Senate votes to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans have overwhelmed Democrats in a vote to end Planned Parenthood's federal funding. Thursday's vote comes as the Senate moves toward approval of a bill that would all but repeal the president's health care law. The bill would also take away the federal dollars that Planned Parenthood receives. Democrats tried restoring…
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Groups appeal suspension of federal oil, gas drilling rules
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Environmental groups are appealing a judge's decision to suspend new rules for oil and gas drilling on federal land across the U.S. amid a legal challenge to those rules. The Sierra Club and others say the rules should be allowed to take effect to protect land and water from practices including…
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Police Search Home In Connection To California Shooting
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - Police and federal agents are for a second day searching a home in connection to the massacre in San Bernardino, California. A search team combed the residence early Thursday in neighboring Redlands, about 7 miles from the shooting at Inland Regional Center. A black sedan parked outside was also searched.…
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UPDATED: California police respond to shooter report
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - 2:30 p.m. PT: Police say the attackers who killed an estimated 14 people at a Southern California social services center came prepared with long guns. San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan declined to say what kind of weapons they used at the Inland Regional Center. Burguan says a motive wasn't yet…
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