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Coast Guard to suspend search for migrants off Florida after finding only 5 bodies

By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press

Authorities have now found a total of five bodies, leaving 34 missing five days after the vessel capsized on the way to Florida from Bimini, a chain of islands in the Bahamas about 55 miles east of Miami.

Judge temporarily halts South Dakota Governor Noem's in-person abortion pill rule

By Stephen Groves, Associated Press

Gov. Kristi Noem initiated the rule change through an executive order. It would have required abortion-seekers to return to a doctor to receive the second of two drugs used for a medication abortion.

Read Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's full retirement letter

By Dan Cooney

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer made it official Thursday that he would retire from the bench at the end of the court’s term this summer.

WATCH: Pentagon press secretary John Kirby holds briefing on troop readiness amid Ukraine tensions

By Associated Press

The Pentagon has revealed the U.S. bases where 8,500 troops have been placed on heightened alert, with the possibility of deployment overseas as part of the NATO Response Force. …

WATCH: State Department spokesperson Ned Price holds news briefing

By Associated Press

State Department spokesperson Ned Price held a news briefing on Thursday amid continued tension with Russia over Ukraine. Watch Price's remarks in the player above. The Pentagon has revealed the U.S. bases where 8,500 troops have been placed on heightened…

WATCH: Biden says first Black woman justice on Supreme Court 'long overdue'

By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Darlene Superville, Associated Press

He praised retiring Justice Stephen Breyer as a model public servant and promised a nominee by the end of February. Breyer joined Biden at the White House, a day after news broke of the 83-year-old’s upcoming retirement.

After 18 years and 2 Super Bowls, Ben Roethlisberger to "hang up" his cleats

By Will Graves, Associated Press

In a video message, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said it was "time to clean out my locker, hang up my cleats" after 18 years, two Super Bowls, countless team records and a likely spot in the Hall of Fame.

As Biden considers Supreme Court justice replacement, three contenders emerge as frontrunners

By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Mike Balsamo, Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

President Joe Biden is eyeing at least three judges for an expected vacancy on the Supreme Court.

WATCH: White House says Biden is committed to adding Black woman to SCOTUS

By Associated Press

Press secretary Jen Psaki underscored that pledge at the White House briefing, hours after reports that liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is planning to retire at the end of the summer.

Dying George Floyd 'needed help and wasn't getting it', testifies firefighter

By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski, Tammy Webber, Associated Press

First it was a paramedic, testifying that the officers who restrained George Floyd didn't call in critical information as his ambulance rushed to the scene where Floyd would soon be pronounced dead.