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Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Tex.) became the first House Democrat to call for President Biden to step aside as the party’s presidential candidate Tuesday, but he was hardly the only voice sharing concern about the fallout from the president’s much-criticized debate performance, in which Biden spoke with a raspy voice and sometimes appeared to lose his…

The jury’s note Monday announcing it was “starkly divided” in trying to reach a unanimous verdict at Karen Read’s murder trial provided rare insight into its closed-door deliberations: This was not a case where one hold-out refused to budge.“Some members of the jury firmly believe that the evidence surpasses the burden of proof establishing the…

NEW YORK (AP) — The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reached its exuberant grand finale on Sunday, bringing rainbow-laden revelers to the streets for marquee parades in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere across the globe.The wide-ranging festivities functioned as both jubilant parties and…

It’s feeling as hot as 100 degrees in the region with increased heat and humidity having arrived behind a warm front. Some clouds, and breezes should continue a bit longer toward sunset. While our main severe storm threat is Sunday afternoon and evening, we can’t rule out a severe storm or two trickling into the area from the northwest late this…

Iowa’s Supreme Court on Friday allowed a six-week ban on abortion to take effect, the latest in a string of rulings to restrict abortion access since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision ending federal protections for the procedure.The measure restricts the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy, the point when fetal cardiac activity can be…

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two areas in the Atlantic for possible tropical development in the days ahead — including a system currently over the open Atlantic Ocean that’s primed to intensify and could strengthen into the season’s second named tropical storm this weekend as it drifts toward the Caribbean.Forecasters estimate 70…

Transit leaders in New York City are preparing to scale back billions of dollars’ worth of upgrades to the nation’s largest transit network after Gov. Kathy Hochul halted a tolling program that would have paid for improvements and repairs.During its first meeting after Ms. Hochul’s decision to halt the program, the board of the Metropolitan…

The family of Taylor Casey, a Chicago woman who went missing in the Bahamas during a yoga retreat, spoke out, saying they are "deeply concerned" for Casey's "safety and well-being" following her disappearance. Casey, 41, of Chicago, was last seen June 19 on Paradise Island in Nassau, a flier posted to the Royal Bahamas Police…

Wanda and Randy Bliek awoke on Saturday to the sound of water lapping against the walls of their home in Rock Valley, Iowa.The couple rushed to their pickup truck and drove onto the street, but surging water pushed them against the curb. Unable to open the truck doors, they said, they escaped through the windows and climbed out into the…

Arkansas authorities said the motive for the Friday shooting at a Fordyce grocery store that killed four people and injured nine was still unclear two days later.“It appears that it was a completely random, senseless act,” Mike Hagar, director of the Arkansas State Police, said at a news conference Sunday afternoon. The shooter, armed with a…