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The justices settled a question left open in 2018: whether businesses open to the public and engaged in expression may refuse to serve customers based on religious convictions. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/0RZgTeN

The proposed debt cancellation of more than $400 billion would have been one of the most expensive executive actions in U.S. history. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/aNgWXCe

Some advocates of the debt forgiveness wanted the Biden administration to use the Higher Education Act of 1965 from the beginning. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ojEUHD8

Allowing a web designer to refuse to provide services for same-sex marriages follows other recent rulings that have been cheered by the Christian right. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/G4Mry8C

Millions will now have to repay debts the Biden administration had promised to eliminate. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/RoBb6kJ

A grand jury has issued more subpoenas to people involved in the case after the unveiling of a 38-count indictment this month against Mr. Trump and an aide. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/CkiU8H6

No doubt they will take swings at him anyway. But it may be more difficult to land punches given that plenty of them voted for the bipartisan infrastructure and semiconductor manufacturing bills. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/QWiJtqh

The rulings extend a winning streak in court for transgender-rights advocates, who are trying to block new state laws that ban gender-transition care. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/sTOG7gZ

Mr. Printup, known as Spanto, died on Wednesday morning in Albuquerque, N.M., from injuries sustained in a car accident on Sunday, the brand confirmed. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/wZtmRkj

A federal lawsuit against the former deputies from Rankin County said that they assaulted the men with a sex toy and shot one in the face. An internal investigation is ongoing. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Jrhx8fB

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The ruling extends a winning streak in court for transgender-rights advocates, who are trying to block new state laws that ban gender-transition care. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/kvt3sDj

Sleep apnea causes frequent pauses in breathing while a person is asleep. The president has had the condition for more than a decade. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/DJbA6P1

Raymond Brewer defrauded investors by falsely telling them he was building machines that could convert cow manure into biogas, federal prosecutors said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/uSeVPRL

The British actor was reported missing in January after he went hiking alone on a trail on Mount Baldy. Last weekend, after months of intense searches, hikers found human remains in the area. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/N6k2THu

The earth had swallowed the S.U.V. before the 18-year-old flew his drone near a canal. Two people were in the vehicle as the sinkhole filled with water, the authorities said, and they needed help. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/y2AMg38

Adriana Vance lost her son Raymond in a mass shooting seven months ago. The night before she would face the shooter in court, she still wasn’t sure what she would say. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/NVlWL5K

Denver’s school system is the latest to reinstate officers, responding to parental concerns over campus violence. Critics say the move will disproportionately hurt students of color. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/1iDanLs

Chicago residents were warned to stay indoors or wear masks, and the popular paths along Lake Michigan were quiet. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/utpQ8iL

The justices returned the case to a lower court on Monday, raising the chances that the state will soon be required to create a second district that empowers Black voters to select a representative. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/roUY0Ra

President Biden believes that focusing on the economy will help his campaign for a second term, despite inflation and high interest rates. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/p2jbn8R

Oppressive heat will expand out of Texas to blanket an area from Arizona to Alabama. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/0in5bmX

Campaigning in a Texas border city, the Florida governor laid out a series of hard-right immigration proposals, including some that would face legal roadblocks or test the limits of presidential authority. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/XIl5wnZ

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Two people were killed and 15 injured after a fight broke out at a large street party resulting in a shooting in Saginaw, Michigan, police say. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US https://ift.tt/hrCKZ5t via IFTTT

With their party out of power, some Republicans in the state are worried that the former president could cost Michigan its status as a swing state. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/SF8dxBg

An official in Martin County, Ind., said that teams were searching for victims. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/2Uro6BI

A previously unnoticed change in Donald Trump’s online fund-raising appeals allows him to divert a sizable chunk of his 2024 contributions to a group that has spent millions to cover his legal fees. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/6OJdwIb

They bought $30 worth of fentanyl before making it into rehab. One overdosed. The other was charged in his death. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/sKPb58L

Former President Donald J. Trump told an evangelical gathering that no president had done more for Christians than he did. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/I9Xa486

Three cars with hot asphalt and four cars with molten sulfur fell into the river after a Montana Rail Link train derailed and a bridge collapsed on Saturday, officials said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/AnR4H6Q

