U.S. officials will negotiate a new security deal with Mexico during talks Friday
The high-level talks come at a time when the U.S. and Mexico are dealing with an ongoing surge at their shared border.
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Texas providers of abortion services are wary the law's status could change again
Some Texas clinics have resumed abortions after a federal court ruling, but some haven't yet because of the risks of a higher court reversing the decision.
Former NBA players accused of defrauding health and welfare benefit plan
More than a dozen former NBA players have been charged with defrauding a NBA health care fund out of nearly $4 million according to an indictment unsealed in federal court in New York on Thursday.
Groups opposed to abortion rights are unhappy with judge's intervention in Texas
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Rebecca Parma, senior legislative associate at Texas Right to Life, about a federal judge blocking the enforcement of the abortion ban in Texas.
News brief: Texas abortion law, jobs report, CIA's focus on China
Some clinics in Texas are offering abortions again after a federal judge intervened. The Labor Department issues its monthly jobs report. The CIA director says China is the agency's main focus.
With the China Mission Center, the CIA refocuses on the changing world stage
The CIA is establishing a mission center that will focus on the challenges posed by a rising China. This is the strongest sign yet that CIA Director William Burns considers China his top priority.
Why some voters in Arizona have soured on democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
Sen. Sinema's opposition to President Biden's price tag for his social spending plan and to changing the filibuster have many progressives in her home state unhappy.
States with diverse tax revenue streams see their budgets bounce back
This time last year, state revenue outlooks were tanking. Some states with high income-earners, such as California, are seeing budget surpluses like they haven't seen in decades.
A Hispanic church in Tennessee is grieving the loss of its charismatic founder
German Castro died last month at the age of 57 — part of an avoidable surge of COVID-19 deaths across the South where vaccination rates lag.
Barbers are enlisted to tout the benefits of being vaccinated against COVID
Rutgers University-Camden and a local nonprofit recruited 15 barbers to help answer client questions about the COVID-19 vaccine. Other barbers and hair salons are working on a similar initiative.