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States Target Polygamy Group

Authorities in Utah and Arizona are taking new steps to try to control a polygamist group dominating twin towns on the Utah-Arizona border. The group is known as the FLDS Church and it controls the schools, police and local government. Last week, the state of Arizona raided the school administrative offices and a Utah judge froze the assets of the group.

The federal government is starting to forecast the budget impacts of climate change. Hurricane damage is a big driver, and could cause up to an additional $94 billion annually in coastal disaster response costs by 2100.

The future cost of climate inaction? $2 trillion a year, says the government

The federal government has begun tallying the damage climate change could do to the economy and its budget. This comes as scientists warn time is running out to avoid catastrophic global warming.

Richard Moore, who is scheduled for execution later this month, has chosen to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair.

A South Carolina death row inmate picks a firing squad over the electric chair

Richard Bernard Moore is the first prisoner in South Carolina to face the choice of execution methods since the state made electrocution the default and gave inmates the option to face rifles instead.

Community college enrollment is down, but skilled-trades programs are booming

Enrollment in two-year colleges has dropped nationwide by about 750,000 students. But degree programs in construction trades are booming.

The U.S Supreme Court building is seen at dusk in Washington on Oct. 22, 2021.

Supreme Court makes it easier to sue the police for malicious prosecution

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday made it easier to sue police and prosecutors for malicious prosecution. But the decision still leaves in place other barriers to such lawsuits.

Supreme Court stays out of key state rulings on partisan gerrymandering, for now

In cases from North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Republican state legislatures sought to block decisions issued by state supreme courts based on the states' respective constitutions.

Passengers arriving at Gatwick Airport, in London. Starting today, British residents and visitors who have had at least two doses of a coronavirus vaccine only need to fill out a form before entering the U.K.

U.K. lifts all testing requirements for vaccinated travelers starting today

Residents and visitors who have had at least two doses of an approved vaccine now only need to fill out a form before entering the U.K. Unvaccinated people must test both before and after arriving.

Witnesses, including Rep. Joyce Beatty, a Democrat from Ohio, left, swear in to a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings: What happened Thursday

At the fourth and final hearing, representatives from the American Bar Association lauded Jackson's resume and career. GOP panel members continued their focus on her handling of child pornography.

Margaret Ann Wolf Harris with her mother and father, who was home on furlough. He died in World War II a short time later.

Dad's Message Recorded At War, A Gift Given Decades Later

Sgt. Cody Wolf died in World War II on Jan. 11, 1944, when his plane was shot down. Weeks before his death, he contributed to a Christmas broadcast recorded on the front lines. His daughter, Margaret Ann Wolf Harris, heard that recording for the first time in December.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on May 9, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Madeleine Albright, the first woman to become U.S. secretary of state, has died

Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, who served under the Clinton administration, has died.

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