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Gov. Greg Abbott chose John Scott, a former deputy attorney general, to head the office while Attorney General Ken Paxton faces impeachment charges. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/HzniOJ1

Investigators are trying to determine if there was any attempt to obstruct them from getting access to footage from a security camera near the room where classified material was stored. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/dOhDcKR

An older law still prohibits most abortions in the state, but it is less strict about exceptions for medical emergencies. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/a6K3RjY

After absorbing months of attacks from the former president, the Florida governor is beginning to fire back — but carefully. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Ega1lP2

A task force has not found any evidence that unidentified anomalous phenomena represent signs of extraterrestrial visits. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ZC8wBdv

Years after accusing President Biden of sexual assault, Ms. Reade told a Russian outlet that she had moved in order to feel safe. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/3GYzJhi

Rick Chow, who believed Cyrus Carmack-Belton had stolen four water bottles, chased him out of his convenience store in Columbia, S.C., and fatally shot the boy in the back, the authorities said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ET6yMKo

Rick Chow, who believed Cyrus Carmack-Belton had stolen four water bottles, chased him out of his convenience store in Columbia, S.C., and fatally shot the boy in the back, the authorities said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/B5sAzN6

He was near death after his plane was shot down in the Vietnam War but survived to fly the world’s fastest and highest-altitude jet. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ZIDwdYH

Bi-khim Hsiao, the top Taiwanese diplomat in Washington, said the support of the United States and other nations for Ukraine sends an important message to China. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/BM5fxEV

Residents of Davenport, Iowa, protested plans to quickly remove the damaged building. Rescue workers pulled one resident to safety hours after officials said they were unaware of anyone still trapped. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/3xPnHQ7

Raha Naddaf, one of the magazine’s story editors, explains the decision to zoom in on the Golden State. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/jiPHYCs

Some Republicans on the panel have already come out in opposition to the package, raising early questions about its fate. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/mNEj31U

The former governor of New Jersey, who has been at times both a confidant and a rival of Donald Trump, will have some outside help in his effort to win the Republican primary. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/z4qniXD

Gunfire erupted in a dispute between two groups at the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk, as crowds strolled by the stretch of beachfront near shops, restaurants and hotels. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/aQB6PsG

There were no deaths reported but more than a dozen people were escorted out of the apartment building in Davenport and eight rescued. The cause of the collapse was not immediately clear. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/uDXYvFR

It’s the latest state to defund diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/csW2mYQ

The singer, who just died, immortalized her hometown in a song. Its residents remember how she sprinkled her glitter onto Nutbush, Tenn., opening it to the world. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/lifQ5gT

The justices will soon rule on race-conscious admissions plans at Harvard and U.N.C. A new appeals court case asks whether schools can use race-neutral tools to achieve racial diversity. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/gwKlk4b

The mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh led to arguably the most ambitious effort ever undertaken to protect Jewish institutions in America. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/J3AOHZD

The bills’ passage was the culmination of a Republican effort to increase oversight of voting in Harris County, which includes Houston. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/pYSj3KD

The building conflict between moderates and hard-liners in one of the Republican Party’s most important states highlights tension over the future of the party. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/9KvCkxJ

More than 200 others could be at risk from a fungal meningitis outbreak that has been traced to two clinics in Matamoros, Mexico, where people traveled for cosmetic surgeries, health officials said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/yLt6qlS

With the government on track to reach its borrowing limit within days, negotiators sealed an agreement to raise the debt ceiling for two years while cutting and capping certain federal programs. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/hLHWDRB

The vice president’s address to graduates of the U.S. Military Academy came as the armed forces have sought to forge a new identity. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ZzMfVWO

As a top negotiator said an agreement was “hours or days” away, an ultraconservative group of lawmakers harshly criticized its emerging contours. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ZFsMY9q

The former president took to social media to weigh in on the events in Texas. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/6kaZVHA

The General Services Administration said it was offering six to nonprofits or government agencies that promise to maintain them, and selling four others at auction. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/cgyWeVQ

We spoke to more than 100 people about the psychological strain from repeated reports of police brutality. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/w5YvJMl

Dr. Caitlin Bernard violated the privacy of her young patient by discussing the girl’s case with a reporter, the state’s medical board ruled. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/N708BIR