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An Arizona judge helped revive an 1864 abortion law. His lawmaker wife joined Democrats to repeal it 05/15/2024 07:38pm • When it was Shawnna Bolick���s turn to speak, the words tumbled out of her. The conservative lawmaker was in the middle of a heated debate in the Republican-led Arizona Senate on a bill to repeal an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions, and Democrats needed at least one more vote from the right to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reveals new $7 billion stake in Swiss insurer Chubb 05/15/2024 07:30pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway on Wednesday revealed a new $7 billion stake in fellow insurer Chubb. Berkshire disclosed the investment it has been building over the past nine months in a quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Buffett's conglomerate h University of California official says system has $32 billion in holdings targeted by protesters 05/15/2024 07:23pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� Investments in weapons manufacturers and a wide array of other companies by the University of California targeted by students protesting the Israel-Hamas war represent $32 billion - or nearly one-fifth - of the system's overall assets, the system's chief investment office Investigation continues into 4 electrical blackouts on ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse 05/15/2024 07:22pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� The electrical blackouts experienced by the container ship Dali before it left Baltimore���s port were ���mechanically distinct from��� those that resulted in the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge hours later, according to congressional testimony Wednesday. ���Two we Ship that struck Baltimore bridge had 4 blackouts before disaster. Here's what we know 05/15/2024 07:18pm • The Dali container ship experienced a near-perfect storm of calamities before it struck Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, killing six people. But Tuesday's preliminary report by federal safety investigators leaves many questions unanswered. For example, the National Transportation Safe Justice Department to investigate Kentucky's juvenile jails after use of force, isolation complaints 05/15/2024 07:09pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) ��� Federal investigators will examine conditions in Kentucky's youth detention centers and whether the state has done enough to protect juveniles housed there, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. The federal investigation follows a Kentucky auditor's report that said the Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote 05/15/2024 06:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander. The order allows the use of a map that has majority Blac DeSantis, amid criticism, signs Florida bill making climate change a lesser state priority 05/15/2024 06:20pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ��� Climate change will be a lesser priority in Florida and largely disappear from state statutes under legislation signed Wednesday by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that also bans power-generating wind turbines offshore or near the state's lengthy coastline. Critics said the meas Brazilian dance craze created by young people in Rio���s favelas is declared cultural heritage 05/15/2024 06:12pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, frevo ��� whatever was around. The passinho, a dance style created in the 2000s by kids in Rio de Janeiro��� Indigenous consultant accuses NHL's Blackhawks of fraud, sexual harassment 05/15/2024 06:07pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A consultant the Chicago Blackhawks hired to improve relationships with American Indian tribes has filed a lawsuit accusing the team, its charity foundation and its CEO of fraud, breach of contract and sexual harassment. Nina Sanders filed the civil action late Tuesday in Cook Count Umpire Jim Wolf pulled for precautionary reasons after taking foul ball off facemask 05/15/2024 05:58pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Umpire Jim Wolf was pulled for precautionary reasons during the fifth inning of Wednesday���s game between the Kansas City Royals and Seattle Mariners after taking a foul ball off his facemask. Wolf was checked by the rest of his umpire crew and a member of the Mariners athletic tra Now armed with AI, America's adversaries will try to influence election, security officials warn 05/15/2024 05:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� America's foreign adversaries will again seek to influence the upcoming U.S. elections, top security officials warned members of the Senate Wednesday, harnessing the latest innovations in artificial intelligence to spread online disinformation, mislead voters and undermine trust US will send an unofficial delegation as Taiwan's president is sworn in. It'll test ties with China 05/15/2024 05:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The White House will send an unofficial delegation to Taiwan this weekend for the inauguration of the island���s democratically elected president, the Biden administration announced Wednesday, in a move that is certain to upset China but unlikely to draw excessive responses from Harper returns to the Phillies' lineup after missing one game with a migraine 05/15/2024 05:11pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Bryce Harper returned to Philadelphia���s lineup on Wednesday, playing first base and batting third, for the Phillies' game against the New York Mets after missing the last one because of a migraine. Harper, who is batting .259 with nine home runs and 29 RBIs, sat out of Philad How Cannes works, from the standing ovations to the juries to the Palm Dog 05/15/2024 05:05pm • CANNES, France (AP) ��� The Cannes Film Festival is hallowed ground in cinema but understanding its unique landscape can be confounding. The C��te d���Azur festival, which kicked off Tuesday, is a 10-day ballet of spectacle and film where even the photographers wear tuxedos, standing ovations are ti