New Mexico joins more than a dozen states in deal that will take effect when adopted by states with combined 270 electoral votes.
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Opioid crisis in Philadelphia pits feds against effort to open first-in-the-nation drug injection site
The U.S. attorney in Philadelphia anda nonprofit are embroiled in a battle over the organization’sattempt to open a supervised opioid injection site.
Texas prisons ban all chaplains from execution chamber after Supreme Court ruling
Texas bans all prison chaplains and clerics from the execution chamber days after a Supreme Court ruling on a Buddhist chaplain.
Ecuador accuses Julian Assange of violating asylum deal in London embassy
Ecuadorian president claims WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has repeatedly violated terms of his seven years of asylum in the embassy in Britain.
Trump administration awards $1.7 million family planning grant to anti-abortion group
The non-profit Obria Group says the $1.7 million award it is receivingfrom the Trump administration willhelp fund a chain of crisis pregnancy centers that oppose abortion and do not offer contraceptives.
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Infowars host Alex Jones admits Sandy Hook killings were real, blames ‘psychosis’ for his conspiracy claims
Alex Jones, the firebrand Infowars host and conspiracy peddler, says in a sworn deposition ina defamationcase that his false statements after the Sandy Hookkillings were caused by a “psychosis.”
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Investigators believe Boeing anti-stall system was activated in Ethiopian crash: Report
In a preliminary finding, officials investigating the crash of an Ethiopian airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 believe that a flight control feature designedto preventa stallwas activated before the plane nose-dived and crashed,The Wall …
‘Extraordinary’: 5 states fight measles outbreak as N.Y. county bans unvaxxed minors in public
The number of cases of measles this year in the U.S. is nearing the total for all of 2018, with six states reporting outbreaks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Neo-Nazi pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in Charlottesville murder of Heather Heyer
James Fields Jr., a neo-Nazi sympathizer who was convicted of murder in a car attack on an anti-racism activist,pleaded guilty Wednesday to 29federal hate crime charges.
Flu season nears the finish line, but is not going away quietly
CDC says the percentageof medical visitsfor flu-like symptoms for the week remains stubbornly high, signaling elevated flu activity through April.