Clinics were shutting down abortion services in the nation's second-largest state Saturday after the Texas Supreme Court blocked an order briefly allowing the procedure to resume in some cases, the latest in legal scrambles taking place across the U.S. following the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
by ACACIA CORONADO and ED WHITE / Associated Press 3 hours agoFollowing the horror of a human-smuggling attempt that left 53 people dead, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state troopers to inspect more trucks — again expanding a border security mission that has cost billions, given the National Guard arrest powers and bused migrants to Washington, D.C.
by PAUL J. WEBER / Associated PressAbortion providers and patients were struggling Friday to navigate the evolving legal landscape around abortion laws and access across the country since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week.
by ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and STEPHEN GROVES / Associated PressIn Arizona, Republicans are fighting among themselves over whether a 121-year-old anti-abortion law from the pre-statehood Wild West days, when Arizona was still a frontier mining territory, should be enforced over a 2022 version.
by REBECCA BOONE and CLAIRE RUSH / Associated PressBefore entering drug court in 2016, Richard Morrison Jr. said all he had ever known was "drug addiction and chaos."
by Andrew WilkinsA new poll finds a growing percentage of Americans calling out abortion or women's rights as priorities for the government in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, especially among Democrats and those who support abortion access.
by HANNAH FINGERHUT / Associated PressFamilies, young people and various Chattanooga religious leaders gathered at a Thursday service to pray and rejoice after the Supreme Court's decision last week overturning Roe v. Wade.
by La Shawn PaganUnemployment benefits delayed this week for more than 12,000 Tennesseans due to a computer outage should be restored next week if, as expected, computer network service for the state labor agency is restored this weekend, officials said Thursday.
by Dave FlessnerDiane Derzis thought she was prepared for Roe v. Wade, and the constitutional right to an abortion, to be overturned. At clinics she owns across the South, she had been preparing for months.
by Grant Blankenship / Georgia Public BroadcastingThe Northwest Georgia Regional Commission has chosen Boyd Austin as its new executive director. The former mayor of Dallas, Georgia, starts with the commission Friday.
by Andrew WilkinsIt's a strange July 1 for new Georgia laws.
by JEFF AMY / Associated PressAbout half of Americans believe former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, a new poll shows.
by FARNOUSH AMIRI and NUHA DOLBY / Associated PressThe Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade has set off a frenzy of activity in courthouses around the country, with judges asked to decide when or if state-imposed bans or other far-reaching restrictions on abortion can go into effect.
by GEOFF MULVIHILL and AMY FORLITI / Associated PressA group of Tennessee National Guard members, who face being forced out of the service by the U.S. Department of Defense on Thursday over their refusal to get mandated COVID-19 vaccines, along with their supporters pleaded publicly with Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday to take actions, including suing the federal government if necessary, to prevent their dismissal.
by Andy SherAt a rally Wednesday afternoon in Dalton, Georgia, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock emphasized legislation passed by the Democratic majority in the Senate - and the fact that Georgia voters gave Democrats that majority in 2021.
by Andrew WilkinsHamilton County will spend $1 million to ensure there is at least one school security officer or school resource officer in every county school across the district, building on $950,000 already appropriated by the school board.
by David FloydThe U.S. economy shrank at a 1.6% annual pace in the first three months of the year, the government reported Wednesday in a slight downgrade from its previous estimate for January-March quarter.
by PAUL WISEMAN / AP Economics WriterOn Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that guaranteed a woman's right to obtain an abortion.
by Donna Lowry / Georgia Public BroadcastingAn overwhelming and growing majority of Americans say the U.S. is heading in the wrong direction, including nearly 8 in 10 Democrats, according to a new poll that finds deep pessimism about the economy plaguing President Joe Biden.
by JOSH BOAK and EMILY SWANSON / Associated PressThe U.S. government this week is holding its first onshore oil and natural gas drilling lease auctions since President Joe Biden took office after a federal court blocked the administration's attempt to suspend such sales because of climate change worries.
by MATTHEW BROWN / Associated PressTurkey agreed Tuesday to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, a breakthrough in an impasse clouding a leaders' summit in Madrid amid Europe's worst security crisis in decades triggered by the war in Ukraine.
by JILL LAWLESS and JOSEPH WILSON / Associated PressA rare Republican who supports abortion rights found success in Colorado in the first primary elections held since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, while New York's first female governor positioned herself to become a major voice in the post-Roe landscape.
by STEVE PEOPLES / AP National Politics WriterTwo of Congress' staunchest conservatives repelled more centrist alternatives to lock up Republican nominations on Tuesday, even as the party's voters chose to turn out a six-term incumbent in Mississippi.
by WILL WEISSERT / Associated Press