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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal to stop Texas from enforcing its challenged voter ID law. The law has been in effect for recent elections, even after a trial judge struck it down in 2014 and an appellate panel found last year the law had a discriminatory effect on minority…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Ted Cruz is looking to Indiana's governor to help stop Donald Trump's march to the Republican presidential nomination. Cruz said Friday that he'd "enthusiastically welcome" Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's support before the state's primary Tuesday. Cruz needs a victory after getting swept by GOP front-runner Donald Trump in five Northeastern states earlier…

HOUSTON (AP) - Two anti-abortion activists arrested in connection with making undercover Planned Parenthood videos are rejecting plea deals offering them probation. Sandra Merritt's attorneys said Friday she won't settle the case through pretrial diversion, a form of probation that would keep her out of prison and ultimately have the charges dismissed. Attorneys for fellow…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Federal safety investigators say a regional jet made an emergency landing in Philadelphia after smoke was reported in the cabin and the cockpit. Airline officials say one passenger aboard Friday morning's Piedmont Airlines flight from Richmond, Virginia, requested a medical evaluation but did not need to be hospitalized. Investigators initially reported slides…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A law enforcement official says investigators are looking into whether Prince died from an overdose and whether a doctor was prescribing him drugs in the weeks before he was found dead. The official told The Associated Press on Thursday that among the things investigators are looking at is whether a doctor was…