Martha Ackmann

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and annual flu shot, the White House said Saturday. The White House physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, said in a memo that Biden received both shots on Friday.…
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By Juan A. Lozano | Associated Press HOUSTON — The family of a Black high school student in Texas who was suspended over his dreadlocks filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Saturday against the state’s governor and attorney general,…
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DETROIT (AP) — Two lawsuits filed by a Detroit-area man whose decades in prison for drug dealing and work as an informant inspired the movie “White Boy Rick” have been dismissed by a federal judge who found he waited too long to file them.…
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By Stephen Groves | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The federal government is heading toward a shutdown that will disrupt many services, squeeze workers and roil politics as Republicans in the House, fueled by hard-right demands for deep…
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By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro and Farnoush Amiri | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Staring down a fast-approaching government shutdown that threatens to disrupt life for millions of Americans, Speaker Kevin McCarthy has turned to a strategy…
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By Peter Smith | Associated Press The landmark Washington National Cathedral unveiled new stained-glass windows Saturday with a theme of racial justice, filling the space that had once held four windows honoring Confederate Gens. Robert E.…
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By Lisa Respers France | CNN Weight loss drugs are getting a lot of attention these days, and now Oprah Winfrey is weighing in on the topic. While hosting her Oprah Daily’s “The Life You Want Class: The State of Weight,” the mogul said she…
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By ADAM BEAM (Associated Press) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California cannot ban gun owners from having detachable magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, a federal judge ruled Friday. The decision from U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez…
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By Lauran Neergaard | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life – only the second patient to ever undergo such an experimental feat. Two days later, the man was…
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By Ellen Knickmeyer | Associated Press WASHINGTON — A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled one of the 9/11 defendants unfit for trial after a military medical panel found that the man’s sustained abuse in CIA custody years earlier has…
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