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Georgia Anti-abortion Law Allows Tax Deductions For Fetuses
Pregnant women in the U.S. state of Georgia will be able to deduct their fetuses as dependents on their taxes under a 2019 anti-abortion law that a judge allowed to go into effect last month, the state said.
Aug 02, 2022
California Man Escapes Wildfire With His Life But Loses Home
Wildfire refugee Rod McGuire sat alone at the far end of the evacuation center, trying not to cry.
Jul 26, 2022
California Wildfire Near Yosemite National Park Expands Overnight
California's largest wildfire so far this year steadily expanded overnight after exploding in size over the weekend and forcing thousands of people to evacuate homes in remote areas just west of Yosemite National Park, officials said on Monday.
Jul 25, 2022
Firefighters Begin To Slow Raging California Wildfire Near Yosemite
Firefighters on Monday finally started to control California's largest wildfire so far this year, halting its eastward expansion toward nearby Yosemite National Park while thousands of people remained under evacuation orders.
Jul 25, 2022
Firefighters Start To Contain Raging California Wildfire Near Yosemite
Firefighters on Monday finally started to control California's largest wildfire so far this year, halting its eastward expansion toward nearby Yosemite National Park while thousands of people remained under evacuation orders.
Jul 25, 2022
California To Allow Private Lawsuits Against Gun Ban Violators In Swipe At Texas Law
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that would allow private citizens to sue people who sell, manufacture or distribute assault weapons and guns made at home to avoid tracing.
Jul 22, 2022
California Takes Swipe At Texas Abortion Law By Allowing Private Lawsuits In Gun Cases
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that would allow private citizens to sue people who sell, manufacture or distribute assault weapons and guns made at home to avoid tracing.
Jul 22, 2022
Abortions In U.S. Rise, Reversing A 30-year Trend, New Data Show
Abortions performed in the United States increased by 8% during the three years ending in 2020, reversing a 30-year trend of declining numbers, according to data released on Wednesday by the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion rights research group.
Jun 15, 2022
Texas Pupils' Lives Shattered By Shooting Two Days Before Summer Break
The children at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, were two days away from their summer break when Tuesday's massacre unfolded.
May 24, 2022
Texas Elementary School's End-of-year Plans Shattered By Shooting
The children at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, were two days away from their summer break when Tuesday's massacre unfolded.
May 24, 2022
Louisiana Lawmakers Withdraw Bill Declaring Abortion Homicide
A bill in the Louisiana legislature aiming to charge women and their doctors with murder for obtaining or providing abortion services was withdrawn from consideration on Thursday amid outrage and a successful effort to amend it.
May 12, 2022
Fearing End Of Roe V. Wade, Liberal U.S. States Rush To Protect Abortion Rights
In New York, lawmakers have introduced a bill to expand funding for abortion care.
May 11, 2022
Democrats Scramble To Protect Abortion Rights In Liberal U.S. States
In New York, lawmakers have introduced a bill to expand funding for abortion care.
May 11, 2022
Georgia Becomes Latest U.S. State To Ban 'Divisive' Concepts In Teaching About Race
Georgia on Thursday joined a growing number of Republican-led U.S. states to ban schools from teaching "divisive" academic concepts about racism.
Apr 28, 2022
U.S. Schools Pull More Than 1,000 Book Titles In 'Unparalleled' Censorship Bid, Report Finds
More than a thousand book titles, most addressing racism and LGBTQ issues, have been banned from U.S.
Apr 07, 2022
Sacramento Police Say There Were 'Multiple' Shooters In Violence That Left Six Dead
Sacramento police said on Sunday that multiple shooters were involved in early morning violence in which six people were killed and 12 were wounded but the suspects remain at large.
Apr 03, 2022
Six Dead, 12 Injured In Early Morning Shooting In Downtown Sacramento -police
Six people were killed and 12 injured in an early-morning shooting on a Sacramento, California, street busy with revelers, and police said they were still searching for suspects with no one in custody.
Apr 03, 2022
At California Gas Station, Republicans Woo Voters Angry Over Fuel Prices - But It's Complicated
A half-dozen mostly young Republican activists stood gamely outside of a Chevron station at a busy Southern California intersection
Apr 01, 2022
Inside The Fight For A New Abortion Clinic In One California City
As soon as he learned abortion provider Planned Parenthood wanted to open a new clinic in the central California city of Visalia, resident Rod Greenfield wrote to all five city council members and urged them to deny the permit.
Mar 15, 2022
Texas Appeals Order Stopping It From Investigating Parents Of Transgender Teen
Texas has appealed a judge's order that blocked the state from investigating the parents of a 16-year-old transgender girl for providing her with gender-affirming medical treatments that Governor Greg Abbott says are "child abuse."
Mar 03, 2022
Five Dead As Man Kills Three Children And Himself In California Church
A man shot and killed his three children and a fourth person before taking his own life on Monday in an outburst of gun violence that unfolded in a church near California's capital, police said.
Feb 28, 2022
Old Voting Machines Stir Concerns Ahead Of November Election
U.S. election officials responsible for managing more than a dozen close races this November share a fear: outdated voting machines.
May 31, 2018
