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As frustration mounts, a White House push on voting rights

By Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller, Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press

The White House says Biden will travel to Philadelphia on Tuesday to discuss "actions to protect the sacred, constitutional right to vote." Biden met with civil rights leaders in the West Wing on Thursday.

Elsa soaks NYC and New England as it races up East Coast

By Michael Hill, Tom Hays, Associated Press

The fast-moving storm Elsa lashed New York City and New England with heavy rain and high winds, flooding streets, toppling trees and hindering some rail service.

Wildfires continue to burn in the West as high temperatures return

By Associated Press

Climate change is considered a "key driver" of a trend that is creating "longer and more intense dry seasons that increase moisture stress on vegetation and make forests more susceptible to severe wildfire."…

Why can’t Olympians smoke weed?

By Chloe Jones

Her chances dashed at an Olympic debut, fellow elite athletes have come to Sha'Carri Richardson's defense and to say that sporting rules on pot are overdue for a change.

2 Trump EPA appointees defrauded agency of $130K, watchdog finds

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The report by EPA's Office of Inspector General says former EPA chief of staff Ryan Jackson and former White House liaison Charles Munoz submitted "official timesheets and personnel forms that contained materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements."…

Police testimony will lead off panel’s first Capitol insurrection hearing

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Padmananda Rama, Associated Press

Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the new select panel, says the committee hopes to "set the tone" of the investigation by hearing from those first responders, many of whom were brutally beaten and verbally assaulted by former President…

U.S. stops jailing pregnant migrants, reversing Trump policy

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

The new directive doesn't bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement from initiating proceedings to deport migrants without legal status. But it would not longer jail them if they are pregnant, nursing or have given birth within the past year while they…

Charlottesville to remove Confederate monuments Saturday

By Associated Press

The city said in a news release Friday afternoon that the equestrian statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee as well as a nearby one of Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson will be removed Saturday.

FDA head calls for probe into Alzheimer’s drug review

By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

Dr. Janet Woodcock announced the extraordinary step via Twitter. It's the latest fallout over last month's approval of Aduhelm, an expensive and unproven therapy that the agency OK'd against the advice of its own outside experts.

5 Stories: A sports car that can fly, why 4-day work weeks work and other stories you missed

By Deema Zein

A sports car takes flight, new research shows four day work weeks boost productivity and a Dutch artist create the world's tallest sandcastle. Check out these stories and others you might have missed on this week's episode of 5 Stories.