Oct 07 Watch 9:05 Texas clinics resume abortions past 6-week mark, but women fear access may be temporary By Meredith Lee, Alex D'Elia, Stephanie Sy In his 113- page order blocking the enforcement of Texas' six week abortion ban law, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman called the law “an unprecedented and aggressive scheme to deprive its citizens of a significant and well-established constitutional right.” But… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 5:48 Deportation to turmoiled Haiti an act of 'violence' against migrants, advocate says By Yamiche Alcindor Thousands of mostly Haitian migrants gathered at the border town of Del Rio, Texas in September hoping to gain asylum in the United States. While the migrants have been removed and the encampment cleared, the crisis is far from over. Continue watching
Oct 07 Biden to expand 2 Utah national monuments cut by Trump By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Environmental and tribal groups had sued to reverse the cuts to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. But the reductions were applauded by conservative state leaders who considered the size of both monuments U.S. government overreach. Continue reading
Oct 07 WATCH: Senate votes to extend borrowing, averting debt disaster By Associated Press The Senate dodged a U.S. debt disaster Thursday night, voting to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December and temporarily avert an unprecedented federal default that experts warned would devastate the economy and harm millions of Americans. Continue reading
Oct 07 Abortions resume in some Texas clinics after judge halts law By Paul J. Weber, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press Abortions quickly resumed in some Texas clinics Thursday after a federal judge halted the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., but doctors across the state did not rush to resume normal operations with the court battle far from over. Continue reading
Oct 07 The U.S. will develop a federal heat standard for the first time. Here's what advocates and labor experts want By Chloe Jones, Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado The Biden Administration recently announced new protections for people working in extreme heat, but advocates say the move is just a first step. Continue reading
Oct 07 U.N. says 10,000 displaced as clashes escalate over key Yemen city By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Clashes have escalated as the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels intensified their push to take the provincial capital from the internationally recognized government. Continue reading
Oct 07 Default crisis dodged — for now — with Dem-GOP debt accord By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Josh Boak, Associated Press Senate leaders have announced an agreement to extend the government's borrowing authority into December, temporarily averting an unprecedented default that experts say would have decimated the economy. Continue reading
Oct 07 Court rules Polish Constitution has primacy over EU laws By Monika Scislowska, Associated Press The Constitutional Tribunal held Thursday that some provisions of the treaties binding EU members and some rulings by the 27-nation bloc's highest court conflict with Poland's Constitution. Continue reading
Oct 07 WATCH: Biden champions vaccine mandates during visit to Chicago By Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Joe Biden on Thursday championed COVID-19 vaccination requirements, determined that the roughly 67 million unvaccinated American adults must get the shot even as he acknowledged that mandates weren't his “first instinct.”… Continue reading