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A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Texas law banning a second-trimester abortion procedure set to go into affect in September....Read More

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Thursday said the Pentagon is sending more troops to Afghanistan to boost the 11,000 already there....Read More

Wells Fargo bank on Thursday increase its estimate of the number of fake accounts it’s uncovered to 3.5 million — nearly twice the amount originally found....Read More

A new survey shows that most Americans do not approve of President Trump’s pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio....Read More

Hurricane Harvey was downgraded to a tropical depression as it moved through Louisiana and Mississippi on Thursday....Read More

The new chief executive of Uber said at his introductory meeting that the ride-sharing company will go public sometime in the next 36 months....Read More

Several deputies who were hospitalized after an incident early Thursday at a chemical plant near Houston have been released, officials said....Read More

The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to do away with the Columbus Day holiday and replace it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day....Read More

A Utah police dog was airlifted 100 miles to an animal hospital in Las Vegas after it was shot in the jaw during a carjacking incident Tuesday night....Read More

The top three U.S. airlines met with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Wednesday to ask for help competing with airline companies in the Middle East....Read More