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Hundreds of demonstrators have marched to the Alabama Capitol to protest the state's new abortion ban. Protesters chanted "My body, my choice!" and "vote them out!" as they rallied Sunday evening, days after Gov. Kay Ivey signed the near total abortion ban into law. The Alabama ...
Trump says he's 'Pro-Life' but favors abortion exceptions for rape and incest
President Donald Trump has declared himself "strongly Pro-Life," days after two U.S. states passed tough new restrictions on abortions, but said exceptions should be made for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. The U.S. president spelled out his position on abortion — set to feature ...
Alabama's Republican governor signs near-total abortion ban into state law
Alabama's Republican governor signed the most stringent abortion legislation in America on Wednesday, making performing an abortion a felony in nearly all cases. "To the bill's many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians' deeply held belief that every life is precious ...
Alabama abortion ban bill igniting legal and political battles
Alabama lawmakers' vote to outlaw almost all abortions in the state is igniting a legal and political battle over what would be the most restrictive law in the country as conservatives aim to challenge the Supreme Court's 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The legislation ...
Alabama Senate passes ban on abortion at any stage — with no exceptions for rape and incest
Alabama's Senate passed a near-total ban on abortion Tuesday, sending what would be America's most stringent abortion law to the state's Republican governor. The GOP-dominated Senate voted 25-6 to make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy a felony punishable by up to 99 ...
Death toll from EF-3 Alabama twisters likely to rise beyond 23 confirmed as searches resume
Rescuers in Alabama stepped up the search for survivors Monday after two back-to-back tornadoes ripped across the southern state, with the death toll of 23 expected to rise further. "The devastation is incredible," Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones told the local CBS affiliate. "It looks almost ...
Democratic presidential hopefuls mark Selma 'Bloody Sunday' anniversary
Several Democratic White House hopefuls are gathering at one of America's seminal civil rights sites on Sunday to pay homage to that legacy and highlight their own connections to the movement. Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who already are ...
An Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State group in Syria won't be allowed to return to the United States with her toddler son because she is not an American citizen, the U.S. said on Wednesday. Her lawyer is challenging that claim. In a brief ...
The United States said Tuesday it wanted to ensure foreign jihadis remain off the battlefield as it weighed options on an American detained in Syria who says she wants to return home. The United States has urged European powers to take back hundreds of their ...
The publisher of a small Alabama newspaper has come under fire after calling in an editorial for the return of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan. Goodloe Sutton, publisher and editor of The Democrat-Reporter, wrote the editorial that appeared in last week's edition of the ...
Airbus spends $300 million on new Alabama plant for A220 jetliner
Airbus SE expanded its industrial presence in the United States on Wednesday, starting construction on a new assembly plant for the Canadian developed A220 jetliner, 18 months after agreeing to buy the plane in the midst of a U.S.-Ottawa trade dispute. The European plane-maker said ...
Raid to save 11 starving kids at New Mexico desert compound opens tale of guns and exorcism
A raid on a New Mexico desert compound turned up 11 children wearing rags and living in filth, and also broke open a bizarre tale of guns, exorcism, and a search for a missing young boy who suffers from seizures and is nowhere to ...