The armed standoff on the road to Moscow, brief as it was, represented the most dramatic struggle for power in Russia in decades. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/9clejL7

The mayor called for an investigation after the Villa Rica Police Department shared photos of a gun safety training with attendees firing at targets with a photo of a Black man on them. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/H1FqUER

In issuing a preliminary injunction, the judge in Orlando found that a law restricting “adult live performances” would very likely be unconstitutional. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/E5L7zis

Republicans are tucking dozens of policy mandates into government funding bills, in an effort to use their majority to force politically charged votes over cultural war issues. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/O4Pd9LV

In a 7-to-2 decision, the court gave a narrow reading to a statute that made it a crime to encourage unauthorized immigrants to come to or stay in the United States. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/8E0WObL

The attorney general denied assertions that he had interfered with the case and blocked a prosecutor from lodging more charges. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/HvjXYeB

A weather warning can be issued for events including tornadoes, hurricanes and blizzards. Here’s what makes people act on — or ignore — those messages. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/FPTUGyz

More than 380 guests were invited, including government officials, business leaders, fashion designers and prominent Indian Americans. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/4MTKq69

The Florida governor did say he would “respect the outcome” of the primaries while Donald Trump has refused to commit to backing the party’s 2024 nominee if the former president falls short. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/KAlQCLn

If Judge Aileen Cannon sticks to her initial decision to hold the trial in Fort Pierce, Fla., the jury would be drawn largely from counties that Donald Trump won handily in his previous campaigns. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/2IWwgA8

Under the guise of pomp and pageantry, state visits can be a chance to push foreign dignitaries to align with American interests. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/yms0xFJ

An aviation tycoon who forever pushed the limits, he went to the depths of the ocean and the blackness of space before his fateful dive to the Titanic. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/AO9gk8J

The Republican-led chamber moved to refer articles of impeachment to two House committees, charging that the president’s immigration policies are an impeachable offense. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ElP1Yc6

Wendy Rush is a great-great-granddaughter of the retailing magnate Isidor Straus and his wife, Ida, two of the wealthiest people to die aboard the ocean liner. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/bHg4SA7

The Agriculture Department granted approval to cultivated meat producers for the first time in the United States, representing a watershed moment for the alternative protein industry. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ijcGbJC

The underwater sounds, heard on Tuesday and again on Wednesday, come at half-hour intervals, suggesting they might be made by people on the missing submersible. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Bjl9qW0

Daniel Rodriguez, whom the judge called a “one-man army of hate,” received one of the stiffest sentences so far in the Justice Department’s investigation of the Capitol riot. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/1uB57aT

There may be less than a day’s worth of breathable air left in the Titan, limiting the window for possible rescue of the five people on board. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/RsBgXrm

Under an agreement with the Justice Department, the president’s son agreed to probation for filing his taxes late, and he can avoid a charge that he lied about his drug use when he bought a gun. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/HXzCRWm

Majorjon Kaylor, 31, of Kellogg, Idaho, was arrested Sunday evening shortly after he broke into a home and fatally shot four people, including a minor, the authorities said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/3YX2eAj

Donald Trump has for years depicted Hunter Biden as corrupt and used unsubstantiated claims to link his Democratic rival to his son’s business dealings. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/hqmfpju

Hunter Biden’s sentencing agreement put him in the cross-hairs of President Biden’s adversaries once again. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/t0RfzFV

U.S. and Canadian crews are searching for the 22-foot vessel that set off on Sunday morning with five people on board to explore the Titanic shipwreck site off Newfoundland — and hasn’t been heard from since. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/AfzgTeV

The company has made headlines for organizing expeditions for paying tourists to travel in submersibles to shipwrecks, including the Titanic. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/XL2m9sp

“There was no document,” the former president said on Fox News as he gave some of his most expansive remarks on the case that led to his federal indictment. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/0EUISsR

The Florida governor made a fund-raising stop in Sacramento not far from the home of Gov. Gavin Newsom. The two are in the midst of a mutually beneficial feud. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/4js68O5

A search-and-rescue mission was underway after the craft went missing in the North Atlantic, the Coast Guard said. It was unclear how many people were onboard, if any. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/qw5JNEL

