AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge Tuesday blocked Texas from allowing state troopers to stop vehicles carrying migrants on the grounds that they may spread COVID-19 as worries and new cases are rising along the U.S.-Mexico border. The temporary order...

The president took aim at local officials, including the Florida and Texas governors, over laws that prevent public health measures in the wake of surging COVID-19 cases.

The US couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters marching past their mansion in Missouri last year were pardoned in the misdemeanor convictions related to the case, the Midwestern state's governor's office said Tuesday. Republican Missouri...

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