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Thousands are expected in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to mobilize for voting rights as Congress and several states consider laws that could change ballot access.

Ida is expected to make landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane on the same date Hurricane Katrina hit 16 years ago.

The governor and parole board staff must still review and approve the proposal.

A majority of the fallen were U.S. Marines. Some had been recalled to Afghanistan to assist with the U.S. pullout.

“The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan,” said Capt. Bill Urban, spokesman for U.S. Central Command, in a statement.

A single unvaccinated teacher at a Northern California school triggered a COVID-19 outbreak in May that infected 26 others, including a total of 18 students, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday. News of the startling, rapid spread in the school and to students’ families emerged as administrators grapple with vaccine and mask regulations […]

New research from England adds further evidence that the delta variant poses a greater threat than earlier strains of the coronavirus.

MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Spotted in a car at a McDonald’s drive-through in Wisconsin: A cow — all of it. Jessica Nelson of Mosinee pulled into the drive-through at a McDonald’s in Marshfield on Thursday and said she looked up to see a cow in the backseat of a Buick sedan three cars ahead of […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida struck Cuba on Friday and threatened to slam into Louisiana with devastating force over the weekend, prompting evacuations in New Orleans and across the coastal region. Ida intensified rapidly Friday from a tropical storm to a hurricane with top winds of 80 mph (128 kph) as it crossed western […]

Larry Elder, the Republican front-runner in the campaign to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), has advocated abolishing Medicaid and has opposed making health insurance companies cover people with preexisting conditions, extreme positions even further to the right of many in the GOP.  Elder put forward his views in 2010 when he outlined his vision […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — California’s parole board voted Friday to free Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin after two of RFK’s sons said they supported releasing him and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars. But the governor ultimately will decide if Sirhan Sirhan leaves prison. Douglas Kennedy was a toddler when his father […]

People attempting to milk whatever viral fame they can get on TikTok will no longer be able to do so with the “milk crate challenge.” The app has banned videos of people attempting the risky trend, citing safety concerns, according to USA Today. “TikTok prohibits content that promotes or glorifies dangerous acts, and we remove […]

Allyson Reneau of Oklahoma City garnered media attention for saying she aided the group in escaping the Taliban. Now, her claim of helping to orchestrate their exit is under scrutiny.

The 3-year-old pup “is not always predictable,” one Secret Service agent warned in an email. “Be careful.”

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — A judge has ordered a western Michigan couple to pay $30,441 to their son for getting rid of his pornography collection. U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney’s decision this week came eight months after David Werking, 43, won a lawsuit against his parents. He said they had no right to throw out […]

The site at the Dulles Expo Center will offer the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, according to a White House official.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — School districts in Florida may impose mask mandates, a judge said Friday, ruling that Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his authority by issuing an executive order banning the mandates. Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper agreed with a group of parents who claimed in a lawsuit that DeSantis’ order is […]

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Some 14,000 firefighters facing changing weather conditions battled more than a dozen large wildfires across California, including a growing blaze that was slowly pushing toward the Lake Tahoe resort region. Winds and temperatures were expected to pick up in coming days while humidity drops, adding to the challenges endured […]

The attack underscored concerns that terrorist groups will be among the winners as America ends its longest war.

The move comes weeks before the presidential election and as President Donald Trump continues to downplay the severity of foreign interference.

The president is making the trip two days after the Category 4 storm slammed the Gulf Coast, leaving several dead and wreaking havoc with severe winds and flooding.

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The dean of the College of Community Health Sciences said there is “no evidence of virus transmission due to in-person class instruction.”

One protester carried a sign that read “End the plandemic immediately,” suggesting that COVID-19 was an artificial event.

ICE spokeswoman Yasmeen Pitts O’Keefe said in a statement that the agency recently expanded virus testing at La Palma, testing 1,000 detainees.

“The reality is you’re going to see positives in camp, that’s just the era we are in globally,” Oregon’s chief deputy fire marshal said.

The university made a bold claim this week: It stopped a coronavirus outbreak before it started.

Not every family with a talented aspiring athlete has the means to make such a move, raising questions of fairness.

Candidate Trump’s promises included universal health care, tax hikes for the rich, infrastructure spending and six weeks paid leave for all moms. President Trump hasn’t delivered.