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Tennessee House kills bill that would have banned local officials from studying, funding reparations 04/24/2024 07:27pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House on Wednesday spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to either study or dispense money for reparations for slavery. The move marked a rare defeat on a GOP-backed proposal initially introduced nearly one Key moments in the Supreme Court's latest abortion case that could change how women get care 04/24/2024 06:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first test on Wednesday of state abortion bans that have been enacted since the court upended the Roe v. Wade constitutional right to abortion. While the current case involves an Idaho abortion ban, the court’s ruling could have implications bey Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law 04/24/2024 05:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients. The case marks the first time Biden says the US is rushing weaponry to Ukraine as he signs a $95 billion war aid measure into law 04/24/2024 04:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he was immediately rushing badly needed weaponry to Ukraine as he signed into law a $95 billion war aid measure that also included assistance for Israel, Taiwan and other global hot spots. The announcement marked an end to the long, painful Tesla driver in Seattle-area crash that killed motorcyclist told police he was using Autopilot 04/24/2024 04:11pm • SEATTLE (AP) — A Tesla that may have been operating on the company's Autopilot driving system hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle, raising questions about whether a recent recall went far enough to ensure Tesla drivers using Autopilot pay attention to the road. After the crash Friday in a s Tennessee would criminalize helping minors get abortions under bill heading to governor 04/24/2024 03:55pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is poised to become the second state in the nation to make it illegal for adults to help minors get an abortion without parental consent, a proposal that is likely to face immediate legal challenges should Gov. Bill Lee sign it into law. Tennessee's GOP-dominant Arkansas panel bans electronic signatures on voter registration forms 04/24/2024 03:35pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas panel has prohibited election officials from accepting voter registration forms signed with an electronic signature, a move that critics say amounts to voter suppression. The State Board of Election Commissions on Tuesday unanimously approved the emergency rule US Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey, has died at 65 after a heart attack 04/24/2024 03:22pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a New Jersey Democrat and a member of the Congressional Black Caucus who replaced his father in the seat, died Wednesday after a heart attack this month that left him hospitalized, officials said. He was 65. Gov. Phil Murphy called his fellow Dem Poland's prosecutor general says previous government used spyware against hundreds of people 04/24/2024 03:09pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's prosecutor general told the parliament on Wednesday that powerful Pegasus spyware was used against hundreds of people during the former government in Poland, among them elected officials. Adam Bodnar told lawmakers that he found the scale of the surveillance “shock What to know about the latest bird flu outbreak in the US 04/24/2024 02:16pm • A poultry facility in Michigan and egg producer in Texas both reported outbreaks of avian flu this week. The latest developments on the virus also include infected dairy cows and the first known instance of a human catching bird flu from a mammal. Although health officials say the risk to the public Rush hour chaos in London as 5 military horses run amok after getting spooked during exercise 04/24/2024 12:45pm • LONDON (AP) — Five military horses spooked by noise from a building site bolted during routine exercises on Wednesday near Buckingham Palace, threw off four riders and caused chaos as they galloped loose through central London streets and collided with vehicles during the busy morning rush hour. T National Harbor melee spurs 'targeted curfew' in Prince George's Co.; could pass next week 04/24/2024 11:25am • After last weekend's melee at National Harbor involving dozens of teenagers, the Prince George's County Council is a step closer to passing emergency legislation that could be voted on next week, creating a targeted youth curfew. The bill, which was approved by the Committee of the Whole on Tuesd Austria coach Ralf Rangnick confirms Bayern Munich contact 04/24/2024 10:23am • MUNICH (AP) — Austria coach Ralf Rangnick has confirmed he is a candidate to take over at Bayern Munich next season. “There has been contact from Bayern Munich,” Rangnick told Austrian website 90minuten.at in an interview that was picked up by German media on Wednesday. The German coach said h 'I’m no longer a victim': A survivor's message during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week 04/24/2024 07:49am • Every April since 1981, the courage of crime survivors is applauded during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. But it's also a week to recognize the work of those who advocate for crime victims. Shawn Slade is a victim witness program specialist for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. and sa With public universities under threat, massive protests against austerity shake Argentina 04/24/2024 12:00am • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Raising their textbooks and diplomas and singing the national anthem, hundreds of thousands of Argentines filled the streets of Buenos Aires and other cities on Tuesday to demand increased funding for the country’s public universities, in an outpouring of anger at