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Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas state Capitol in Austin, Texas, May 14, 2022.

Texas Supreme Court pauses ruling that allowed pregnant woman to have an abortion

1:01am December 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

The court put on hold a ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo a challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S.

French Ambassador to the United Nations Nicolas de Rivière (center) and other representatives raise their hands in favor of a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza during a U.N. Security Council meeting in New York on Friday. The U.S. vetoed it.

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The U.S. has vetoed a Gaza cease-fire resolution in the U.N. Security Council

9:19pm December 08, 2023

The United States was the only country to vote against a resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

Ethan Crumbley stands with his attorneys Paulette Loftin (left) and Amy Hopp during his senencing hearing in Pontiac, Mich. Parents of students killed at Michigan's Oxford High School described the anguish of losing their children Friday as a judge considered whether Crumbley would serve a life sentence for the 2021 mass shooting.

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Michigan high school shooter sentenced to Life in Prison without Parole

8:18pm December 08, 2023

by Quinn Klinefelter

A Michigan judge hands down a life without parole sentence for the teenager who shot and killed fellow students and wounded others at Oxford High School in 2021.

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Opening night at La Scala theater, in Milan Italy, Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. The tradition of Italian opera singing is among the 55 cultural practices to be inscribed to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List this year.

Arts

55 cultural practices added to UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage

8:12pm December 08, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

More than 70 countries put forward nominations aimed at safeguarding a wide variety of diverse and unique traditions at a meeting in Botswana this week.

"I'm ecstatic. It's a blessing that they approved this therapy," said Victoria Gray, the first person in the U.S. to undergo CRISPR gene-editing for sickle cell, of the Food and Drug Administration's decision.

FDA approves first gene-editing treatment for human illness

8:09pm December 08, 2023

by Rob Stein

The Food and Drug Administration approved two genetic treatments for sickle cell disease, including one that uses gene-editing. The approvals offer hope for patients and signal a new medical era.

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In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the U.S. waited in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, in June 2018.

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Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at the border

6:47pm December 08, 2023

by Jasmine Garsd

The settlement says migrant families cannot be separated at the border for the next eight years, a policy of the Trump administration. Around 1,000 children remain separated from their parents.

A woman is facing charges after pouring what appears to be gasoline on the porch of the Queen Anne style house in Atlanta where Martin Luther King Jr. spent the first 12 years of his life. The home was not damaged.

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Visitors to Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home stop a woman from setting fire to it

5:42pm December 08, 2023

by Bill Chappell

"That action saved an important part of American history tonight," Atlanta's police chief told media gathered at the scene late Thursday.

Former President Donald Trump departs for a break during his civil fraud trial in New York City on Thursday.

Politics & Government

Trump gag order is partially upheld in Jan. 6 case

4:32pm December 08, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

The appeals court ruling would allow Trump to make public statements about the special counsel in the case, Jack Smith, but not other prosecutors, court staffers or their family members.

Ryan Roth's single vote made all the difference.

Politics & Government

He won his seat on council by a single vote — which he cast himself

4:11pm December 08, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Every election we're told that each vote counts. Ryan Roth, the newly-elected city council member for Rainier, Wash., is now proof that it does.

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Lael Brainard speaks as President Joe Biden listens during an announcement in Nov. 2021.

How a top economic adviser to Biden is thinking about inflation and the job market

3:12pm December 08, 2023

The latest numbers show a strong picture for the U.S. economy. Yet many Americans have a pessimistic view. Here's how an adviser to Joe Biden says they're addressing that.

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