White House preparations for state dinner with India's Modi include plant-based chef and violinist Joshua Bell
Preparations are underway at the White House as President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden will welcome India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington for an official state visit on Thursday, rolling out pomp and circumstance at a state dinner in the evening as the two countries reaffirm close ties.
2023-06-17 02:23
Iowa Supreme Court deadlocks on 6-week abortion ban and leaves block in place
Abortion will remain legal in Iowa for up to 20 weeks after the state Supreme Court on Friday declined to lift a block on a six-week ban.
2023-06-17 01:47
Abortion providers in North Carolina file federal lawsuit challenging state's new restrictions
Abortion providers in North Carolina have filed a federal lawsuit that challenges several provisions of a state law banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy
2023-06-17 01:21
Abortion remains legal in Iowa as top court refuses to revive ban
By Brendan Pierson Iowa's highest court did not revive a 2018 ban on most abortions on Friday, meaning
2023-06-17 00:19
For novelists of Westerns, Cormac McCarthy transcended — and reinvented — the genre
In his obituaries, Cormac McCarthy has been widely praised as a descendant of William Faulkner and Herman Melville among others, those excavators of the American spirit whose biblically influenced prose raised narratives to tragic and poetic heights
2023-06-16 22:19
Agricultural producers and food businesses throughout nation getting $320 million boost from USDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeding agricultural producers and food businesses with millions of dollars in investments designed to improve markets, create and strengthen jobs, control food prices and improve nutrition
2023-06-16 20:59
Help for dads on Father's Day -- and beyond
While Father's Day is an annual tradition celebrated the third Sunday in June, there are several organizations that support dads year-round.
2023-06-16 20:50
Teens with severe obesity are turning to surgery and new weight loss drugs, despite controversy
A small but growing group of young teens are turning to drastic treatments to lose large amounts of weight, things like body-altering surgery and new drugs that rewire metabolism
2023-06-16 15:17
Thousands of Sudanese fleeing fighting with no travel documents trapped on the border with Egypt
Tens of thousands of Sudanese have been stranded in towns along their country's northern border with Egypt
2023-06-16 13:21
California artists, chefs find creative ways to confront destructive 'superbloom' of wild mustard
Among the most prominent of blooming plants that are seemingly everywhere in California this year following an unusually wet winter is the highly flammable wild mustard that threatens to fuel wildfires
2023-06-16 12:52
Court set to rule on Iowa governor's bid to reinstate strict abortion limits
An Iowa court ruling expected Friday could outlaw most abortions in the state or keep the procedure legal up to 20 weeks of pregnancy, at least for now
2023-06-16 12:29
5 dogs die in RV fire at Florida dog show
Five dogs died Tuesday after an RV caught fire ahead of an American Kennel Club-sanctioned all-breed dog show in Tampa, Florida, according to fire officials.
2023-06-16 05:59