Even opponents of abortion say it may be hard for Georgia authorities to follow through with prosecuting a woman who was charged with murder because she took a pill to terminate her pregnancy. “I have been involved in the pro-life movement for well over 20 years, and I’m not aware of a situation like this […]

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared his health care law a firmly established “reality” of American life even as the legality of one of its key elements awaits a decision by the Supreme Court. “This is now part of the fabric of how we care for one another,” Obama said of the law, one […]

AUGUSTA Gov. Paul LePage withdrew his support for the state’s first cold case squad Tuesday because the bill funding it doesn’t include money for all the new state narcotics agents he sought. “This is what’s important: The state of Maine is currently losing on average one overdose a day and three babies addicted to opiates […]

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A white police officer in suburban Dallas has resigned after he was recorded on video pushing a black teenage girl to the ground outside a pool party and brandishing his gun at other teens. Officer David Eric Casebolt’s actions were “indefensible,” though he was not pressured to quit, McKinney Police Chief […]

WILLSBORO, N.Y. (AP) — Reports of two men walking along a road brought hundreds of law enforcement officers to a small town in the Adirondack foothills for a sweep that seemingly turned up no signs of two killers who escaped from a maximumsecurity prison, but state police said leads continued to be generated and there […]

TANAH KARO, Indonesia A volcano in western Indonesia that has been spewing clouds of searing gas high into the air let out a new powerful burst Wednesday. Authorities are closely monitoring Mount Sinabung on Sumatra, one of Indonesia’s main islands, after placing it at the highest alert level last week. Hot ash tumbled down Sinabung’s […]