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Judge puts parts of new Kan. abortion law on hold

TOPEKA, Kan. – A Kansas judge on Friday temporarily blocked some of the state’s new abortion restrictions that were set to take effect next week, including a requirement that providers said ...

Appeals court lifts hold on Calif. gay marriages

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for the state of California to immediately resume issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples after a 4½-year freeze. ...

House panel pressing IRS figure to talk

WASHINGTON – A Republican-led committee Friday increased pressure on Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner to break her silence on who in the tax agency was behind decisions to make ...

Snowden’s dad worries about son’s ties to WikiLeaks

WASHINGTON – The father of Edward Snowden, the former defense contractor accused of disclosing details about secret U.S. surveillance programs, is concerned that his son’s recent association...

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Neighbor testifies in Zimmerman trial SANFORD, Fla. – Two neighbors and a police officer gave accounts Friday in George Zimmerman’s murder trial that seemed to bolster the neighbo...

Phoenix, Las Vegas bake in scorching heat

Much of the West to endure high temperatures

Judge: Hobby Lobby won’t have to pay fines

OKLAHOMA CITY – Hobby Lobby and a sister company will not be subject to $1.3 million in daily fines beginning Monday for failing to provide access to certain forms of birth control through i...

Record heat wave to hit West

LAS VEGAS – A high pressure system parking over the West is expected to bring temperatures this weekend and into next week that are extreme even for a region used to baking during the summer...

Hobby Lobby can seek health-care exemption

DENVER – A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Hobby Lobby stores have a good case that the federal health-care law violates their religious beliefs in ordering them to provide birth c...

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30-count indictment for Boston suspect BOSTON – Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev downloaded bomb-making instructions from an al-Qaida magazine, gathered online material o...

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UN condemns Congo rapes of girls, toddler UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. is raising the alarm about the recent rape of nine young girls in conflict-ridden eastern Congo, the youngest 1...

Iraq welcomes U.S. military aid

BAGHDAD – Iraq is open to greater American military cooperation as U.S. commanders explore ways to boost security assistance to the country, a top Iraqi official said Thursday as a fresh wav...
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