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Highways are the next antiabortion target. One Texas town is resisting.

A new ordinance, passed in several jurisdictions and under consideration elsewhere, aims to stop people from using local roads to drive someone out of state for an abortion.

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After the Maui fires took Carole, her people honored her on the water

The memorials are starting for victims of the Aug. 8 Lahaina fire, as survivors take stock of loved ones they lost, and look for ways to heal.

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‘He is a superhero.’ Virginia’s Mike Hollins is set to play again after shooting.

Mike Hollins was wounded in an on-campus shooting that killed three of his Virginia football teammates in November. On Saturday, he is set to play as the Cavaliers return to the field.

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White man who shot Black teen Ralph Yarl to stand trial, judge rules

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Proud Boys leader, Capitol window smasher set to be sentenced

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Hurricane Idalia could not have hit this tiny Florida scalloping town at a worse time

Surviving storms on the water has become an endless, exhausting cycle of frantic preparation, destruction and rebuilding. But rebuilding has already begun.

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Meet Howdy Doody, the steer who rides shotgun in his owner’s car

Officers with the Norfolk Police Division issued a warning to Lee Meyer after the 63-year-old Nebraska man drove his 2,200-pound steer in the passenger side of his car.

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