Lindsay Whitehurst
The Associated Press
Washington, DC, United States
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Abortion pill hearing made public after transparency concern
A judge is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit that poses a threat to the nationwide availability of medication abortion → Read More
US mass killings linked to extremism spiked over last decade
The number of U.S. mass killings linked to extremism was at least three times higher in the last decade than the total from any 10-year period since the 1970s → Read More
2nd Amendment sanctuary measure overturned in Oregon
An Oregon court has ruled that local governments in the state can’t declare themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries and ban police from enforcing certain gun laws → Read More
Abortion pill could be pulled off market by Texas lawsuit
A Texas lawsuit could threaten the nationwide availability of medication abortion, which now accounts for the majority of abortions in the U.S. The case filed by abortion opponents who helped challenge Roe v. Wade seeks to reverse a decades-old approval by the Food and Drug Administration → Read More
64 police officers fatally shot while on the job in 2022
Far fewer U.S. police officers died while on the job in 2022 than a year earlier, due mostly to a drop in COVID-19 deaths → Read More
Capitol riot trial starts for man with feet on Pelosi desk
A prosecutor says an Arkansas man who propped his feet on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the riot at the U.S. Capitol planned the trip for weeks and came prepared for violence → Read More
Group urges feds to investigate Snapchat over fentanyl sales
As the U.S. deals with its deadliest overdose crisis to date, a national crime-prevention group is calling on the Justice Department to clamp down on social media’s role in the spread of fentanyl, the drug largely driving a troubling spike in overdose deaths among teenagers → Read More
FBI: Steep climb in teens targeted by online 'sextortion'
An explosive increase in teenage boys targeted online and extorted for money after being tricked into sending explicit pictures of themselves has the FBI sounding a public-safety alarm → Read More
QAnon follower who chased officer on Jan. 6 gets 5 years
An Iowa construction worker has been sentenced to five years in prison after being at the center of of one of the most harrowing scenes of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol → Read More
FBI report shows high hate crime levels, but data missing
Hate crimes in the U.S. remained relatively high last year after a surge not seen in nearly two decades, according to a new FBI report that experts say is actually an undercount because thousands of police departments didn’t report their data → Read More
Watchdog finds prison failures before Whitey Bulger killing
The Justice Department’s inspector general has found a series of missteps by federal Bureau of Prisons officials preceded the 2018 beating death of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger → Read More
US judge gives initial victory to Oregon's tough new gun law
A federal judge in Portland has delivered an initial victory to proponents of a sweeping gun-control measure approved by Oregon voters → Read More
Federal judge OKs Oregon's new high-capacity magazine ban
A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, will allow a new voter-passed ban on high-capacity gun magazines to go into effect Thursday → Read More
Oath Keepers' Rhodes guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes has been convicted of seditious conspiracy for a violent plot to overturn President Joe Biden's election, handing the Justice Department a major victory in its massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection → Read More
Uvalde mom sues police, gunmaker in school massacre
The mother of one of 19 children killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has filed a federal lawsuit against police, the school district and the maker of the gun used in the massacre → Read More
Emboldened Biden, Dems pushing semi-automatic weapons ban
When President Joe Biden speaks about the “scourge” of gun violence, his go-to answer is to zero in on semi-automatic weapons → Read More
Oath Keepers jury home for weekend after deliberations start
Jurors have gone home for the long Thanksgiving weekend after deliberating most of Tuesday in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot case accusing Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four associates of a violent plot to stop the transfer of presidential power from Republican Donald Trump to Democrat Joe Biden → Read More
Jury begins deliberating in Oath Keepers sedition trial
Jurors have started deliberating in the Capitol riot case accusing Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four associates of a violent plot to stop the transfer of presidential power from Republican Donald Trump to Democrat Joe Biden → Read More
Montana vote adds to win streak for abortion rights backers
Abortion rights supporters secured another win Thursday as voters in Montana rejected a ballot measure that would have forced medical workers to intercede in the rare case of a baby born after an attempted abortion → Read More
Abortion supporters win in conservative, liberal states
Abortion rights supporters won in the four states where access was on the ballot → Read More