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Democrats in Kansas hope to end GOP supermajority

4:17pm November 12, 2024

by Zane Irwin

Abortion restrictions, taxes and everyday issues are among the laws Kansas Republicans have imposed through their "supermajority" in the Legislature. Democrats aim to end its reign.

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Supreme Court refuses legal lifesaver for former Trump chief of staff

3:48pm November 12, 2024

The Supreme Court dealt a major legal blow to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Tuesday, refusing to move the Georgia election interference charges against him to federal court.

Roy Haynes, performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, Netherlands in 2002.

Roy Haynes, pioneering modern jazz drummer, has died at 99

3:39pm November 12, 2024

Haynes influenced generations of drummers and helped change the direction of jazz improvisation.

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My Little Pony, Transformers, Phase 10 join the National Toy Hall of Fame

3:31pm November 12, 2024

The three 1980s staples are new National Toy Hall of Fame inductees. Hess Toy Trucks, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the trampoline, and balloons were among the finalists.

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A U.S. jury awards former Iraqi detainees $42 million for Abu Ghraib prison abuse

3:25pm November 12, 2024

The jury also decided to hold a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to the torture and mistreatment of detainees at the notorious Iraqi prison two decades ago.

Donald Trump Campaigns In Pennsylvania With One Week Until Election Day

Trump to name former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel

2:50pm November 12, 2024

In the midst of the Israel-Hamas war, President-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate Huckabee, a loyalist and former Republican governor, to serve in the key post as ambassador to Israel.

Chronic itch is miserable. Scientists are just scratching the surface

1:33pm November 12, 2024

Journalist Annie Lowrey has a rare disease that causes a near-constant itch that doesn't respond to most treatments. She likens the itchiness to a car alarm: "You can't stop thinking about it."

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With Trump coming into power, the NIH is in the crosshairs

1:16pm November 12, 2024

The National Institutes of Health, the crown jewel of biomedical research in the U.S., could face big changes under the new Trump administration, some fueled by pandemic-era criticisms of the agency.

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A man told 911 a bear chased him off a cliff. Weeks later, he was arrested for murder

12:03pm November 12, 2024

Authorities say Nicholas Hamlett killed a man in Tennessee in an attempt to steal his identity, and reported it to police as a bear attack. He was arrested in South Carolina after a weekslong manhunt.

Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments

11:48am November 12, 2024

The new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 was temporarily blocked Tuesday. The judge said the law is "unconstitutional on its face."