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Walgreens ends sale of abortion drug in some GOP-controlled states where it remains legal

By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris

Walgreens, the nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain, said it will not dispense abortion pills in several states where the drug remains legal. The decision comes after nearly two dozen Republican attorneys general wrote to the company threatening legal action. Sarah Varney…

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Medal of Honor awarded to one of the first Black U.S. Special Forces officers

By Geoff Bennett, Dan Sagalyn

One of the first Black military officers to lead an elite unit in combat received the nation's highest award for bravery on the battlefield. The awarding of the Medal of Honor rights what advocates say was a decades-long injustice. Geoff…

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More seniors are becoming homeless, and experts say the trend is likely to worsen

By Hannah Grabenstein

Since 1990, the percentage of unhoused people who are older than 50 has risen from 11 percent to nearly 50 percent. Researchers say it will only get worse.

Walgreens won’t sell an abortion pill in 20 states after threats of legal action. Here’s what that means

By Tom Murphy, Associated Press

Walgreens says it will not start selling an abortion pill in 20 states that had warned of legal consequences if it did that.

U.S. to restore more bison herds on tribal lands by tapping Indigenous knowledge

By Matthew Brown, Associated Press

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says her agency will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands.

Some California residents could be snowed in for a week

By Associated Press

Extraordinary snowfall buried homes and businesses, overwhelming the capability of snowplowing equipment geared toward ordinary storms.

Amid layoffs, Amazon pauses construction on second headquarters in Virginia

By Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press

Amazon is pausing construction of its second headquarters in Virginia following the biggest round of layoffs in the company’s history.

Communities struggle over abortion clinics crossing state borders in post-Roe era

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Sarah Rankin, Associated Press

Residents in southwestern Virginia have battled for months over whether abortion clinics limited by strict laws in other states should be allowed to hop over the border and operate there.

Farmers in dry western U.S. face new ways to save water

By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press

With drought, climate change and overuse of the Colorado River leading to increasingly dire conditions in the West, the federal Bureau of Reclamation is looking at fallowing as a way to cut water use.

Midwest preps for heavy snow, Texas and Louisiana recover from tornadoes and power outages

By Associated Press

A storm system is marching eastward after spawning likely tornadoes in Texas and Louisiana that damaged homes, businesses, a university campus and left thousands without power.