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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials have approved another generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone, a regulatory formality that quickly triggered pushback from anti-abortion groups and politicians aligned with the Trump administration. Drugmaker Evita Solutions announced on its website that the Food and Drug Administration signed off on its low-cost form of the pill, which [...]
The federal civil rights agency responsible for enforcing worker rights will stop investigating complaints about company policies that don’t explicitly discriminate but may disproportionately harm certain groups, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. The memo, emailed to all area, local and district office directors of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [...]
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The federal government is expected to again accept new applications for a program that grants some people without legal immigration status the ability to live and work in the United States. Lawyers for the federal government and immigrant advocates have presented plans before a federal judge that would open the door [...]
Authorization for the largest residential flood insurance program in the country expired this week, leaving homeowners unable to access new coverage and potentially wreaking havoc on home sales in flood-prone areas. Millions of policyholders rely on the National Flood Insurance Program to secure flood coverage that is rarely part of standard homeowners policies and is [...]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States has agreed to allow South Korean workers on short-term visas or a visa waiver program to help build industrial sites in America, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said this week. The announcement came weeks after South Korea flew home more than 300 of its nationals who had been detained [...]
BAGHDAD (AP) — The American military has begun drawing down its mission in Iraq under an agreement inked with the Iraqi government last year, officials said. Washington and Baghdad agreed last year to wind down the military mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group by September 2025, with United States [...]
The Federal Communications Commission voted this week to end discounts for library Wi-Fi hotspot lending and school bus connectivity programs, drawing criticism from lawmakers and librarians who say the moves will make it more difficult for people who are low-income or live in rural areas to access the internet. The 2-1 vote on hotspot lending [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration earlier this week said it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants as President Donald Trump continues his efforts to reverse the years-long decline in the country’s coal industry. Actions by the Energy and [...]
Regardless of how smart or human-like artificial intelligence may become, no AI system will be permitted to obtain legal “personhood” in Ohio under legislation introduced last week in the General Assembly. “Person” would not include an AI system under House Bill 469, which also declares AI systems to be non-sentient entities — or those incapable [...]
President Donald Trump says he will slap a 100 percent tax on movies made outside the United States, a directive aimed at protecting a business that America already dominates. Claiming that movie production “has been stolen’’ from Hollywood and the United States, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that “I will be imposing a [...]