Politics

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at U.S. border for 8 years

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw's ruling on Friday in San Diego preemptively blocks resumption of a lightning-rod, Trump-era policy that the former president hasn't ruled out if elected to a second term next year.

New York can enforce gun laws in 'sensitive locations' for now, appeals court rules

By Anthony Izaguirre, Michael Hill, Associated Press

New York can continue to enforce laws banning firearms in sensitive locations, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in its first broad review of a host of new gun rules passed in the state after a landmark Supreme Court ruling…

A rocket attack targets the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, causing minor damage but no casualties

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press

Iran-backed militias in Iraq have claimed responsibility for dozens of attacks that targeted bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria since the Israel-Hamas war began two months ago.

U.S. vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood criticized the council after the vote for its failure to condemn Hamas' attacks in Israel and to acknowledge Israel's right to defend itself.

At COP28, pageantry is over and negotiations get intense

By Seth Borenstein, David Keyton, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

The leadership of climate talks, called COP28, sent out four pairs of veteran and high-level ministers to push countries together on four key but stubborn issues as the summit went into its second week after a day of rest Thursday.

6 Palestinians are killed in the Israeli military's latest West Bank raid, health officials say

By Isabel DeBre, Associated Press

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the dead included a 14-year-old boy and a local commander of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, an armed offshoot of the secular nationalist Fatah party.

Missouri lawmakers propose allowing homicide charges for women who have abortions

By David A. Lieb, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

It's a step no state has taken since the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade last year caused rapid shifts in the nation's abortion landscape.

Harvard president apologizes for remarks on curbing antisemitism as pressure mounts on Penn's president

By Collin Binkley, Marc Levy, Associated Press

The university presidents' congressional testimony has drawn intense national backlash, as did a similar response from the president of MIT.

WATCH: Biden visits Las Vegas to showcase $8.2 billion for 10 major rail projects around the country

By Will Weissert, Associated Press

The administration says the 218-mile train route linking Las Vegas and Rancho Cucamonga, California, about 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, may one day serve more than 11 million passengers annually.

Two television networks unveil GOP debates in January, set in New Hampshire

By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

The debate announcements came a day after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie met for the fourth debate of the 2024 primary season.