A proposed Alabama law would require all men get a vasectomy after they turn 50. The sponsor says the bill is a response to abortion bans.
Author: Kristin Lam, USA TODAY
Secession in the Pacific Northwest? Some Oregon residents petition to join Idaho
Frustrated by liberal policies, some Oregon residents are petitioning to leave the state by moving the border with Idaho.
Police allegedly held a black student at gunpoint. Now the governor wants an investigation
The governor of Illinois on Thursday urged police to investigate the alleged wrongful arrest of Jaylan Butler, a black college student swimmer.
‘Toilets are not trash cans’ campaign asks Utah to flush out funds for education
Utah lawmakers got a potty-mouthed funding request Monday: $150,000 to prevent toilet flushers from clogging sewers across the state.
White supremacist pleads guilty in plot to bomb synagogue, shoot up Las Vegas LGBT bar
White supremacist Conor Climo pleaded guilty on Monday for planning bomb and shooting attacks at a synagogue and LGBTQ bar in Las Vegas.
Man who made false coronavirus claim forced flight to return, police say
A Canadian passenger falsely claimed he had the coronavirus, prompting a plane to return to its departing airport, according to authorities.
At least 1 dead, 7 injured in shooting outside McDonald’s in downtown Seattle
At least one person was killed and seven others injured after a shooting in front of a McDonald’s in downtown Seattle on Wednesday night.
College fires professor for joking on Facebook that Iran should make a list of U.S. targets to bomb
Babson College professor Asheen Phansey was fired for a Facebook post suggesting that Iran’s supreme leader list American cultural sites to attack.
Appeals court approves diverting $3.6B in military construction funds for Donald Trump border wall plan
A federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling, approving the Trump administration to use military construction funds to build a border wall.
Iranian Americans aren’t mourning Gen. Qasem Soleimani. They’re glad he’s dead. But, now what?
Few Iranian Americans in Los Angeles are mourning Gen. Qasem Soleimani’s death, but they disagree on the consequences for family here and in Iran.