3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1404+ words) A California couple’s surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child, who was born with a serious heart defect. McKenna West filed the…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1742+ words) Republicans are gathering in Dallas on Wednesday for a highly unusual two-day midterm convention, a first for the party, that will put President Donald Trump at the center of this fall’s midterm elections. Trump took the stage Wednesday to deliver…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (814+ words) Winnipeg 21° C, Windy After conflicting court rulings, many Missouri voters don’t know for certain which U.S. House districts they will be voting in and which candidates will appear on their ballots. Time is rapidly expiring to figure it out....

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1195+ words) Flaky, golden crust. Apple juices bubbling through its vents. The scent of cinnamon. Apple pie is my comfort food, and the only thing my family always cooks together: rolling the dough, fluting the crust’s edges, peeling and chopping the apples....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (635+ words) Winnipeg 26° C, Cloudy This is the first significant spending in a premier general election contest by MAGA, Inc., and reflects how a once-safe Republican seat in Texas may be viable for Democrats with the candidacy of James Talarico, a 37-year-old…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1175+ words) Winnipeg 18° C, Clear Heavy rains from the storm, which weakened into a tropical depression after making landfall Tuesday, were expected to threaten the eastern part of the state through Thursday morning, the National Weather Service said. Meanwhile, a burst of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1324+ words) Parents pushing back against technology in the classroom have so far directed their anger toward major corporations like Google and Curriculum Associates, the company behind the widely used i-Ready platform. But the “techlash” took a turn last week when seven…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (246+ words) Winnipeg 16° C, Windy James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, wants to reveal depositions involving Ken Paxton, his Republican opponent, as part of an ongoing effort to keep the focus on Paxton’s history of scandals. The…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (320+ words) A second witness to a fatal shooting in Houston by a federal immigration agent has been ordered released from custody after more than a month in detention. Daniel Tirado Pantoja was one of three passengers riding in a work van…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (382+ words) Winnipeg 21° C, Light rain with wind As if there was any doubt, Republicans’ midterm convention will be the Donald Trump show, with the president appearing at both nights of the event in Dallas next month. Trump and Vice President JD…...