly before 8 a.m. near Town
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Harris campaign is launching a new abortion-focused ad Thursday, capitalizing on what officials believe was one of the most pivotal exchanges between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump during Tuesday’s presidential debate. Harris’ team prepared the vice president to confront Trump on
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Mortgage rates fell this week to the lowest point since February 2023, in a welcome sign for Americans grappling with a tough housing market. The standard, 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.20% in the week ended September 12, mortgage financing giant Freddie Mac said Thursday. That’s down from last
Continue ReadingBy Kelsy Mittauer, Katie Standing Click here for updates on this story ALLEN, Texas (KTVT) — This summer, police in Allen spent weeks making undercover purchases at smoke shops across the city, then sending the THC products for testing at a certified lab in North Texas. Investigators wrote up warrants for nine stores; in August
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Karen Read’s lawyers have filed an appeal with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court challenging a judge’s decision not to dismiss two of three charges against her. The 44-year-old Read is accused of hitting her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, with her SUV during a snowstorm in January 2022 and leaving him for dead. Her
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Castañeda Click here for updates on this story PETALUMA, California (KPIX) — Threats of violence against two Petaluma schools posted on social media on Wednesday resulted in the arrest of a 14-year-old, authorities said Thursday. Petaluma police said in a press statement that the threat against Casa Grande High School and Petaluma High
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, Gloria Pazmino and Brynn Gingras, and Sabrina Shulman, CNN (CNN) — New York Police Department Commissioner Edward Caban has resigned, he said Thursday in a statement, marking the first high-profile departure from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration since the start of four separate federal investigations into Adams’ office and the NYPD. Adams appointed
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — A federal regulator said Thursday that it is banning Navient from servicing federal student loans and ordering the company to pay $120 million. The agreement settles a lawsuit brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2017, which claimed the company misled student loan borrowers and processed their payments
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