The battles over abortion in the U.S. are increasingly focusing on the pills that are now the most common way pregnancies are ended. There’s a lawsuit aimed at rolling back federal approval for one of the drugs and states are considering laws to make them harder to obtain for abortion.
Here’s a look at the $100 billion in disaster relief in the government spending bill
The money is being provided after back-to-back hurricanes slammed into the Southeast. But the funding will go to much more than just Helene and Milton recovery. There’s also disaster assistance for farmers, money for damaged roads and highways and money for block grants.
As data centers proliferate, conflict with local communities follows
The sprawling, windowless warehouses that hold rows of high-speed servers powering almost everything the world does on phones and computers are increasingly becoming fixtures of the American landscape, popping up in towns, cities and suburbs across the U.S.
Tennessee DA faces charge after firing at fugitive and hitting a home with family inside
A district attorney in Tennessee is facing a reckless endangerment charge after shooting at a fugitive several times and hitting a home that had a woman and her three children inside.
Tennessee astronaut faces more time in space with return delayed until at least late March
NASA says a fresh crew needs to launch from Florida before Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams can return from the International Space Station.
NASA’s stuck astronauts hit 6 months in space. Just 2 more to go
Butch Wilmore, of Mt. Juliet, and Suni Williams have two more months to go before their mission comes to a close. It was supposed to be a weeklong test flight, but thruster failures and helium leaks kept the astronauts holed up at the space station.
Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medical treatments for transgender minors
Hearing a high-profile culture-war clash, the Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The justices’ decision, not expected for several months, could affect similar laws enacted by another 25 states and a range of other efforts to regulate the lives of transgender people.
First transgender attorney to argue before the Supreme Court, challenging Tennessee’s health care ban for minors
The issue of transgender rights animated the presidential campaign. Now it has made its way to the Supreme Court, and in more ways than one.
Police respond to bomb threat at Defense Sec. nominee’s Goodlettsville home
Goodlettsville police say they responded this morning to a bomb threat at the home of Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense.
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