The circumstances surrounding the death were not yet known. Weather officials believe multiple tornadoes may have struck the state overnight. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/j9Maipg

The unexpected polling strength of an anti-vaccine activist with a celebrated Democratic lineage points to the president’s weaknesses, which his team is aiming to shore up. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/o3419AE

Former President Donald J. Trump has said that until Republicans gain power and can change the law, they have “no choice” but to support voting by mail. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/VMPnh6r

Residents in Elko have tried to use chemicals, pressurized washers and hot water mixed with bleach to remove the insects, which stink when they’re dead. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/YXijuls

Shots were fired during “some kind of celebration” with hundreds of people, a fire official said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/4ofr7gv

The past week appears to provide a blueprint for the way the White House wants to handle the politically touchy subject of former President Donald J. Trump’s legal troubles. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/rSxklAs

At 44, he is more than three decades younger than Donald Trump and Joe Biden. He is subtly playing up that age gap, even if his right-wing views leave him out of step with many younger voters. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/jkiPfRl

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida avoided mentioning Donald Trump at a G.O.P. fund-raiser in Nevada, but he took clear aim at the former president. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/FCj41wp

The Justice Department’s devastating findings left the city searching for next steps. Some residents found little closure. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/eW2E1RK

Transgender youth in the state will be able to access hormone treatments and puberty blockers while a lawsuit progresses. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/eygWoxZ

Mr. Christie left the governor’s office in New Jersey and set out to, as he put it, “make money.” He successfully traded on his political profile — and on his ties to the man he now wants to defeat. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/JETMumS

Court papers from federal prosecutors in the case against Donald Trump suggested that other criminal cases could potentially emerge from the inquiry. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/GJuiWn6

Kicked out of the Navy in 1940 for publicly criticizing the racist abuse they suffered on their warship, 15 Black men were posthumously exonerated at the Pentagon on Friday. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Tp1d8HG

Republicans rebuked the secretary of state for visiting China for diplomatic talks as they advocate a hard-line, military-first approach to Beijing. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Y6XSFa4

Dr. Cohen will replace Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, an infectious disease expert who has overseen the agency since the beginning of Mr. Biden’s term and started a broad effort to reorganize it. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/8wQGT0c

Zoo officials suspect that a marking dye caused the deaths, but they said it could take weeks for tests results to confirm. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/3pQxSik

The airman, Jack Teixeira, 21, was arrested at his home in North Dighton, Mass., on April 13. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/9y0Ai7Y

The embattled College Board said it would not change the course. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Ha6olCq

Nathan Carman, 29, of Vernon, Vt., was to go on trial on murder charges in October. He had pleaded not guilty. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/pZEB9Fa

Federal prosecutors said the manager was one of seven people charged with being part of a network that bought and sold remains stolen from the medical school and an Arkansas mortuary. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/5PoFRVl

Mr. Suarez, a 45-year-old Cuban American elected overwhelmingly as mayor of Miami, is presenting himself as a fresh Republican face but faces allegations of influence peddling. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/cRCpzVy

Spending caps set by the debt limit bill have empowered critics of U.S. aid to Ukraine, threatening the bipartisan coalition that has kept military assistance flowing to Kyiv. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/VyNdtFn

It was the second time that Donald J. Trump had called for protests at a court appearance, only to have his invitation receive a less-than-robust response. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/vgVuMZt

Those challenging Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the far right are violating a longstanding House tradition, fundamentally changing the nature of the chamber in ways that point to major dysfunction ahead. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Jn8w2AX

The restrictions placed on the two men are common for co-defendants in a criminal matter, but they could be particularly challenging to uphold given that Walt Nauta’s job is Mr. Trump’s personal aide. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/gNyPX26

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Some conservatives in the evangelical denomination fear a liberal drift, and are set to vote on a strict ban against women in church leadership. Two churches are appealing their expulsions. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/1dLCtvj

Dutch intelligence officials shared information with the C.I.A. in June 2022 that they had learned the Ukrainian military had been planning an operation using divers to blow up one of the pipelines. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/MKsjrJi

Judge Aileen M. Cannon will wield sweeping power over the case’s tempo and what evidence to allow in or exclude. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/SnMB7aP

