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Black Mississippi senators walked out to protest vote on race theory bill

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Black lawmakers walked out in protest and withheld their votes as the Mississippi Senate passed a bill that would ban schools from teaching critical race theory. Senate Bill 2113 passed 32-2 on Friday.

Supreme Court could limit a 2020 Oklahoma Indian land decision

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court has agreed to consider limiting a recent decision about Indian land in Oklahoma that the state says has produced chaos in its courts.

Igor Fruman, Giuliani's associate, sentenced to a year in prison in foreign donor case

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

A Florida man who helped Rudy Giuliani seek damaging information against Joe Biden in Ukraine has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison and fined $10,000 in an unrelated campaign finance case.

State Department plans on policy changes to woo international STEM students

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

Senior Biden administration officials say the State Department will let eligible visiting students in those fields complete up to 36 months of academic training. There will also be a new initiative to connect these students with U.S. businesses.

As Supreme Court weighs Roe, nation's largest anti-abortion protest in a celebratory mood

By Ashraf Khalil, Paul J. Weber, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Thousands of anti-abortion protesters are rallying in the nation's capital Friday with a growing sense of momentum about the prospects this year of a sweeping rollback of abortion rights.

Florida man charged with human smuggling as four people found dead at Canada-U.S. border

By Associated Press

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota says 47-year-old Steve Shand has been charged with human smuggling after seven Indian nationals were found in the U.S. and the discovery of four bodies.

City of Los Angeles considers banning new oil and gas drilling

By Drew Costley, Associated Press

The city council is expected to vote on a measure that would shut down oil and gas fields in the city after a decade of complaints from residents.

WATCH: Biden meets with mayors amid push to pass tax, economic plans

By News Desk

President Joe Biden addressed the annual Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington Friday, giving the city leaders credit for helping to pass his $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill through Congress and urging their help in implementing the measure's funding.

WATCH: White House COVID task force bolsters vaccine booster messaging

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Three new U.S. studies offer more evidence that the COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who have gotten booster shots. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the studies Friday.

Intel invests $20 billion to build Ohio computer chip facility

By John Seewer, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press

Intel will invest $20 billion in a new computer chip facility in Ohio amid a global shortage of microprocessors used in everything from phones and cars to video games.