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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s 1984 yearbook page features racist imagery

By Alan Suderman, Associated Press

The Democratic governor released a statement Friday afternoon, acknowledging that it was a photograph of him "in a costume that is clearly racist and offensive," and apologizing for "the hurt that decision caused then and now."…

Planned Parenthood group from western states adds Indiana, Kentucky in ‘strategic alliance’

By Rick Callahan, Associated Press

Planned Parenthood's affiliate overseeing Hawaii and three western states announced Friday that it was adding Indiana and Kentucky, a first-of-its-kind consolidation based not on geography but on reallocating resources to fight new abortion restrictions in the Midwest and South.

Health Secretary Alex Azar unveils plan to revamp prescription drug discounts

By Associated Press

A day after unveiling the plan as a proposed regulation, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar raised the stakes by calling on Congress to make it law and broaden it to include people covered by employer health insurance, not…

Trump confidant Roger Stone due in court for Mueller team’s Russia probe

By Eric Tucker, Chad Day, Associated Press

Roger Stone faces a status conference in federal court in Washington just three days after he pleaded not guilty to felony charges of witness tampering, obstruction and false statements.

Frozen Midwest states may see temperature rise by 80 degrees next week

By Associated Press

Experts say the rapid thaw is unprecedented, and it could create problems of its own — bursting pipes, flooding rivers and crumbling roads.

National parks still recovering after partial government shutdown

By Brady McCombs, Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press

Many parks went unstaffed, while others had skeleton crews with local governments and nonprofits contributing money and volunteers.

WATCH: Sen. Cory Booker says he will run in 2020 presidential race

By Elana Schor, Associated Press

The New Jersey Democrat, who is the second black candidate in a primary field that's already historically diverse, delivered his message of unity amid an era marked by bitter political division.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says U.S. plans to withdraw from nuclear treaty with Russia

By Laura Santhanam

Russia has been in violation of the 1987 treaty for years, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday.

WATCH: U.S. pulling out of Cold War-era INF nuclear treaty, Pompeo says

The United States announced Friday that it was pulling out of a landmark nuclear arms control treaty with Russia, accusing Moscow of violating the Cold War-era pact with "impunity" by continuing to develop banned missiles.

U.S. border agency says fentanyl bust is its biggest ever

By Anita Snow, Associated Press

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say they captured nearly 254 pounds of the synthetic drug that is helping fuel a national epidemic of fatal opioid overdoses from a secret compartment inside a load of Mexican produce heading into Arizona.