How the state adapts to shifting weather patterns will offer lessons for the rest of the country. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/qRgtkB1

A new paper in the journal Nature offers an explanation for why the major fault line is overdue for the Big One. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/rxEPD5L

A man cleaning a crawl space in a Los Angeles house found bags and boxes of pennies, about $10,000 worth in cents. The family is putting the coins up for sale. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/atnrhlD

The Supreme Court will soon consider whether to hear an appeal of a ruling striking down a domestic-violence law under the Second Amendment. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/6LTrnYD

Some details of former President Donald J. Trump’s extraordinary Miami court appearance are not yet clear, including whether he will be photographed and have his fingerprints taken. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/NiOWVdG

M. Evan Corcoran, who was hired to represent the former president after the Justice Department issued a subpoena for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, could be a key witness in the trial. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/xvP9XHt

The former president’s allies have portrayed the indictment as an act of war and called for retribution, which political violence experts say increases the risk of action. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/t6rqkDY

The domestic terrorist, who evaded authorities for almost 20 years, killed three people and injured 23 others with his homemade bombs. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/d4VjfNM

The man known as the “Unabomber” was transferred to a federal prison medical center in 2021 after more than 25 years at a maximum security facility. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/fY6cCEx

More than a decade after being indicted by the United States for wire fraud and extortion, Joran van der Sloot was arraigned in Alabama. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/EI2kDNe

A Biden administration official said that the Chinese spy base was an issue inherited from President Donald J. Trump, and that Biden aides have been using diplomacy to try to counter it. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/KBcFUH9

“This administration has your back,” the president told a group of Pride Month revelers outside the White House. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/gn6weAp

In a speech in North Carolina, Ron DeSantis drew on his experience as a Navy lawyer and suggested that either both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton should have been indicted — or neither. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/V5P4qjs

The 45th president could continue his 2024 campaign even if he were convicted of a felony — though it would be extraordinary. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/YqzO0ep

The lawyers, James Trusty and John Rowley, left the former president’s defense team as he faces the most serious legal threat of his career. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/LplJZ5E

The accounts in the 49-page indictment reveal a shocking indifference toward some of the country’s most sensitive secrets. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/t5WHdGs

The indictment said the former president had illegally kept documents concerning “United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack.” from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/wkbpdVv

Mr. Nauta, as a valet while Mr. Trump was president, had unusual proximity to him, including at meals and on foreign trips. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/3fmMb5O

Biden aides are closely watching Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s overtures to China, his attitude toward Israel and his balancing act with Russia and Ukraine. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/iu5gVIY

A Catholic school, newly approved in Oklahoma, is testing the bounds of what it means to be a charter — uncomfortably so for some leaders. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/2WglKQB

Downtown Toronto was at a “moderate risk” rating on its air quality scale at midday Thursday, but government forecasts said conditions would worsen. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/zJnlibx

The case, a trademark dispute, pitted Jack Daniel’s against Bad Spaniels Silly Squeakers, which looks like the distiller’s distinctive bottle and adds potty humor. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/pWd721P

If you’re in pain, here’s how to mitigate it. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/rDz4pla

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida criticized immigration policies in his first visit to the border since beginning his presidential bid. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/9kQuEph

Residents said complaints about the apartment building in Davenport went unaddressed, and they questioned why the city did not intervene more aggressively. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/7sAMY0O

The actress has been nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the play “Prima Facie.” from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/dT26lKA

The former vice president — and now rival — to Donald Trump gave his most aggressive criticism of his former boss, portraying him as unfit to be president. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/PhiBnVc

Mr. Meadows, the final White House chief of staff under Donald Trump, is seen as a potentially key witness in the documents and Jan. 6 inquiries. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/zHyG4lX

The Ivy League school said it would no longer share data with the college guide, the first major university to do so. Its relationship with U.S. News has been up and down. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/jaZfJhV

Ajike “AJ” Owens, a mother of four, had gone to a residence in Ocala, Fla., to confront a neighbor after a dispute involving her children. The neighbor has not been identified. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/u6NBo80

The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that U.S. intelligence agencies were aware of plans to attack the Nord Stream pipelines three months before thwy were bombed. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/jHkxqYE